The Gutsy Life – Amanda Richey Life Coach

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How to Be Present Over Perfect

Present Over Perfect review

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 […]

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My own Winter and a Review of the Book by Katherine May

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 […]

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How to Create a One-Year and a Five-Year Plan

one and five year plan

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 […]

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The Truth of Living the Untamed Life – It Takes Guts

Living the untamed life takes guts

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 […]

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How to Deal with Negative Emotions

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 […]

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The Gutsy Journey

the gutsy journey

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 […]

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How to Form Good Habits and Kick the Bad Ones

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 […]

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Four Podcasts to Listen to Right Now

podcasts

I have a list for you of the four podcasts you should stop what you are doing and listen to right now. I don’t know about you, but I have always found podcasts to be a positive way to spend my time while I’m driving, doing dishes, running, etc. I love listening to music as […]

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