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Maybe you never thought you'd say this as an adult, but it's time to be sleep trained! Improving this ONE habit will change your life, and you aren't alone in needing help.With over 10 years of experience, therapist Christine Lawler dives into the why and the how of sleep training. From serious mental health reasons, to just general self care, the time is now to get better sleep.Exhaustion does not have to be your badge of honor! Tune in, and maybe grab a note pad, because you'll leave this conversation with 3 rules for better sleep. And as a bonus, here is a FREE 5 Day Sleep Makeover created to help you help your habits.SHOW NOTESChristine's Website, Instagram, and Facebook Register for Rediscover You Workshop (use code “FINDME” to get $30 off until March 11th) Join the FREE 5-Day Sleep Makeover FREE Printables, including this month’s Progress Plan Lend your voice and experience +be featured on the show HERE Join the free and private FB group Join the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for April!) Join Monica on Facebook and Instagram Songs Credit: “Drive,” “Changes,” and “Golden Alley” by Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Most of us start the New Year with a whole list of habits we are CERTAIN we will immediately transform.But then March comes and we're mostly same-old, same-old.It's because we are going about changing our habits all wrong.Listen to hear more about this month's theme and how in order to successfully shift your habits you need to start where it realllllllly matters to you!(Pssst: Don't forget the HUGE announcement! Come join us in Utah for a great Workshop in May.)Show Notes Register for Rediscover You Workshop (use code "FINDME" to get $30 off until March 11th) FREE Printables, including this month’s Progress Plan Join the FREE 5-Day Sleep Makeover Take part of the FREE Social Media Challenge Lend your voice and experience + be featured on the show HERE Join the free and private FB group Join the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for April!) Join Monica on Facebook and Instagram Songs Credit: Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a community, not a fan club. We learn from and inspire each other.This new monthly series is where members of the About Progress Community write in to share notes with their fellow “Progressors.”Listen in to hear how Progressors have grown, their experiences, their stories, and their wisdom on this month’s theme: New Year, New You.SHOW NOTESFREE Printables, including this month’s Progress PlanLend your voice and experience + be featured on the show HEREJoin the free and private FB groupJoin the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for March!)Join Monica on Facebook and InstagramSongs Credit: Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Self-love is all the rage, but is it worth the hype? If you are looking to find out who you truly are, there is something else that may serve you better: self compassion.Self compassion is being fully KIND to yourself by no longer buying into shame cycles.You can allow things to get messy on the pursuit of growth, while keeping your self-worth intact. Including matters of faith, family, and his future, Josh Searlediscusses this and how he learned to "fail forward" on his journey of growing into his true self.Don't let self-esteem govern your worth; instead come to know your inherent worth and give yourself permission to figure things out, and allow others in on your journey.SHOW NOTES Josh's Website, Instagram, and Facebook FREE Printables, including this month’s Progress Plan Lend your voice and experience + be featured on the show HERE  Join the free and private FB group Join the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for March!) Join Monica on Facebook and Instagram Songs Credit by Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you be true to yourself if you feel so very complicated?Being complex is totally OK. In fact, it's who you are made to be. Figuring out how to get in tune with how your complicated personality is in fact a strength will help you make more of your life.Amy Webb is a self-described contradictory person who would love to help you learn how to own your own messy personality. Doing so for her has led to empowerment and fulfillment, including for her daughter with special needs. Listen to hear how she learned to accept her full self, and how you can do the same. SHOW NOTESAmy's Website, Instagram, and Facebook and PRE-ORDER her book!FREE Printables, including this month’s Progress PlanLend your voice and experience +be featured on the showHERE Join the free and private FB group Join the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for March!)Join Monica on Facebook and InstagramSongs Credit: “Drive,” “Changes,” and “Golden Alley” by Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, I share 10 things you don't know about me. Don't worry, there IS a point beyond navel-gazing:) My goal is for you to then go on and create your own list of things people don't know about you and to see how this helps you cue in to who you are and what matters to you. Because when you know the SMALL things that make you "you," it's easier to own the bigger things, too. SHOW NOTES:FREE Printables, including this month’s Progress PlanLend your voice and experience + be featured on the show HERE  Join the free and private FB groupJoin the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for March!)Join Monica on Facebook and InstagramSongs Credit:Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you get stuck thinking you need to be an "expert" in one finite field in order to matter?Pish-posh! It's more than OK to be a "Jane of all trades." In fact, doing all the things will help you figure out better who you are than pigeon-holing yourself into one "admirable" standard of achievement.Miranda Anderson of Live Free Creative Co. is a testament to how much joy, fun, creativity, and challenge you can bring into your life by daring to try new things. She does ALL the things, because she enjoys the process more than the outcome.Listen in to hear how you can better own who you are by exploring where the wind (ie. your interests, gifts, hobbies, etc.) takes you. And how one failed sewing experiment launched Miranda into years of personal-growth and more. Show NotesMiranda's Website, Instagram, and FacebookFREE Printables, including this month’s Progress Plan Lend your voice and experience + be featured on the show HERE Join the free and private FB groupJoin the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for February!) Join Monica on Facebook and Instagram Songs Credit: Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you want to change your life? Including your relationships? Work? Parenting? Fitness? Spirituality? And more?You need to start by knowing who you are. And that entails working on your personal development.Many women have lost touch with their inner selves--what makes them light up, including their natural interests, passions, hobbies, and gifts. They somehow have received the message that working on their own growth is selfish and will take away from what matters most in their lives.The opposite is true.Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife is a leading expert on marriage, relationships, and sexuality. The foundation to everything she does involves guiding women back to the root of who they truly are.She teaches that a woman who brings her full, developed self to the table will advance everything else--and everyone--that matters in her life.Listen in to hear why knowing who you are is vital for growth and happiness, and how to start working on finding yourself again.Show Notes Jennifer's Website and 20% Valentine's Day Sale !!!!!Past Episodes with Jennifer hereFREE Printables, including this month's Progress Plan Lend your voice and experience + be featured on the show HERE Join the free and private FB groupJoin the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for February!) Join Monica on Facebook and Instagram Songs Credit: Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In order to fully step into who you ARE, you need to look back at who you WERE.Last month we talked about ch-ch-changing! This month, we are focusing on being true to your real self. The one that you have still deep down inside you with interests, gifts, and passions put on the back burner.How can you rediscover your self? Go back to who you were as a kid. And consider which labels you have adopted that are getting in the way of you exploring others.CLICK HERE TO GET THIS MONTH'S FREE PRINTABLES, INCLUDING THE PROGRESS PLAN!Show Notes FREE Printables, including this month's Progress Plan Lend your voice and experience + be featured on the show HERE  Join the free and private FB groupJoin the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for February!) Join Monica on Facebook and Instagram Songs Credit: Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is a community, not a fan club. We learn from and inspire each other.This new monthly series is where members of the About Progress Community write in to share notes with their fellow "Progressors."Listen in to hear how Progressors have grown, their experiences, their stories, and their wisdom on this month's theme. Show Notes FREE Printables, including this month's Progress Plan Lend your voice and experience + be featured on the show HERE  Join the free and private FB groupJoin the Progress Program: SMALL-group GROWTH coaching for women (you can apply now to reserve your slot for February!) Join Monica on Facebook and Instagram Songs Credit: "Drive," by Nicolai Heidlas Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices