You Know What You Need To Do. You’re Just Scared.

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Source:https://theascent.pub/ By:Deb Knobelman, PhD Photo by Joshua Earle on Unsplash Or, lessons learned from slogging through a PhD. I have a lifelong love affair with math and science. Given my family, my parents took for granted that I would excel in those areas. And excel I did. At the end of college, I had no practical ideas about what […]

Are You Putting Too Much Pressure on Yourself to Keep Moving Forward?

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Source:https://medium.com/ By:Aimee Pearcy Photo by Samuel Zeller on Unsplash A while ago, I wrote about why it’s so important to keep moving. And I still stand by that. But after spending the past few months following my own advice and zigzagging all over the place, I felt like the article needed a follow up. So I thought I’d try again — this […]

How To Make Progress When You Are Terrified.

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Source: https://theascent.pub/ By:Deb Knobelman, PhD Photo by Olivier Lemieux on Unsplash 4 strategies to move you toward your goals when you are frozen. You might not believe it right now, but we’re all terrified. All of us who set goals for ourselves. Who want to try something new. Something that feels big. Change careers. Run a marathon. Write a […]

Managing Yourself: How to Calibrate Your Own Strengths and Weaknesses,

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Source:https://betterhumans.coach.me/ By:Julie Zhuo Photo by athree23 via Pixabay. After I had my first baby, I took three months off from work before returning. I knew the transition back would be hard, but I was not prepared for a “Winter is Coming” kind of difficult. A few weeks in, I found myself overwhelmed by every little thing. My mind felt […]

This Is Why You Do Need A (Realistic) Morning Routine.

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Source:https://theascent.pub/ By: Deb Knobelman, PhD Photo by Bailey Zindel on Unsplash Especially if you are a night owl or have ADHD. My son wanted to make his own smoothie yesterday. He drinks a lot of smoothies. And at 10 years old, he is perfectly capable of making his own. I make him almost the exact same combination every day. […]

How To Get Back On Track When One Thing Derails Your Day.

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Source:https://medium.com/ By:Deb Knobelman, PhD Photo by Austin Smart on Unsplash Managing frustration and overwhelm when the unexpected happens. The bus that drives my 8 year old to school didn’t show up the other morning. Crap. By the time we realized it wasn’t coming, I was in full panic mode. I knew it meant that at least one of […]

What Happens When You Put Down Your Phone.

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Source:https://medium.com/ By:Irina Achim Photo by Flo Karr on Unsplash You’ll look at your father and notice the way in which he’s struggling to find some conversation subject with you because he’s so happy to see you home and you know that you’d better join him in this struggle since his grey hair that stubbornly continues to show comes […]

The 10 Most Annoying Human Traits: Do You Have Them?

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Source: https://medium.com/ By: Karen Nimmo Photo by JOSHUA COLEMAN on Unsplash A friend was telling me about a game she once played with friends that turned to emotional carnage. “Someone decided we should list everyone’s two best traits — then their most annoying one. Guess which one everyone zeroed in on?” she said, recalling the heated exchange. “Never again.” You don’t […]