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What Does Raising Hell Actually Look Like?

by Andrea Owen | Jan 5, 2015 | Empowering Women, How to Kick Ass, Inner-critic, Perfectionism, Relationships

You may have followed my work for a bit now and know that I talk about courage and confidence. And maybe you think “Well, I get it, and this whole ‘courage and confidence’ thing sounds good in theory, but how will my life be different if I learn to be courageous and...

Your relationship with courage is part of the problem

by Andrea Owen | Dec 29, 2014 | Coaching, Empowering Women, How to Kick Ass, Perfectionism, Relationships

Courage. A word we probably grew up with that was synonymous with the prince we believed would ride up on his white horse and rescue us. For me, I believed courage meant fighting back when someone gave you shit. Coming out swinging. Fighting fire with fire. Or,...

An email to my husband, 8 years later

by Andrea Owen | Dec 17, 2014 | Divorce, Empowering Women, How to Kick Ass, Inner-critic

Last week I was cleaning up my gmail folders and came across a folder where I had saved all of the email exchanges from my mine and my husband’s first year of corresponding. Some of them were funny, like when I told him I was bringing Oreo’s over to watch a movie (he...

Is your “I’m working on myself” total bullshit?

by Andrea Owen | Dec 3, 2014 | Empowering Women, How to Kick Ass

Years ago I had a friend that broke off an engagement with a guy she had been in a nine-year relationship with. She proudly told me she was going to wait to start dating and was enjoying being single because she was “working on herself”. I knew for a fact...

Episode 119: 4 Signs You’re On the Self-Help “Hamster Wheel” (and what to do about it)

by Andrea Owen | Nov 5, 2014 | Empowering Women, How to Kick Ass

http://traffic.libsyn.com/yourkickasslife/Episode119Final.mp3Podcast: DownloadHey, in case you missed it yesterday– a BONUS post/pod episode came out yesterday on the topic of recovery and sobriety! Click here if you missed it and I would be honored if you...

5 Questions All Women Need to Ask Themselves

by Andrea Owen | Oct 8, 2014 | Coaching, Empowering Women, How to Kick Ass, Perfectionism, Relationships

As a coach, it’s my job to ask women questions. Lots of them. Over the years, I’ve seen patterns of the women that come to me and what questions to ask to get down to the nitty-gritty of their lives. In no particular order, here are five questions...