Author: Brandi
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Welcome 2023!
Tweet It’s that time of year when the gyms are full and every store knocks down their price on weights, blenders and diet books. I never realized how dangerous New Year’s Resolutions could be until I stopped making one. The end of one year often brings attention to things we’ve been stuffing under drawers and…
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Meaningful Books for Your Holiday Gift List
Tweet ‘Tis the season of holiday decor, long lines and road rage. Sort of joking. Every year, I vow to ease into the holiday season by breaking tradition – Secret Santa gift exchanges, giving my kids experiences instead of gifts and forgiving myself for Christmas cards gone bad. {A few years ago during a particularly…
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Is it Wrong to Follow Your Passion? The Controversy About Following Your Passion
Tweet I’ve been hearing it from a few famous people like Ted Talker Terri Trespicio and one of my favorite authors Elizabeth Gilbert. Because I write about following your passion on the regular, I spent time considering their argument. And here’s where I think a lot of people getting passion and purpose wrong. MYTH: Passion…
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You Are the Chosen One
Tweet You know what keeps me up at night? The state of the world. I think about how age has opened me up raw to the ways we sabotage ourselves to the greatest detriment of our well-being. Not just at an individual level, but at a global one. Imagine how many ways we humans destroy…
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4 Horrifying Outcomes of Not Pursuing Your Purpose
Tweet Many of us were brought up to believe that money was either a) the root of all evil b) it was a necessary evil. As a result, our true purpose was buried underneath grown-up words like, “obligation” and “responsibility.” We had to undertake the role of being an adult which has no room for…
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Why Pursuing Your Passion is so Hard and What to Do About it
Tweet Did I ever tell you this story? When I was in high school, I had a horrible English teacher. He would sit on a chair in front of us and read our work aloud. Then he would begin attacking it. Questioning its worthiness, commenting on how terrible it was, and always letting us know…
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Why Sensitive Creatives Take Longer to Reach Success
Tweet There are many creative people who you have not heard of. You haven’t read their book. You haven’t seen their paintings. The reason why these talented people are unknown is many haven’t written the book, they haven’t painted anything. They are dreaming of it, but they are frozen to take action. Many creatives are…
