by joe@equip2equip.com | Apr 25, 2016 | Life Coaching, Optimized Human Performance, Purpose, Self-Awareness
By Alli Van Roekel April 25, 2016 I used to work in a wellness setting, where we often talked about 3 kinds of stress that could cause health problems: Physical, Chemical or Emotional. Physical stress is considered something that causes direct injury, such as a fall...
by joe@equip2equip.com | Apr 18, 2016 | Life Coaching, Optimized Human Performance, Self-Awareness
By Emily Brummund April 18th, 2016 After college, I immediately settled into what I thought would be my lifelong career at a large regional bank. And, for about 11 years, it was my career. My time at the bank taught me a number of lessons about what I loved to...
by joe@equip2equip.com | Apr 8, 2016 | Family, Life Coaching, Optimized Human Performance, Purpose, Self-Awareness
By Alli Van Roekel, April 8, 2016 Whether you are single or married, young or old, a parent or not, family is important because it is about the people closest to you. In our LifePlan process, we get the joy of dreaming about what you desire for your family...
by joe@equip2equip.com | Apr 4, 2016 | Life Coaching, Optimized Human Performance, Purpose, Self-Awareness
By Emily Brummund April 4, 2016 The Personal Domain is all about you. Now wait, I am not arguing that we need to be selfish. In my opinion, there is not much fulfillment in selfishness. In fact, I would propose that fulfillment actually comes in the opposite –...
by joe@equip2equip.com | Mar 28, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Alli Van Roekel March 28, 2016 People come to Equip 2 Equip for many different reasons. Often, the impetus for contacting us has to do with a career transition need. However, we help people in all areas of life, not just with their vocational needs. In fact,...
by joe@equip2equip.com | Mar 21, 2016 | Life Coaching, Optimized Human Performance, Purpose, Self-Awareness, Youth Identity
By Alli Van Roekel Step 1: YOU FIRST. Learn your own strengths. Then, learn the strengths of your spouse. Practice using the language of strengths in your home and spotting strengths in one another. The following are some practical ways to do spot strengths:...
by joe@equip2equip.com | Mar 7, 2016 | Life Coaching, Optimized Human Performance, Purpose, Self-Awareness
By Joseph V Cavanaugh III March 7, 2016 Most people are familiar with the quote, “Find work that you love and you will never work another day in your life.” In that same vein, L.P. Jack was quoted as saying, “A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction...
by joe@equip2equip.com | Feb 23, 2016 | Life Coaching, Purpose, Self-Awareness, Youth Identity
By Alli Van Roekel Feb. 23, 2016 A generation is often defined as the group of people spanning the time between the birth of parents and the birth of their offspring. For example, we’ve named “The Baby Boom Generation”, “Gen X”, “Millennials”, etc. When you break...
by joe@equip2equip.com | Feb 10, 2016 | Optimized Human Performance, Purpose, Self-Awareness
By Alli Van Roekel Feb 10, 2016 One of my top VIA Character Strengths is LOVE. It is described as “valuing close relationships with others, particularly those in which sharing and caring are reciprocated. The people to whom you feel most close also feel most close to...
by joe@equip2equip.com | Feb 3, 2016 | Life Coaching, Optimized Human Performance, Self-Awareness
By Emily Brummund Feb 3, 2016 For all of you married couples out there, my next statement will not come as a surprise to you. Marriage is hard. We all know it, but we just don’t usually say it out loud. My husband and I dated for over seven years (yes, seven),...