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Can’t vs Won’t

April 30, 2025 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Very often we don’t make changes because we tell ourselves we can’t do something. I can’t exercise because I don’t have time. I can’t quit my job because I need the health insurance. I can’t lose weight because my husband insists on keeping junk food in the house. I can’t go to bed earlier because I need time to unwind at night. In reality, these […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: growth mindset, how to make changes, shifting your mindset, victim mentality

The Four Keys to Making Changes You Can Actually Maintain

January 11, 2021 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

It’s January 11th and that means many of us have already given up on the changes we vowed to make in 2021. There is good news. 1. You aren’t alone. and 2. You can start again! Making changes is not as difficult as you think. In fact, the process is pretty simple. It’s really just […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: how to develop new habits, how to make changes, mindset shifts

I’m Running A Free 5-Day Challenge And You Might Wanna Join It

December 18, 2020 by not your average mom 2 Comments

A couple weeks ago I ran a free 3-day challenge called the Mindset Challenge. It was almost a last-minute idea — like I thought of it the week before — and so it was rushed and I didn’t get to run it the way I really wanted to. In my mind, I was going to […]

Filed Under: Self Care Tagged With: how to develop new habits, how to make changes, online challenges, online courses

It’s Not Supposed To Be Easy

May 21, 2019 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

We all have things we want to change about our current situation. We might want to change our spending habits or something in our marriage or our weight or how we parent our kids or our level of fitness. But change is not easy. And our brains are wired for finding the easiest way to […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Mental Health, Parenting, Self Care, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: change, discomfort, how to make changes, making change in your life, struggle

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