The #1 motivation killer and what you can do about it

If you’re anything like me, you have some to-do list items that have been hanging out on your back-burner for anywhere from weeks to months to… sure, I’ll admit it… years. Whether it’s cleaning your room or starting a work project or reaching out to a loved one, I’ve found one common thread in most to-do list items with longer-than-you’d-expect shelf lives.

That thread is shame.

I’ve coined a term for this specific manifestation of shame that I hope will help illustrate how this all tends to unfold. I call it “The Dial Your Grandma Effect.”

Ashley KirsnerJuly 5, 2021shame, self-compassion, motivation, how to be motivated, how to get motivated, get motivated, get motivation, i need motivation, I need motivation, dial your grandma, dial your grandma effect, call your grandma, call your grandma effect, long to-do list, forever to-do list items, procrastinating, procrastinationComment

Three life lessons from the movie Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Mr. Rogers was the dad America needed. The biographical movie Won’t You Be My Neighbor does an incredible job of showing us why. Whether you saw the movie and want some help processing or whether you didn’t see it but still want some takeaways, enjoy these three big life lessons via the sweatered socioemotional powerhouse, himself.

TIPS, STORIES, AND insPiration