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January Newsletter: You can be a dreamer ... and a doer, too!

Under our theme of DREAM BIG this month, we started with our vision for ourselves. Our vision clarifies our values and includes goals around those values. We explored creating your personal timeline, identifying your core values and personal mission statement, as well as focusing on what brings you joy.

It turns out that VISION is the most important domain of resilience. This is because all the other domains focus on what you want to achieve, and you can't take action to achieve something without a VISION!

Are you a dreamer? (I am!) Dreaming is all about envisioning a way forward. Looking ahead at the person you aspire to be. It requires digging deep and sometimes being vulnerable. It can be scary and exciting at the same time.

With YOUR vision for YOUR life, you know where you are headed. It's literally your roadmap for this journey of life.

Check out our January Newsletter focused on DREAMING BIG here.

Finding Joy Starts with Choosing Joy

So much of what we talk about is hard stuff. Caregiving is hard. Focusing on self-care is hard. Tuning out all of the negatives from external sources is hard. But this week’s topic – What brings you joy? – really can be easy if you have the right mindset … even if you feel exhausted from compassion fatigue, pandemic fatigue, or just plain old fatigue.

Dream BigKristi HornerJanuary 20, 2022What Brings You Joy?, Joy, Micro-Joy

Take a “Word-Selfie”

This week we’re asking you to really go deep and discover what makes you YOU by creating a personal mission statement.

Dream BigKristi HornerJanuary 13, 2022Personal Mission Statement, Who Are You?

Courage from the Past to Set Goals for the Future

A personal timeline can serve as a guide for setting goals, and that just happens to be our first weekly topic of the new year, as part of this month’s theme: Dream BIG. Organizing your experiences by creating a personal timeline of your past is an exercise that allows you to see the positive and negative flow of your life on one page. Your timeline is unique to you and shows a series of events, circumstances, and choices that have impacted your life.

Dream BigKristi HornerJanuary 6, 2022Dream Big, Personal Timeline

Vision + Action = Resilience - January 2021 Newsletter

January’s Newsletter is focused on Dreaming BIG - Vision + Action = Resilience!

Read our January Newsletter here.

Dream BigKristi HornerJanuary 28, 2021Dream Big, Resilience, Monthly Newsletter

Allow Yourself to Feel Joy

Look inside yourself for what brings you joy … what fills your soul. That’s more sustainable than anything that can come from the outside, and some people can even steal your joy. Our joy is up to us to define … and to keep.

Dream BigKristi HornerJanuary 21, 2021Joy, Micro-Joy

An Anchor in Turbulent Waters

A personal mission statement can be an anchor for you, too. During turbulent times, it helps to know exactly who you are and what you believe.

Dream BigKristi HornerJanuary 14, 2021Personal Mission Statement, Values, Goals, SMART goals, Core Values

An Invitation to Dream BIG

We all have a story. Your story is your journey, with all the bumps and stops and detours. As we look at our personal timelines, our stories - how can we bring and find HOPE from our own stories - and those of others?

Dream BigKristi HornerJanuary 7, 2021Personal Timeline, Hope, Values, Vision, Reframing