What people think coaching is Coaching is a relatively new field and as such, many people aren’t really sure what coaching is or how coaching can help us. Often people think that coaching is like therapy, or that it is like having a cheerleader, someone to believe in you and tell you that you can …
The Surprising Reason I ‘Wasted’ My Medical Degree
It started with a night in the ER Waking up in the on-call room The journey to the moment I ‘wasted’ my medical degree starts with one night in the ER. I was sitting in the emergency room at 2:45 AM. I had just woken up an hour ago with a message on my phone …
Should I Pursue My Dream? An Incredible Exercise For The Answer
A question I commonly get asked by women is, “Should I pursue my dream?” There are a lot of reasons that we might be hesitant to pursue our dream. We might be worried about whether it will fail, whether we will go broke, or whether we should just be happy with where we are. All …
Are You Adulting Correctly? Well It’s Killing Your Dream.
What we think adulting means There’s this hidden image of what a successful adult should look like. When a person looks and acts a certain way, has a specific type of career, is living in a specific type of house or apartment, and is dating “correctly” or has a specific type of stable partner, we …
Is Imposter Syndrome Sabotaging Your Dream? (and How To Overcome It!)
Did you know that after her Academy Award nominations for Titanic and Sense and Sensibility, the amazing Kate Winslet said, “Sometimes I wake up in the morning before going off to a shoot, and I think, I can’t do this; I’m a fraud. They’re going to fire me – all these things. I’m fat; I’m …
47 Incredibly Fun Self-Care Activities You Can do Right Now to Prevent Burnout
Self-care is a great way to prevent burnout! And self-care is always important whether or not we love what we do. However, I will say that when we are not doing something that we love, self-care activities only help up to a point. They can delay burnout for a while, but eventually, burnout will catch …
How To Find The Courage to Pursue Your Dream
I used to come home exhausted from a job that was perfectly fine. By all standards, I was doing well. I had done everything I was supposed to do – I had gotten good marks to get into a good school, graduated, gotten a good job, somewhat settled down. It felt I had received a …
The 3 Types of Perfectionist. Which type are you?
You have this idea for your dream side hustle. It makes you so excited, just the thought of it makes you feel fulfilled and energized. But it’s so different than what you are doing now, it isn’t even what you went to university for. Isn’t that strange? What is everyone going to think if I …
How to Work from Home – and not go insane
The thought of work-from-home inevitably sparks jealousy. It brings up images of working in pajamas, lounging on the couch, and sending a few emails, while the money comes dripping in. However, when forced to work from home during a pandemic, such as the one happening right now – COVID-19, we might find ourselves struggling. We …
How and Why to Become an Early Morning Riser
Is being an early morning riser the key to being a successful and healthy woman? Many people certainly think so! There are many CEOs (Tim Cook, Howard Schultz), and successful, well-adjusted people (Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey, and Indra Nooyi) that all say waking up early is the main reason they are able to live the …