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Your Path to Breakthroughs: Insights from Jan McDonald

From hopeless drunk to 30 years sober and helping hundreds of individuals and organizations unlock their 'and then some', I distill all the lessons gained from those transformational life experiences and share them with you in this space.

I invite you to explore these insights as way to help you breakthrough the challenges that are stopping you from becoming who you want to be.

You CAN Rewrite Your Story Oct 14, 2024
"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.”
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Sing Your Own Song Aug 26, 2024

"You've got to make your own kind of music, sing your own special song, make your own kind of music, even if nobody else sings along."

--Cass Elliott
  

Niccolò Paganini was an Italian violinist, violist, guitarist, and composer. He was the most cel...

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We See Through Our Own Filters! Mar 21, 2023

"Some stories in our heads were told to us by others. Some we created ourselves."

 --Me (from Self Image Mastery Class) 

A woman was waiting at an airport for her hours-long flight. Since her flight was delayed, she had several hours on her hand. S...

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For Teachers Oct 05, 2020

"Teachers change the world, one child at a time." 

--I don't know who said this, but it's true

This is a crazy year for teachers. I know this first hand from one of my teacher, coaching clients. They have to learn new technology, new student engage...

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5 Steps That Help Deal With Disappointment Jul 06, 2020

"Sometimes when you get disappointment, it makes you stronger."

---David Rudisha
 
I was supposed to be on an airplane today (last Thursday) to California to spend the 4th of July with my adult children. It is a tradition that we started about 5 y...
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What Are You Sowing? Jun 15, 2020

“Your thinking, more than anything else, shapes the way you live. It’s really true that if you change your thinking, you can change your life.”  

--John Maxwell

It seems like I spend many a Saturday pulling weeds, deadheading flowers or moving the ...

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