Does Family Really Have to Come First?

How long can you hold your breath? That's what it feels like when you're not living one of your top values: like being underwater, searching for a surface you can't see.This week on Please Advise, Suzy talks to Michelle, an architect and firm partner in her early 40s with three k ...  Show more

Jes is 27, works in the nonprofit sector, and has a not-so-secret dream: she wants to be a writer. The problem, as she sees it, is a values conflict — she wants her work to be seen, but she doesn't want to be famous, and she wants to make money, but writing doesn't pay unless you ...  Show more

In this episode I talk about the importance of taking actions aligned with your own values.  Questioning what you have been told and asking yourself if it's the best action to take to get what's important for YOU. So many people think they want something and spend too much time c ...  Show more

Most people think they know exactly what they want… a bigger business, a new house, financial freedom.But here’s the truth: sometimes the “goal” we’re chasing isn’t actually our true desire. It’s the feeling we think that goal will give us, such as ease, respect, freedom, or joy. ...  Show more

Episode Summary: This is a phenomenon that comes up when you don't act completely according to your intentions. Instead of determining the day ruined, choose to live in integrity moment to moment.

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So many of us go through life without really making decisions for ourselves or understanding the decisions we made. Then one day, we wake up and find ourselves surprised at how we got to where we are, not sure if we even wanted it for ourselves. So how do you break that cycle of ...  Show more