Are these the Six Steps to a Successful Morning Routine?
If you’re unmotivated, at rock-bottom, or struggling to reach your goals, creating a successful morning routine may be the fix you’re missing in life. If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you know I’m all about turning your big goals into the tiniest steps possible to start feeling productive and head into your day …
How to Create Healthy Boundaries (…and why I’m not on Tik Tok)
If you have a vague idea of what “boundaries” are but wouldn’t be able to explain the exact meaning to someone, this post is for you. The reason I want to talk about boundaries is because I was featured on a podcast a couple weeks ago called the Outstanding Woman Leaders Podcast, and during the …
“If this, then that” of Habit Building | #RTYBTips Episode 3
“What is a habit, Ella?! And how is it different from normal everyday behaviour!?” Fantastic question! Let me be as clear as I possibly can: a habit is an unconscious stimulus-response set of behaviours. All that means is, a habit is an “if this, then that” procedure. The reason I say procedure is because habits …
Break these 3 Habits to Optimize Physical Distancing
It’s June 1st 2020 and if you live on planet Earth, you’re being affected by the current global pandemic known as COVID-19. Whether you’re in lock-down or not, governments and health organizations around the world are encouraging social distancing practices to keep the virus at bay until it can be treated. That means staying at …
3 Simple Tips for Instantly Achieving “Flow State” | RTYB Tips Episode 2
“5 PM already?! Where did the time go?” If you’ve ever said that after a long and intense day, that is probably you were working in a flow state, aka “in the zone.” Flow state is a concept in positive psychology developed by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi. It means you are fully focused or immersed in an …
5 Specific Steps for Going from Rock Bottom to Breakthrough (no motivation required)
You just hit rock bottom. What do you do now? You have zero motivation. How do you take action? You want to love living. But you don’t know where to begin… Well, I know exactly how you feel. Exactly. I felt like I was living at rock bottom for about 15 years of my life. …
How Small Habits have Lasting Changes (The Butterfly Effect vs. The Ripple Effect)
When a butterfly flaps it’s wings in Brazil, it causes a tornado in Texas. – Edward N. Lorenz … not literally, but the implication is spot on. Allow me to explain … So What Exactly is the Butterfly Effect? Let me start by saying that the butterfly effect is not the ripple effect. These 2 …
3 Fail-Safe Methods to Instantly Transform Your Organizational Habits | RTYB Episode 1
Today I begin to dive deeper into discussing different types of habits. In fact, I am going to start a new series on my blog doing just that. As you probably can tell from the title, today’s topic is all about organizational habits. I created this series because it gets the “retrain your brain” message …
The Simplest Explanation of Habit Stacking You’ve Ever Seen
Habit stacking is a sensational way to build simple success into your day. To understand habit stacking, you need to understand “habit” itself. I have a free 1 hour course on my website that teaches you all about habit which you can access by clicking here. If you haven’t completed the course yet, here a …
5 utterly simple ways to break bad habits when you’re bored and quarantined
Today’s blog topic is on a very relevant topic for pretty much all humans, especially considering the current events of … COVID-19 And that topic is how to NOT engage in bad habits when you’re bored … and quarantined. So I’m sure we’ve all been there. Whether that’s opening the fridge or pantry 5 times …