Are You “Shoulding” On Yourself”?

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How often during the day do you notice that you’re shoulding on yourself? The word “should” is a word I believe needs to be banned from our vocabulary. I didn’t always feel this way until over a year ago. I can’t recall exactly what happened and who I was talking to when I realized the impact it has on me …

Are You Forgiving and Accepting?

Nadjejda Chapoteau Aha Moments, Compassion, Forgiveness, relationships 2 Comments

 Are you accepting and forgiving of what is in your life? Today I wanted to share with you something I’ve known for a while and coach others on and got a reminder that at times whether I’m coaching or preparing for a presentation, I’m coaching and teaching on something I need to learn as well. An incident this weekend made …

How Do People Make You Feel?

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I wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about this week as it’s very important for me that I feel what I write. Then I realized I wanted to share with you something I really got recently. “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made …

I’ve Deepen My Spiritual Practice but….

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“I’ve deepen my spiritual practice but why isn’t everything rosy???” You may have thought that once you’d deepen your spiritual practice, it would be smooth sailing from then on and you’re now realizing that it isn’t the case. Actually, you may feel like things have gotten worse and thinking this isn’t what you expected. I know the feeling; I’ve been …

When Staying True to Myself Means Saying Goodbye to Zumba!

Nadjejda Chapoteau Empowerment, Lessons Learned, Passion, Purpose, Spirituality 20 Comments

This post is personal and I must admit I wasn’t sure about sharing it yet. However, I’ve chosen to be vulnerable and share myself with people when I chose to fulfill my purpose of empowering others. I’ve experienced receiving what I needed through others sharing themselves. I hope you’ll receive something from reading this. I’ve chosen to stop teaching zumba …