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Category: Life Skills

Learn how to focus on the soft skills, the people skills like good communication, effective leadership, positive motivation, and managing your emotions.

Release the Power of Mastery – Embody What You Learn

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Life Skills.

Happy woman enjoying the confidence that comes from releasing the power of mastery

Releasing the power of mastery takes more than continuous learning. After all, mastery isn’t just about what you know — it’s about what you become. True mastery happens when your knowledge is woven into your thoughts, actions, and presence. It’s the difference between understanding a concept intellectually and living it so fully that it shapes how you show up in the world.

We tend to deeply admire people who have achieved mastery — master athletes, musicians, or business leaders. What we admire most isn’t just their skills but their ability to stay calm under pressure, adapt in the moment, and consistently perform at their best. That kind of mastery isn’t reserved for the gifted few; it’s something we can all cultivate. The key lies in shifting from simply learning new ideas to embodying what you learn.

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Stop Being a People Pleaser — Celebrate the Unique Person You Are!

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Dream Big - Start Small, Fearless Mindset, Life Skills.

When you start from a grounded, well-balanced sense of self and others, it isn’t difficult to stand up for yourself and celebrate the unique person you are. Imbalance, or people pleasing, comes when you care too much, at the expense of what you hold dear. But you can recover and embrace the unique you.It’s normal to want to be loved, to fit in, and to be accepted. We care what other’s think. That’s why we all do the dance of give and take – we’re trying to find our place in our family, the workplace, our community and the world. And if you start from a grounded, well-balanced sense of self and others, it isn’t so difficult to stand up for yourself, celebrate the unique person you are, and be your own woman. However, many women have learned that being a people pleaser is safer.

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The Remedy for Burnout is Not Recreation but Sustainability

Written by Maria Connolly. Posted in Controlling Stress, Dream Big - Start Small, Health and Wellness, Life Skills, Somatic Coaching.

The traditional approach to burnout goes something like this: Push hard, reach exhaustion, take a break, repeat. It's a cycle that might seem manageable in the short term, but it's fundamentally unsustainable. Each cycle tends to require longer recovery periods and produces diminishing returns.“Exhausted. Totally drained.” “No motivation.” “Feeling disconnected.” “Can’t focus. Can’t keep up.” “Overwhelmed” “Don’t want to do it any more.” “I can’t do it any more!” Many of my clients are expressing sentiments like these when I ask how they’re feeling. Then our conversations center on finding a remedy for burnout. However, I’d like to share something profound that I’ve learned from this…

We live in times of great opportunities, but they come with monumental responsibilities and challenges. High achieving women manage the work/life juggling act for a while. But something has to give. And what usually gives is your spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical health. Then it’s a long, hard struggle to recover.

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