The Gutsy Life – Amanda Richey Life Coach

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Defining Your Personal Core Values

core values

What is a Value? Identifying Personal Core Values is one of the first activities I do with my coaching clients because values are often the source behind the big goals and life changes that brought my clients to work with me in the first place. Helping them to get clear on those values from the […]

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How to Get Grounded

how to get grounded

Why We Need Grounding More Than Ever: In these unprecedented times, we need to find a way to stay centered and in touch with our inner selves without getting swept up in emotions like fear, scarcity, and anger. In these crazy times we need to get grounded. Grounding yourself is the process of balancing and […]

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What You Focus on Grows

law of attraction

Science and the Real Law of Attraction Introduction: We have all heard the old adage: “What you focus on grows” And I am sure you are a bit skeptical, am I right? What if I told you it was true? Scientists have a lot to say about the expression: “what you focus on grows” Three […]

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Find Your Why: Personal Goal Setting Tips

Find your why

Introduction Goal setting has many parts: Getting your mindset in order, getting mighty clear on the who/what/where/when/whys of the goal, getting accountable, and understanding the emotion behind your goal. BUT, I would argue that before you have any of these figured out, you must find your why. You must get sooooo crystal clear on WHY […]

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The Life Changing Benefits of Giving

benefits of giving

How Giving Can Change Your Life For Leap Day I wanted to look at something special to do or start or explore. I was thinking of a fun thing to do with your extra day of the year and then I remembered the book 29 Gifts: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life. […]

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How to Reflect on Your Year

year in review

A Birthday Year in Review What is a Year in Review? What is this practice of a year in review? It’s a way to reflect on your year and your life to see where you have been, what you’ve done, and the lessons that you can learn. It is a way to understand where you […]

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Learning to Love What Is

Love yourself

The Human Ecosystem and your individual strengths and weaknesses I was recently introduced to the idea of the Human Ecosystem by Kara Loewentheil of the Unf*ckyourbrain podcast and I absolutely love the concept. I am a science nerd at heart and the idea really resonates with me. I have always struggled with accepting and learning […]

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Goal Setting Perspective

Goal setting perspective

The Infinite First Step The first step is the hardest, the rest will follow This post may contain affiliate links. For more info see my Disclosures and Policy Page We often think that making a goal and then only following through 20% of the time is not even worth it. That having a meal plan […]

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Your Brain, Willpower, Motivation and Limiting Beliefs

Brain science and motivation

How Your Brain is Keeping You From Going For It in Life Understanding how your brain works is hugely important if you want to go for it in life, overcome your limiting beliefs, increase your willpower, and motivation, and step through fear to live the Gutsy Life. That is why I am diving into the […]

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Six Steps to Develop an Abundance Mindset

How to develop an abundance mindset

Plus a Quiz and Free Worksheet Are you wondering what is the meaning of scarcity and abundance mindset? Are you wondering which one you have? Don’t worry I’ve got you covered! We will talk all about how to spot a mindset of scarcity and how to develop an abundance mindset. Abundance is a word that […]

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