Your mom’s opinion matters to you. So does your best friend’s. But, what happens when they don’t agree with you? Do you second guess yourself? How many times have you reconsidered what you’re doing because you’re really uncomfortable when they’re not on board? If you’ve thought about their input & gone a different direction because their advice was good, then high five. I’m a proponent of being open minded. BUT-if you changed your mind, actions, or plans because you can’t sta

I can’t trust myself to have cookies in the house. I’ll sign up for that course & I’ll never finish it. I keep meaning to eat better. How many times have you said something like this to yourself? But, I’d bet dollars to donuts that when someone else is counting on you to finish something you DO it. Or when you say you’re going to show up somewhere you DO. How would your friends or colleagues describe you? Dependable? Reliable? Trustworthy? And yet the promises you make to you

I was terrified of someone figuring out that I didn’t have my shit together. Because everyone else did. In my mind having your shit together looked like feeling totally confident at work, home, & in all social situations. That wasn’t happening. It also looked like having an organized, stylish, CLEAN house (despite the children who lived there). And speaking of those children-having your shit together meant that they ate everything put in front of them, never threw a tantrum,