Mindfulness: It’s All the Rage these Days

Mindfulness: It’s All the Rage these Days

by | Oct 24, 2016 | Mindfulness/Meditation

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Mindfulness is a huge buzz word these days.

Everyone is talking about it and how important mindfulness  can be for our mental health. It can also mean something different to everyone and there is no “one” way to practice mindfulness (which can be overwhelming, but also encouraging as well).

So what is mindfulness?

John Kabat-Zinn defines mindfulness as, ““The awareness that emerges through paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally to the unfolding of experience moment by moment.”

I love that.

“Paying attention on purpose.”

That’s powerful stuff, because we often don’t. Seriously, we really don’t. Even if you think you are the master of paying attention, we miss so much when we are whizzing through life, when we are incessantly on our phones & social media, constantly in “communication” with others (I saw communication, not connection – there’s a key difference there), and always looking for the next “thing.”

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Mindfulness is being completely in the present moment.

To put it simply, just being.  Away from the noise of the outside world, your work, your kids, your partners, or technology. Just being with yourself in the present moment. Being with your senses. Noticing how you feel, what you smell, what you see, what’s going on inside of you. Bringing your attention and awareness to your body, how you move, how your muscles feel, how your breath flows in and out. You can be mindful of your emotions, mindful of others, mindful of your time, etc. It simply means that you are noticing. Noticing what is going on around you.

Mindfulness is about taking a non-judgmental stance on whatever is happening around you.

Thoughts are inevitably going to enter your mind, that’s ok, but taking a mindful approach towards them requires you to notice and observe without judgement.  In the mindful space, everything just is. It is ok. It is truth. It just is.

For example, during a mindfulness exercise, I may start thinking about the 100 things on my to-do list. I might begin listing the blog posts I need to write, the laundry that needs folding, the emails I need to respond to, the friend I need to text or call back, or mommy-daughter adventures I want to take.  All these thoughts are ok. I’m not going to get down on myself for thinking about important things I need to do during a mindfulness exercises when I’m “supposed to” be not thinking about anything.  No. These thoughts are ok, they are real, and they are my truth. But, I also have plenty of time to think about these things later. So, when thoughts pop into my mind, I acknowledge them (or else they will grow! and you will go on tangents like WOAH – I definitely know this from experience).  One way that I acknowledge them is by literally stating in my mind that I’m thinking. “I’m thinking about my to-do list right now” or “I’m thinking about my adorable little baby right now.” I also then tell myself that I have plenty of time to think about that later (maybe I already have a set time to think about my to-do list).

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Me thinking about my to-do list right now is not going to get anything crossed off, it won’t benefit me to add anything to the growing list, and it won’t do me any good to be constantly thinking about it.  Even though we think we are being productive, we’re not.  Mindfulness for that very moment is the most productive thing I can be doing right now.

There is a reason why they call mindfulness and meditation a “practice.”

It is because it takes work. Its not easy and mindless. Its something to work on each and every day and can always be improved. And I think that is something extremely important to remember. You will not be perfect. You will fail. I know that may turn off a lot of you, but I’ll say it again. You will fail. And that is OK. It is absolutely alright. And if you’re a perfectionist, this is a perfect thing for you to start doing that can ease your perfectionist anxiety (although it will be VERY uncomfortable at first).  But even though you will fail, you will absolutely get back up again, you will get better, more competent with your practice, and feel GREAT while doing it.  It is about ACCEPTING yourself, imperfections and all.  If you’ve been good at everything in your life so far, then I’m sure you’ll be “good” at meditating….eventually…but right away, I’m going to go out on a limb and say you won’t be. You’re going to have thoughts creep in and interrupt your peaceful meditation. And once again, its OK.

That’s the joy of mindfulness.

Everything is ok. Everything just is.

The moment just is. You just are. You can just be. And when we’re inundated with the fast-paced world of technology and constant to-do lists, just “being” sounds pretty darn nice (although I know that that raises the anxiety level of some of you that have difficulty just sitting still and not “accomplishing” anything).  

If you’re wondering how to actually put this into practice, you’re in luck.

Head on over to my post in my Mindfulness Series where you will learn 5 exercises that you can do right away, no matter what level you are (and it doesn’t require joining a yoga studio — although yoga is a pretty awesome mindfulness practice, maybe the ultimate mindfulness practice because it gets you to sweat too!).

More on mindfulness:

 

5 Mindfulness Exercises to Calm your Anxiety

 

Breath Awareness Exercise

 

Progressive Breathing Exercise

 

Body Scan Exercise

 

Alien Objects Exercise

Breathing Colors Exercise

How to Create a Goal that Sets you up for SUCCESS

How to Create a Goal that Sets you up for SUCCESS

by | Oct 19, 2016 | Goal Setting

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Setting goals is one of the most important things you can do when you want to make big  change in your life.

Goals are the backbone of success. They are the backbon of thriving. If you don’t have anything you are striving for, motivating you, pushing you towards success, its hard to really achieve anything at all.

You could have all the desire in the world, but if there is no structure, no goal in place, you might feel stagnant.

You might feel like you’re walking through the woods without a path (although that sounds like it could be super adventurous!). You might feel like you’re on a treadmill, walking (or running for all you badasses) miles and miles and not getting anywhere.

Note: I’m not saying that you have to be insanely structured and checking things off every day and tracking every move you make, no, definitely not saying that.  But I am saying that stating your goals, stating your intentions, your wants, your desires, in a structured way, manifests a power within your actions and yourself to get what you want.

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I grew up with my dad always telling me that thoughts are things.

Thoughts are things. Thoughts are things. I heard it hundreds and hundreds of times, probably since I was young enough to talk.  I thought it was hilarious.  I mean he was telling this to a 10 year old who had no idea what he was talking about.  And then I read The Secret.  And she is saying the exact same thing.  That thoughts are things.  Thoughts are actually physical matter.  They have mass and substance and power. (If you haven’t read it yet, you totally should).

I guess my dad was right (that is REALLY hard to say! – hopefully he doesn’t read this…).

Now, no matter what you believe, there is something to this.  You could believe that thoughts have matter or not. But I’m sure we can agree on one thing:  your thoughts are important.  And I’ll get more into that in a later post, but we can use this same logic when it comes to goal setting.  Because goals are thoughts.  They are STRONG thoughts.  Thoughts of your hopes, dreams, desires.  Everything you want in life usually started off as some sort of thought. And that thought turns into goals, which turn into action, which turns into those thoughts becoming REAL.

But I feel like setting a good goal is harder than most people think.

I hear so many goals that are unrealistic, wishy-washy, unclear.  Goals that have no time limit or too short of a time limit, or goals that have nothing to do with what they really want in their lives.  Goals that are more like hopes and dreams than they are attainable.

How do you know you’ve reached your goal when its not really clear what your goal is in the first place?

I believe that everyone should have dreams.

That its healthy to sometimes have our heads in the clouds and hope for amazingly wonderful outlandish things.  And sometimes people frown upon that or want you to be more sensible, but I say screw that (and them!).  But a dream is just a dream unless you have a plan.  And I believe everyone should be able to attain their dreams.

So I’m going to teach you a 5 crucial aspects of a goal in order for you to be successful at achieving whatever it is that you want to achieve.  This is just the backbone of goal setting, the bare minimum.  I teach goal setting much more in depth in the Push module of my upcoming course, Deserve to Thrive and is Action-Step #3 in my Checklist for BIG CHANGE.

5 ESSENTIAL aspects of a kickass goal that will get you where you want to go:

All you have to remember is the acronym SMART (and you’ve probably heard it before, or pinned a relevant pin on pinterest, but seriously guys, its everywhere for a reason – because it works).  There are tons of variations of what the letters mean and some resonate strongly with different people, but it does provide a clear path to goal-setting success (many of these variations are included in my FREE goal setting workbook).

1. SPECIFIC

A goal has to be specific.  Like I said before, it can’t be wishy-washy, unknown, “I guess I want this really broad thing.” No.  It has to be clear. Unwavering. Stated in simple language that a 12-year old could say, “Yup, I get what they want.”

2. MEASURABLE

A goal has to be measurable. This is where some people can get caught up a bit and forget this step. You want to be able to know when you have made progress.  You know where you are now and you know where you want to be, but being able to track progress in between is crucial for motivational purposes and for your sanity.  You don’t want to feel like you are making no progress when you actually are and vice versa.

3. ATTAINABLE/ACHIEVABLE

A goal has to be attainable or achievable (whichever word resonates with you), which I know sounds a bit counterintuitive because you want to set a goal that you can reach, but you don’t want it to be so out of reach that you will never be successful. Because if you’re never successful, that will be defeating and your goal will go out the window and it will be hard to achieve what you want.  If you have a huge, reaching for the stars goal, that’s great! I’d advise breaking it down into attainable chunks, so while you’re going for the gold, you will be having little wins along the way.  You don’t want your goal to be easy. You want it to be hard enough that you are pushing yourself and extending your limits, but you also want to be able to accomplish it.  When you do, you’ll set a new reaching goal.

Your motto should be, “I’m going to crush my goals, and then set new ones.

4. RELEVANT

A goal has to be relevant to you.  Honestly, I feel like this is pretty self-explanatory. Your goal has to make sense for you and not someone else.  It needs to be something you’re passionate about and relevant to what you want in your life. You’re not going to be motivated by someone else’s goal. It has to be for YOU.

5. TIME-BASED

A goal needs to have a time limit, it should not be open-ended.  Open-ended goals can 1) be overwhelming and 2) never get done. It makes it easier to make a timeline, take action-steps, set smaller, more manageable goals within the bigger goal if you know when you want your goal to be met.

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8 Signs you are Truly Thriving

8 Signs you are Truly Thriving

by | Oct 14, 2016 | Surviving vs. Thriving

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We’ve talked a lot about some of the differences between surviving and thriving.

And we outlined 10 signs that you are suriviving life instead of thriving.

We’ve used thriving a LOT. But what is it?

Thriving is living.  Living is thriving.

They are interchangeable. But, how do you know if you are truly living or not? How can you tell if you are thriving?

Although you probably have your unique definition of what thriving means to you, here are some signs that indicate you are thriving:

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You wake up with a purpose.  Look I don’t believe in the “I just LOVE waking up every day to go to work.” I just don’t.  Because we all love our days off. We all love to sleep in every once in awhile and we all love when we don’t have to work.  But that doesn’t mean we don’t love our work.  You can still be super passionate about your work and hate waking up in the morning. That’s me.  I hate it. I’m just not a morning person, but that’s just me (and I’m sure a lot of you out there – shout out to the morning monsters!).  My sister on the other hand loves getting up at 5am to workout. Good for her. All the power to her morning self.  But no matter if you are a morning person or NOT a morning person, when you are thriving, you are waking up with passion, with a PURPOSE, and with a strong feeling that you are going to accomplish something great today.

You enjoy life.  Isn’t this one of the most important things? And no, I don’t mean just enjoying it on the weekends.  I mean, Every. Single. Day.  Like I said above, there are going to be good days and bad days.  But life is meant to be enjoyed (at least that’s my philosophy).  Its not meant to just be moving from one day to the next.  When you are thriving, you enjoy every day and even if it’s a bad day (yes, you’re going to have bad days even when you’re thriving, I’m not a fan AT ALL of the #nobaddays trend – really I hate that, it puts too much pressure on us to think that we’re not going to have bad days, because when you are having a bad day you think to yourself, “well, I can’t use that hashtag today, can I?” and then you might not even post, and that’s just not right is it?!), you can still have moments throughout the day when that “bad day” vibe seems to lift. You’re excited and energized by what you do each and every day. Which leads me to my next point…

You feel fulfilled. What you spend your days doing fills you up. You feel useful and that you have a purpose.  You know that what you are doing makes a difference. You feel cared about and loved.  You have everything you want or if you don’t, you have a clear path as to how you are going to get it.

You embrace vulnerability. Being vulnerable is hard. Really hard. Like, really really REALLY hard. Its no joke. Being able to tell someone how you feel indicates two main things: you love and accept yourself fully, nonjudgmentally,  unconditionally and know that you are worth it so your feelings must be worth it too AND you trust that the other person (the one you are being vulnerable with) also loves and accepts you you fully, nonjudgmentally, and unconditionally, and knows that you are worth it and validates that your feelings are worth it too. Vulnerability is scary. It is allowing another person to see you for who you really are: raw and open.

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You are mindful. Being mindful is about just being. Taking in each moment as it comes and seeing it for its beauty, its simplicity, its uniqueness. Its not constantly living in the past or future (although there is plenty of time to think about both as they are necessary to personal development), but living in the NOW. Loving the now. Accepting the now for what it is. You are empathetic to other’s needs, their feelings, their desires and are patient.

You live your life on your terms.  I know that as a mother and a wife (or a partner, employee, friend, daughter, etc) you kind of have to include others in your daily routine.  You can’t just live your life for yourself (which is what the opposite of the above “You live your life for others” in the surviving category).  But there is a big difference here.  Its on YOUR terms.  You choose to live a family-centered life.  Or you choose to include friends and others into your being. But its not ALL about others.  You’re in there too.  You are doing something that excites you, something that you are passionate about.  You take care of yourself.  You have time to fully focus on you. This doesn’t have to be every day, but its in there somewhere.  Yes, you have to answer to your boss and her/his needs and your responsibilities at work, but YOU are advocating for yourself, contributing your ideas, and being YOU every day at the workplace.  You’re not lost in what everyone else is doing. You are YOU and you give time for that YOU to shine.

You are progressing. Life is about moving forward, becoming better, stronger, more competent. If you want to be a CEO, its about moving up that ladder to get you there (or starting your own company so you’re CEO by default).  If you want a family and/or a strong partnership (not just a relationship, a partnership), its about finding the RIGHT partner (I emphasize right) and making that happen.  If you want to live a freedom lifestyle of traveling and ditching your 9-5, its about executing a strategy to do so. Progress doesn’t mean every few months you are making a huge step towards your goals. It doesn’t mean you will be CEO over night. It doesn’t mean that when you meet someone you are already planning your wedding day. It just means that everything you spend your time, energy, love, blood, sweat and tears on is moving you towards your goal.  Not moving you sideways.  Not moving you kind of sort of in the general direction of you goal. And the fact that you are moving towards your goal gives you joy. That the goal is something you really truly WANT, not a goal that your parents want for you or society tells you you should have. A goal also doesn’t have to be crazy lofty either.  If you don’t want to be a CEO, you don’t have to be.  Your goal may be to only work 15 hours a week in a just any old job because you want to have time to do the things that light your soul on fire or live where you want to live so you do a job that gets you that.  Progress looks different to everyone. Someone’s idea of progress might be completely different from their best friend’s idea of progress, but it all comes down to what do you want, what do you REALLY want, and when you are thriving, everything you do is in motion towards what you want.

You think you kickass. This doesn’t mean that you think you are God’s gift to this Earth.  This doesn’t mean that you have an inflated ego and think everyone should kneel down and worship you.  Heck no. But this DOES mean that you love yourself unconditionally and think you have so much to offer this world.  Not only in your work/career, but in your personal relationships too.  You think that you’re a catch, that anyone would be lucky to date you and that you’d be a kickass partner. You think that any company is missing out if they don’t hire you. And simultaneously, even though you feel this way, you are constantly making sure you continue to feel this way.  You are constantly working on yourself so you are the best version of your kickass self.  You go to trainings and workshops to increase your knowledge because even though you’re smart, you know you don’t know everything and there is so much amazingness to learn in this world. You know what you have to offer because you’ve busted your butt to be YOU.  And YOU are pretty darn cool.

So now that you’ve had a little time to let all this marinate,

Which one are you?

More From the surviving vs. thriving series:

Surviving vs. Thriving: Which one are You? 

10 Ways to Tell you are Surviving Life instead of Thriving

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10 ways to Identify if you are Surviving Life instead of Thriving

10 ways to Identify if you are Surviving Life instead of Thriving

by | Oct 12, 2016 | Surviving vs. Thriving

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I’m going to be brutally honest. Surviving life SUCKS.

Like, really sucks.

As we discussed before, there is a big difference between surviving life and thriving. But how do you know if you’re just surviving life? Is it a feeling? Do you just know? Or is it sometimes hard to tell? Can some people go their whole lives surviving and never “know” (I put it in quotation because I believe that we all know on some level when we are not completely satisfied, we just often make excuses or we choose to focus on the parts of our lives where we are thriving).

Here are 10 ways to identify if you are in survival mode:

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Each day you get up because you have to. Surviving is about moving through life without PASSION. Its about just getting by.  Not LOVING life, but just liking it a little bit (or not at all).  It doesn’t mean you’re depressed and always down.  It doesn’t mean that you’re always anxious and worried.  Nope. It means that you’re just getting through the day.  Doing what you have to do. Getting things done.

You often just run through the motions.  Alarm goes off and you get up. You grab your coffee because you need it.  You do your morning routine (whatever that may be) and head to work. You do your work (you might even kickass at it) and you wait until that moment you can go home.  You may even meet friends for happy hour.  You may not.  You even may work out. You may not. You may just go home, plop down on your couch, turn on Netflix, order some take-out and settle down for the night. You may even cook an amazing meal. You may even have a partner to sit down with and chat about your day.  But you often have nothing exciting to share. Yeah, maybe you nailed that presentation, or booked a new client, but still felt like something was missing.  A day without passion means a day that was just another day.

You are engaged in the things you are doing, but you’re not excited about them.  To just be surviving doesn’t mean that you’re not successful in your job.  It also doesn’t mean you’re in a low-paying, dead-end job.  You could be running your own company and still be in the surviving category.  You could be making $1 million a year and be surviving (I know that sounds ludicrous to some of you, but money definitely isn’t everything – and yes, yes, that’s what they all say).  You could be moving up the corporate ladder at an earth-shattering pace. Yes, you can be all these things (because you’re still a kickass human being who is pretty freakin’ smart) and still be just surviving. And this relates to relationships too (don’t think I forget about your love life!).

You’re riding the rails of an emotional roller coaster.  Some people say that there are good days and bad days.  Now, I agree, there are definitely good days and bad days.  Some days are just inherently better than others.  But when you are surviving, the swing between good days and bad days is HUGE.  There are a lot of bad days and when it’s a bad day, it is a BAD day.  And when it’s a good day, it’s a GOOD day.  Sometimes there is an anxiety in the morning about what kind of day it will be. And when a bad day happens, it often makes you lose sight of all the good days like the good days never happen and possibly won’t happen again, that life its just a string of bad days put together.

You hide (aka stuff) your emotions. When you feel a strong emotion, you don’t tell anyone about it. Or you minimize it. Or you tell yourself that you shouldn’t feel that way. You push your feelings aside and tell yourself that they are not important, or no one will understand, or no one will accept them. You tell yourself that you can get over it or that maybe you were misinterpreting something. When you’re mad, you tell yourself you’re over-reacting (and maybe you do end up over-reacting because of all the times when you have told yourself you shouldn’t be angry). When you’re hurt, you cry alone (or you suck it up and shove it aside). When someone lets you down, you cut them out of your life as a way to avoid telling them they messed up. Your feelings are like an iceberg: only showing about 10% to the world.

You live for the weekend.  I hear this a lot. “I just LIVE for the weekend.” Fridays can’t come soon enough. So each week is 7 days and you “live” for only 2 of them? Wow. That sounds really tough.  Turns out, you’re only “living” 104 days out of the year. No matter how you fill your weekend (sleeping in, making plans with friends, drinking, or binge watching Netflix), 2 days is just not enough time to truly be living.

You often see the negatives in a situation first.  This doesn’t mean that you are always a negative person, but it does mean that whenever something happens to you or others, or someone has an idea and explains it to you, or you’re faced with adversity, you often recognize the negatives about whatever it is first.  You might get to the positives eventually, but the negatives are what pop into your mind initially.

You live your life for others. As a mom, my days right now are pretty much dictated by what my baby needs (she’s only 7 months old, so that kind of makes sense).  And that’s ok, but many many years of only doing what my babies and kids (and husband too!) need, now that’s draining and a life that is not lived for me, its lived solely for others.  Maybe you’re not married and don’t have kids, but you’re constantly having to answer to bosses, or family members, or friends, or a partner, who drain you of your “you-ness,” who occupy all the emotional space in your life and don’t allow you (maybe they don’t even mean to, most people don’t) any space in your own life.  You’re constantly thinking about what others need and rarely thinking about what you need. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve asked a client, “What do you want [or need]” and they pause, tear up, maybe even cry, because no one, not even themselves, has ever asked them that question.

You’re making no progress. Life is all about progress.  We never want to be stagnant.  Stagnant = stuck. No progress = stuck.  And stuck = surviving.  When you’re not progressing you are settling.  You are settling for the life you were given, not the life you have seized.  We can settle in so many areas of our lives: work/career, relationships, family conflicts/situations, friendships, where we live, where we travel (or if we travel at all), etc.

You think you’re “just ok.” This is a bit of a self esteem and self confidence issue. You don’t really believe in yourself.  You might sometimes (on those good days), but generally, most of the time, you don’t.  You often use negative language to describe yourself or your situation in life. You get down on yourself A LOT. You believe that your qualities are fixed, that there is no room for growth (more on the fixed vs. growth mindset later).   All in all, you’re just not jazzed about being you.

You could be ALL of the above things or just a few, but no matter what if you identified with any of these statements you might be closer to the “surviving” end of the spectrum (everything is on a spectrum – you’re never ALL one thing or ALL another, that’s life, we don’t live in black or white, we live in the grey and sometimes that can be hard).

And you might not have identified with some of the above statements.  So that brings me to what thriving is.

So what does thriving look like?

Read more here.

So where are you?  Did you relate with any of the above?

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More From the surviving vs. thriving series:

Surviving vs. Thriving: Which one are You? 

8 Ways you Know you are Thriving

Are you ready to thrive?

Are you feeling stuck? Stagnant? Hindered from moving forward?

Then I have the PERFECT thing for you.

Introducing: My BRAND NEW course, Deserve to Thrive.

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Sound like something you’d love? I thought so.

It’s finally here!

You don’t want to miss it! 

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Surviving vs. Thriving: Which one are you?

Surviving vs. Thriving: Which one are you?

by | Oct 6, 2016 | Surviving vs. Thriving

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My focus as a life coach is to inspire you to create your THRIVE in your life. Because, let’s throw it out there, we all DESERVE to live our best life.

Let’s say that one more time.

WE ALL DESERVE TO LIVE OUR BEST LIFE.

(I’m not shouting, I promise, I just really, really believe it).

We do. Even if you don’t believe it, you do.  You deserve to have everything you want.

Everything.

So answer this question for me:

Are just surviving through your life or are you living a fulfilled, thriving life?  Are you just getting by, or are you truly, LIVING?

YOU DESERVE TO THRIVE!

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You may know the answer, or you may be scratching your head (really, who scratches their head when they’re confused), I mean, tilting your head like a sweet puppy (that’s better…) wondering what in the world does “surviving” mean? Does it mean that I can barely make enough money to eat, put a roof over my head, or live in my parent’s basement?  Does it mean that I don’t have a job, education, or career?  Does it mean that I am alone, no partner, no friends?

Although the above questions embody the textbook definition of what “surviving” could mean, there is so much more to it.

And it may surprise you how simply surviving life, can go by undetected, hidden, unseen, unnoticed (ok, I think you get the point). It can be masked by other wins in your life.  It can be overshadowed by other difficulties in your life like depression, anxiety, or trauma, which are often at the forefront of your mind (and often can cause the survival mode – but the two don’t have to co-exist either).

Surviving is going through your life, each day, day after day, for the forseeable future.  It might just be in one area of your life.  It could be that you are thriving in seven areas in your life, but surviving in one. Or you could be surviving in all aspects of life except one, but that one happens to be your career so it takes up all of your time and you are left with no time to focus on anything else.

But thriving….

Thriving is living. It is having passion in every aspect of your life: work/career, love/romance, friendships/social life, health/fitness, your finances, your lifestyle, and your personal development (self-esteem/worth/confidence/belief/compassion) and knowing who you are and what you want.

Its OWNING you. Owning who you are. Owning what you are about and feeling great about it.

Back to my question:

Are you surviving?

Or are you THRIVING?

More From the surviving vs. thriving series:

10 Signs you are Surviving Life instead of Thriving

8 Signs you are Thriving

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