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Stop Caring What Other People Think
"How Do I Stop Caring About What Other People Think" Assuming you're not a sociopath, you're going to care to some extent what other people think because we're wired to care about what people think of us for survival. That said, worrying about what other people think...
“Why don’t I do the things I know are good for me?”
By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall Your Human Ridiculous Factor I hear people ask "Why don't I do the things I know are good for me?" but I rarely see people work on figuring it out. Usually, they just tell themselves that they will...
Why Self-Image Coaching Impacts Everything
What Is Your Self-Image? Your self-image includes everything you think is true about you. If you answer the following questions you will have a clear sense of your self-image. What do you notice about yourself? What do you think is obvious about you? What do you...
How to Make Getting Up Compelling
You "Should" Get Up Early Trying to talk yourself into getting up early because you "should" just makes it less compelling. Using fear or shame to motivate yourself is not a good strategy, it may occasionally work in the short term, but it has been proven to be...
What is it Like to be Coached by a Life Coach?
Being Coached is Like... I’m not a cook and I’m always amazed at those people who know what they’re doing in a kitchen… which lead me to this thought: Coaching is like having a master chef come into your kitchen, look at all the ingredients and tools, and then help...
Self Sabotage: Top 10 Ways Women Get In Their Own Way
By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall How Women Self Sabotage: When I'm on a consult call with someone and I ask what their biggest obstacle is, often they say "I am". For so many women, self-sabotage sucks up a lot of time, mental...
How to Stop Being Lonely
The Loneliness Cycle Experiencing the feeling is loneliness is a part of life, but chronic loneliness sucks and has all sorts of negative impacts on health and wellbeing. Breaking free of chronic loneliness is made more difficult because the coping mechanisms, the...
The Cool Modern Midlife Woman ™
Midlife Women are a Hot Topic I’m 50 and I’ve been noticing all of the hype about women getting older and owning it. And while I love the fact that midlife women aren’t invisible anymore and people are learning what perimenopause is, there’s something about the...
How to Stop Being Stressed
The Stress Habit and Breaking It JUSTIFIED AND NECESSARY? If you're always feeling stressed it eventually becomes a habit. The stress always feels justified and over time it even feels necessary and unavoidable. But here's the thing, if you've developed a stress habit...
A Letter to My Clients and Future Clients
To the Women I Coach Why? I want you to know that you don't need to spend more than half of your waking time feeling rushed, behind, or stuck dealing with logistics; Dealing with what to cook making plans, booking appointments, and buying toilet paper. You don’t need...
Resetting Habits | What Works and What Doesn’t
By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach The Habit Reset Making and Breaking Habits If you want to reset your habits, break the bad habits and set new good ones, you have to deal with the easy part and the harder part. It's easy to have good...
Procrastination Logic: I’ll Do It Tomorrow
By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall "I'll Do It Tomorrow"... The Logic of Procrastination This is the perfect time to procrastinate. I know that you can come up with a really good reason to put things off. And I bet that you could get...
Feeling Disconnected
By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall Yesterday sucked. If a specific saying comes to you three times from three different sources in one day that means you should pay attention right? Let me start at the beginning. So yesterday sucked. I...
Exhausted from Uncertainty Fatigue
By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach Why Uncertainty is Exhausting Uncertainty fatigue strikes when you feel like you don't have a "normal" to relax into anymore. It comes when you can no longer take for granted doing things the way you've...
Are You Behind in Life Compared to Your Peers?
By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall Find Out if You're Behind I’ve had countless women tell me why they think are so behind. Why at 30 they should have ticked certain boxes, why they need to reach certain milestones before turning 40,...
How to Stop Worrying About Everything
The Uselessness of Worrying About Everything When people say they can't stop worrying they often subconsciously believe that worrying is necessary, because worrying can feel productive. That doesn't mean that it is. Worrying is exhausting and keeps you from being...
Top 10 Worst Thought Habits
By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach I want you to shine, thrive, and amaze yourself with what you’re capable of, and I’m going to share the top 10 thoughts I’ve seen women habitualize and use against themselves! Do You Think This Often? If...
When You Feel Like You Don’t Belong
By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach Everyone Has Felt Like an Outsider Everyone knows the feeling of not belonging. Having coached hundreds of women, I can confirm that sometimes even people who look like the literal definition of...
What Does a Life Coach Do?
A Life Coach Helps You with Intentional Change A life coach meets you where you are and helps you move towards the results you want faster, and more easily than you would with trial and error. This looks different for everyone, but some things that often come into it...
How to Declutter Your Mind
By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach The Cluttered Mind A cluttered mind is like a cluttered home, except it's filled with too many disorganized thoughts instead of stuff. Like in a cluttered home, in a cluttered mind, it's harder to find...