Koren MotekaitisKoren Motekaitis host of How She Really Does It, provides the place where inspiration + possibility meet. Each week Koren interviews a special guest: thought leader, best selling author, researcher, someone with a story to provide the glimmer of possibilities for you. The show is about living more fully in yourself. We talk about health, mindset, money, weight loss, entrepreneurship, family, parenting, compassion, career to help you create the life you want.
Koren Motekaitis, host of How She Really Does It, provides the place where inspiration + possibility meet. Each week Koren does a deep dive, case study, minisode, or interviews a special guest: thought leader, best selling author, researcher, someone with a story to provide the glimmer of possibilities for you. The show is about living more fully in yourself. We talk about health, mindset, money, weight loss, entrepreneurship, family, parenting, compassion, career to help you create the life you want.
Family travel can be hard to manage for many reasons. Your money mindset, scheduling time, and assumed parental obligations all impact your trip. When my kids were in high school, I noticed a lot of families taking their kids to Europe, and a lot of emotional fallback afterwards due to different expectations for the trip. […]
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As we confront different situations in life, what if we used the tools of awe and wonder? Kindness and compassion? Giving yourself permission to care for yourself is huge but it doesn’t have to be extravagant. It can be simple enjoyments and wonder-building moments that allow us to settle, breathe, and observe. Being kind to […]
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Celebrating wins, small and large, is essential. It fills us up and allows us to see our successes in the midst of challenging times. One thing I’m celebrating this week is spring cleaning. Decluttering is a skill that takes time to cultivate. This week I am using a thought introduced to me by Peter Walsh: […]
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Life is no fairytale. It is filled with ups and downs, sadness and joy. The messiness of life is also where we find beauty and meaning; it is where our leadership shines. Leadership takes time and practice. We learn from experiences, showing up, doing the work, and making adjustments. How we choose to confront challenges […]
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I couldn’t have done my most recent trip at any other time of my life. I went with 20 of my family members to Korea, 7 households, all different schedules. We took my mom to Korea, her home country. Sometimes the time to go is now. My mom at 82 had not been back to […]
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Travel can be exhausting. Systems to help us travel with care are essential. I just experienced 5 trips in 7 weeks, none of which were vacations, and it was a tiresome time but I’ve found methods that encourage me to learn from my mistakes and travel with more ease. It is important to schedule our […]
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Dreams are multifaceted, wonderful, and challenging. Sometimes we arrive at a dream and realize that this dream changed, or does not satisfy us how we thought it would. Living the dream does not mean living in the promised land without any problems. It is both a challenge and an accomplishment worth celebrating. The tension of […]
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We can be so judgmental and quick to raise our armor by shutting down great opportunities before they can bloom. This week I uncover the wonders of living a curious life, and the gifts that await us when we do. With the power of retrospect I see how lucky I am that I was curious […]
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Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. Many of us find that parenthood isn’t the fairytale sold to us by our culture, and when it really gets hard, we tend to ask ourselves a lot of the same questions: Am I doing it right? Will I damage my kid? Am I a […]
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