self-care

Holiday Stress Tips

Posted by Katie Kovaleski on December 22, 2022 in self-care stress triggers No Comments

The holidays are intended to be a time for connection, sharing, gratitude and love. Ironically, for many people, the opposite experience is usually the norm. What happens during the holidays and the way we respond to it can provide us with a lot of wisdom about the parts of ourselves that could use some support

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It’s Okay to say NO

Posted by Katie Kovaleski on November 20, 2022 in life coaching self-care No Comments

Staying around something that makes you feel like sh*t until you’re able to tolerate it doesn’t yield any accolades. It just means you’ve gotten used to having a stress response. And it’s part of the old toughen up/just put up with it programming that is antiquated at best and abusive at worst. It’s okay to

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On Endings…

Posted by Katie Kovaleski on July 13, 2020 in life coaching Quick Facts self-care No Comments

On endings: “It didn’t work out, I wanted this to work so badly!” “Maybe I should’ve tried to ____ or _____ or _____” (cue imagining doing a thousand things differently, welcome to emotional torture) It did work. It wasn’t SUPPOSED to last. For all experiences, especially the painful ones – It’s all about you getting closer

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Can People Really Change?

Posted by Katie Kovaleski on November 11, 2019 in life coaching self-care No Comments

Can people really change? Especially after a certain age? (I.e. adulthood) I believe, with absolute certainty, that they can. I’ve done it myself and have created a business based on it. Believing that people can’t really change “who they are” is just a thought, and thoughts can be changed. In fact, entire belief systems can

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