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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
Worrying Feels Useful. It isn’t. People say they “can’t stop worrying,” but that’s not usually true.They won’t stop because somewhere under the anxiety is a belief that worrying helps.It feels like preparation. Like vigilance. Like control. But let’s be honest: it’s...
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...
Honest Talk About Coaching
By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach The Blunt Talk I've been holding back because I don't want to scare you away from coaching, but I don't think it's been serving either one of us. I've been scared that if I'm too blunt with you up-front...
How to Find Your Spark in Midlife
Lost Your Spark but Feeling “Fine” Isn’t Cutting It Anymore It’s not just a mood. It’s a state of quiet disconnection. You still function, but you’re not fully alive. You go through the motions, but they don’t move you. And the things that might help feel like more...
The 10 Best Benefits of Group Life Coaching
The 10 Top Benefits of Group Life Coaching Women join the group life coaching program to feel inspired, and energized, get clarity, build confidence and get in control of their lives. To feel grounded and aligned with who they are and how they want to live. They want...
The September Reset
By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach That September Reset Feeling Hands up if you chase that fresh start, September back to school feeling every fall!! September is the real new year, and the back to school high comes from the feeling that...
I Made a Mistake and I Feel Horrible
By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall Why Do I Feel So Bad After a Mistake? Shit happens. Maybe you missed a detail, said what you shouldn't have, or forgot something. Your intent wasn't malicious, but now you're up at 3 a.m. and your...
Coaching for Transformation
If Coaching Was a Rom-Com Makeover When I hear the word "transformation" I picture the "ugly-girl" to "pretty-girl" makeover montage in a high school rom-com. But that's not what we're doing over in Kickstartology Coaching when I talk about transformation. At...
Looking for Clarity
Clarity Feels Safe Pay special attention if you feel like you can't move forward because you need to do more research or you haven't made a plan yet. Clarity makes us feel safe but in the quest for clarity, there comes a point where the pursuit itself becomes a...
Looking For Inspiration
The Catalyst Inspiration is energizing and a catalyst for change but you can't just "find" it if you look hard enough. If you're looking for inspiration you're doing it wrong. It's not hiding in Costa Rica, or in your closet under the pile of clothes you've been...
How To Build Your Confidence
By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach Why Do You Want to Build Confidence? I've had so many women tell me that they need to build confidence because it's preventing them from achieving their goals or living life to the fullest, but when I ask...
Work-Life Balance Coaching
By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach The Benefits of Work-Life Balance Coaching Are you feeling overwhelmed? Juggling between work and personal life can be exhausting, and it can be challenging to find the balance that leads to happiness and...