Living Gamefully

Living Gamefully One of my best allies lately in my own personal growth journey has been Dr. Jane McGonigal. I was 34 when I suddenly acquired a sensory disorder. Something changed in my brain, and I have battled crippling auditory issues for what seems like no reason. In the 18 months since, I’ve had my…

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Hard to Help

I’ve been hard to help lately. Has that ever happened to you? You don’t mean to be a martyr and hog all the hard stuff. It’s not that you’re a perfectionist (maybe), or that you have energy to spare (who does). Maybe it starts because you’re a helper. You’re not against receiving help so much…

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Tools We Use (and Recommend)

We’re Not Big Affiliates   One thing you’ll learn quickly about Wild + Brave is that we don’t use Amazon affiliate marketing as a part of our business model. We don’t like the idea that our recommendations and examples could become self-serving. We don’t want to profit from purchases you make for everyday items. We…

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Why I’m Not an Amazon Affiliate Anymore

Why I’m Not an Amazon Affiliate Anymore   Lots of coaches and consultants support their revenue model by getting a tiny percentage of the sales they refer over to Amazon. In fact there was a time when we did it too.    But then it felt weird.   If you know me as a friend,…

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Automations + Tech Hacks for Better Sleep

Automations + Tech Hacks for Sleeping + Waking:   This week I reflected on how much better my physical energy, mental clarity, and emotional flexibility is when I’m sleeping and waking on a steady schedule, directed by light. When I’m camping, I can get away with letting the sun schedule my sleep and wake times.…

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Dead Tired, Avoiding Sleep (Tinnitus Journal)

Dead Tired, Avoiding Sleep (Tinnitus at Bedtime)   From Coach Morgan’s Tinnitus Journal, Written November 10, 2021   I don’t talk about my tinnitus a lot in this blog. Mostly because I’m still trying not to think about it. As my audiologist says, “if you think about your tinnitus, you’ve already lost.” (No really, he…

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Later Hunting

What We’ve Been Putting Off Even without pandemic pressures, “Laters” tend to pile up. Some laters are the usual… need to schedule the dentist, time to change the oil in the car, must get out to visit family members we haven’t seen in too long. But laters also include things like stopping at the farmer’s…

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Don’t Let Your Year-End Review Get Heavy

I think it’s because reflection is so valuable that we often fail to do it. In our desperate need for fresh insights, new motivation, and a sense of accomplishment, the reflection process looms larger than life. And if asking questions about our recent past begins to feel heavy, we delay doing it until we can…

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Go Get Your Silence

A Moment of Silence I had a second of silence this week. Lately my ears ring constantly, but for an instant, the roar of tinnitus blinked.  It’s only happened twice in the last 358 days. But it wasn’t guaranteed to happen at all.  The doctors don’t know why I’m suddenly super sensitive to sound, or…

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Use Your Body To Clear Your Mind

A Body-First Approach to Responding to Stress   This week I’ve been thinking about the mind/body connections of stress, anxiety, and negative emotions. When emotional triggers pop up in life, one of the most effective things we can do is to give ourselves space by interrupting our physical stress response. It’s nice when we can interrupt…

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