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Gutsy Life Coaching Hi, I am Amanda. I am a Gutsy Women’s Life Coach! What is that you say? Gutsy Life Coaching is designed to help Gutsy Women like you, identify their purpose, identify what is holding them back from living that purpose, and empower them with tools, action steps, and a little butt kicking, […]
While diving into my summer of radical self-love, I came to the realization that boundaries are a vital part of self-love, and that I didn’t know the truth about boundaries, about what they are, or how to define them. If there’s one thing I’ve learned on my journey of self-growth, it’s that whenever a concept […]
What is radical self-love? I have been asking myself that for the last year. It has taken me that long to write this post. I have been struggling for the better part of a year with a sense of self. With how to love myself really. What I have come to realize is that I […]
A Review of the Book Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequest This book changed me. I read it at the start of my unraveling and then again at the end. This book, Untamed, and Wintering were the anthems of my unraveling, or possibly my becoming. I was searching for a way to put into words […]
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times by Katherine May As the English writer Katherine May illuminates in her beautiful, meditative book, wintering is at once a season of the natural world, a respite our bodies require, and a state of mind. Katherine May is an English writer and author of several […]
First, let’s explore what one-year and five-year plans are, and why they are so important. One-year and five-year plans serve as important roadmaps for you and your goals. You can’t accomplish a goal without a plan, just like you can’t navigate to someplace new without a roadmap. (Or maybe you can, but you’re much more […]
What is a Year in Review? What is this practice of a year in review? It’s a way to reflect on your life to see where you have been, what you’ve done, and the lessons that you can learn moving forward. It is a way to understand where you are and where you have been. […]
Have you read Glennon Doyle’s newest book, Untamed? It is incredible! A rallying cry for all women (and men) to live their truest life, without apologies or explanations. Because when we are true to ourselves, the whole world benefits. This is a hard reality to accept. As women we have been conditioned to believe that […]
This is the Part Where You Embrace the Suck We are often faced with the question: how do I deal with negative emotions? When things are hard, you are experiencing negative emotions, and changing your thoughts is not enough, two tools that will help you are: 1. Embrace the suck and 2. Remind yourself that […]
My Gutsy Journey: I just finished coaching school and I am feeling on top of the world, as well as all the doubt and impostor syndrome and fear of a new career, business, etc. I was looking back at my journal from this exact day last year and the entry was: I am afraid to […]
The Secret is in Your Brain Introduction: Forming good habits and ditching bad ones is all about understanding your brain. Your brain is hardwired for survival. In survival mode, the brain focuses on 1) Conserving as much energy as possible and 2) Scanning the world for any possible threat to that survival. Very noble of […]