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How to afford expensive home repairs without having a heart attack or using debt
Your home is your most valuable asset. Like any asset, you want to maintain, protect and even increase its value. Just like your car needs an oil change, your home needs regular repairs and maintenance. The problem is they’re not ALWAYS predictable but they always seem to be expensive. Often people try to band aid…
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Set boundaries & stop letting your priorities fall-AGAIN- to the bottom of the list
You’re not Cinderella. No one is coming to save you or do the work for you. Sometimes that means doing the hard work, whether it’s not buying something, eating broccoli or doing one more set of exercises. But sometimes it’s the simple work of protecting your YOU time. Of making yourself a priority.
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Stop doing life & money wrong with these lessons from our coaching sessions
How to maintain momentum during the weight loss stages Why part of the process of getting out of debt has to suck enough to make you mad How to evaluate whether certain budget items are more important than your overall financial goals What automatic transfers are and how they are a game changer for any…
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How exactly to achieve the nine most popular New Year’s goals (Ultimate Goal Setting & Getting Guide)
According to this popular website, the following the goals are the most common. These are the New Year’s resolutions people commonly make and, unfortunately, commonly break as well. We have a system at Ideal Balance that we walk each and every client through and we’re going to work through some of that with you today…
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4 lessons from a 17 year old (that we all wish we hadn’t waited until our 30s+ to learn)
*This post contains affiliate links. We have a fantastic client who is a senior in high school. We just love her, she’s going to do great things. She’s been using this time to work on herself and get her health in order before her 18th birthday. It’s been fun to be a part of her…
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What if you could go out to eat and focus on the people instead of the food?
The real reason we like to go out to eat or have family dinner is really the company. The food just happens to be a nice addition. Related: The 4 Types of Eating (which to do & which to avoid) Unfortunately, our food culture / society has completely messed that up. In generations past, we may…
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Do things the “manual” way to improve your life
As healthy adults or at least adults who want to be healthy, we should be getting about 10,000 steps everyday. The problem is, that is really difficult to do in our modern sitting & driving society. Our client has been working on her health habits and losing weight. She’d gotten consistent with 8K steps but…
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Once you start, it’ll get easier. (just give it 3 minutes)
Some things that you know you need to do, like working out or journaling, can seem to produce this REBEL spirit that makes you not want to do it. If that sounds familiar, congrats! You’re normal. We try to break this by making it easy to start. So, if you’re finding yourself FIGHTING working out,…
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What to eat for dinner formula
What’s for dinner is the most annoying and most asked question ever. We get it. We’re making it simple for you. You don’t have to think any harder than this formula. If you follow this formula, you WILL lose weight if you need to and you WILL feel better and you WILL sleep better. Bonus:…
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3 Super Specific Ways to Maintain Momentum with Your Goals So You Actually Achieve Them This Year
We know you’ve got big goals this year. We know it’s still early enough for you to be excited! We’re hoping to get to you before any breakdowns happen. We want you to keep the momentum you feel on the first of the year toward achieving your hopes and dreams. And we’ve got three super…