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Category: Transform Your Life

How to Reset Your Life Seasonally, Intentionally: Small Shifts, Big Impact

The shift from winter to spring, the long days of summer into crisp autumn, or the quiet descent of winter all carry an invitation to reset your life seasonally. There are moments in every season when life offers us a natural pause. The shift from winter to spring, the long days of summer into crisp autumn, or the quiet descent of winter all carry an invitation to reset your life seasonally. These changes in the natural world remind us that transition isn’t just possible; it’s necessary.

For high-achieving women, however, the idea of resetting can feel complicated. With full careers, relationships to nurture, and countless responsibilities, the last thing you need is another list of things to “do.” Yet the longing for change persists: the sense that you’re ready for something to shift, to feel lighter, to live with more alignment.

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Strategic Living: Intentional Transformation that Achieves Your Big Dreams

The key to strategic living is not adding more but choosing with clarity.
September is a time of transition. Here in Oregon, we’re shifting into autumn weather and it’s back-to-school time. It reminds us of the thrill of fresh starts, new beginnings and renewed focus. This time of year fills me with anticipation and excitement. It’s my season for reviewing and preparing for next year, because strategic living involves knowing where I’m going, how I’m going to get there, and recognizing that I’m on the right path.

For high-achieving women, this season offers an invitation. The rhythm of the year naturally turns toward structure after the ease of summer. You have an opening to create intentional transitions in your life. Whether that means redefining how you approach work, deepening a relationship, or recommitting to a personal practice, the key to strategic living is not adding more but choosing with clarity.

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It Starts With You. How to Get What YOU Want From Life

A love letter to the magnificent women who refuse to choose between success and fulfillment

Do you desire success and fulfillment without apology? It starts with you! Discover how to design a life that aligns with who you really are.She walks into our first session with her phone buzzing, her calendar packed, and a coffee cup that’s been refilled so many times it would qualify for frequent flyer miles. She’s running three projects, managing a team of twelve, planning her daughter’s birthday party, and somehow still remembering to water the plants that her mother-in-law gave her (because letting them die would be “giving up”).

She wants it all. And honestly? I’m here for it.

“I just need better time management,” she says, scrolling through her color-coded calendar. “Maybe some stress reduction techniques. I’ve heard meditation works, but who has twenty minutes to sit still?”

I nod knowingly. Because here’s what I’ve learned after years of working with phenomenal women who run companies, lead teams, raise families, and somehow still show up for book club: the problem isn’t that they want too much. The problem is they’ve forgotten who they are underneath all that doing.

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From Transition to Transformation: Embody Your New Self. It’s How Change Sticks!

he in-between place from transition to transformation is made easier when you work on integration, accepting and embodying the new you.What a process change is! First comes transition, where you’re in the in-between, liminal stage, helping your body catch up with the vision you hold for your life. Then comes Integration, which leads to transformation. Know this: Integration is a practice, not a finish line. We tend to think transformation comes from and ends with decision-making. We view it as a breakthrough. A clear “before and after.” However, nothing could be further from the truth, as Ava’s experience illustrates…

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The Liminal Space: Navigating Transformation’s Uncomfortable In-Between

The liminal space is a transitional period between two states or stages, often causing feelings of uncertainty, ambiguity, and disorientation.The liminal space is a transitional period between two states or stages, often causing feelings of uncertainty, ambiguity, and disorientation. You’re neither here nor there, where familiar surroundings may feel altered and unsettling. My client Sophie (not her real name) found herself dealing with the discomfort of the liminal space…

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