Tag Archives: Lisa Ivaldi

Tiny Habits: The Key to Sustained Behavioural Change

Posted on March 27, 2015 by Lisa Ivaldi

4 min read I recently watched a TEDx video about behavioural change (Forget big change, start with a tiny habit).  The presenter, BJ Fogg, PhD, caught my attention when he said relying primarily on motivation and willpower to change your … Continue reading →

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What Seeds Are You Watering?

Posted on February 24, 2015 by Lisa Ivaldi

4 min read I once read about someone whose mother used to say, “Don’t be sorry, be different.”  How many times have you wished you could go back and handle something differently or better? Lately, I’ve been working on experiencing … Continue reading →

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What’s Your Habitage?

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Lisa Ivaldi

4 min read For the last six weeks I’ve been working my way through Julia Cameron’s The Artist’s Way.  Julia has me writing morning pages every day – three pages of whatever comes into my head.  In these pages, I’ve … Continue reading →

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Coaching with Compassion

Posted on December 12, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read When our daughter was little, our interactions rarely ended with “Don’t tell me what to do!”  Not so anymore.  I have been working on adapting my parenting style from managing a child to young adult coaching.  But … Continue reading →

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Complaints vs. Criticisms

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read I’ve been working as a simulated client in some of the communication labs at the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph for several years now.  It’s a great program designed to improve and enhance veterinary students’ communication skills … Continue reading →

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Focus on What You Have

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

2 min read Last month I wrote about my experience creating a gratitude vision board. I mentioned that at one point during the workshop I decided that the board just wasn’t going to happen. I didn’t have the right resources … Continue reading →

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What have you stopped seeing that it may be in your best interest to change?

Posted on June 30, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

4 min read Over the last couple of months I’ve been sharing what I learned from Charles Duhigg’s The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business. Many of us have habits that we know … Continue reading →

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Changing Habits

Posted on May 30, 2014 by Lisa Ivaldi

4 min read In The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, Charles Duhigg describes a habit as “a formula our brain automatically follows: When I see CUE, I will do ROUTINE in order … Continue reading →

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Illusion

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

3 min read I recently read an email from my sister-in-law where she mentioned her “baby food processor”.  When I jokingly wrote back that I wasn’t even going to ask why my babyless sister-in-law had a baby food processor, I found … Continue reading →

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Are you excited?

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Lisa Ivaldi

2 min read My 15 year old daughter is always asking me if I am excited about things that are coming up. Even though I am usually looking forward to whatever it is that she is asking about, I can … Continue reading →

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