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Monette shares a thought-provoking idea in this episode. Why do we hold on to polarizing views that keep us stuck? Are there old ways we used to think about things that are not serving us anymore? Monette challenges you to re-think and evaluate your beliefs. What if it doesn’t have to be either/or? What, if it can be AND. This concept can open up so many new possibilities.

In this 15 minute episode, Monette shares an idea that will change how you approach your life. She has you ask yourself some critical questions. Are we building trust in ourselves, or are we building doubt in ourselves? Are we lowering our standards? If we are, why are we doing that? Monette feels this one idea is one of the essential tools she has learned and used repeatedly throughout her life....

Do you want a more empowering life? Monette challenges all of us, herself included, to look at the filter through which we may unconsciously be seeing our life experiences. When we talk about our pasts, do you come from a place of wishing it were different? Or maybe a place of complaining and blaming? When we do this, it hurts us more than it helps us. If we believe we are creating and designing o...

Do you believe our most profound need is to love and be loved? In this episode, Monette shares how heavy her heart is with the sudden loss of their 18-year-old kitty Maggie and 17-year-old black lab, Buddy. She feels dealing with this loss has been so painful, yet she wouldn’t have traded all these beautiful years with Maggie and Buddy for anything. Can you relate? When we love hard, we can hurt b...

Show me your friends, and I’ll show you your future. Monette takes this idea and assigns a new meaning to our friends. Our time spent watching the news, getting grabbed on social media by the latest fear-mongering tagline, our friends that are overindulging in worry. She shares some promising strategies during these ongoing uncertain times.

Do you ever think about getting to the end of your life with regrets? Several years ago, Monette experienced a precious wake-up call. This experience has given her a sense of urgency to explore new ideas and try new things. On this journey, Monette has learned a powerful question from a strategic business coach. She shares this question and strongly recommends that you write it out and answer this...

Is life overwhelming right now? Or are you on the other end of the spectrum, and you feel you’ve lost your purpose and you are just going through life? The ideas Monette shares in this episode will take work on your part, but she feels strongly that if you implement this one idea and it becomes a habit, it will ultimately change your life. “Successful people form the habits of doing the things tha...

What is the number one thing that you complain about the most? This is the very thing that if you take it head-on, you will have your biggest breakthrough. It will take courage to begin, but if you start and commit, you will see progress. This episode will help you discover that one thing, how to tackle it, and how to have a breakthrough. When you take action to change this one thing, you will exp...

What if you had an extra hour or two a day to do something that makes you happy? Time is a valuable thing, and there are so many time stealers out there, but we are the conductors of our lives and the writers of our own stories. Our time is our precious commodity, and we must take back our time. In this episode, Monette challenges you with one exercise that will help create time to do the things y...

In this episode, Monette talks about the times in her life when she realized that God has a sense of humor. She shares some ideas and questions to help you go back and transform the meaning you may have given some of your past, not-so-great experiences to be able to live the life you desire. We are the writers of our own stories sometimes, and we need to create a revised account to help us grow. O...

Monette reveals her newest revelation. She feels our health is our most important asset. Monette shares how brutal her experience with Covid has been. She talks about things that she learned about herself and how she is humbled and has a newfound empathy. Through this experience, she continued to hold on to the thought “This too shall pass” and didn’t allow her brain to imagine the worst outcome....

If you believe you can or if you believe you can’t, you’re right. From our beliefs we make decisions, and those decisions determine what kind of life we have. In this episode, Monette challenges you to look at your own beliefs and how you think. Throughout our life, we give meaning to our experiences and these meanings become our beliefs. We have the power to re-evaluate these meanings change our...

What is holding you back from living life to its fullest? Is it because you feel you have to be perfect? We are living in a time where social media and entertainment is showing us that to be happy the standard is perfection. In this episode, Monette challenges you to take a look at yourself and ask, “have you bought the lie, that I am not good enough?” We have this one life, if we aren’t careful w...

This past year, we have all experienced a year of uncertainty with the pandemic. It felt like life changed overnight and now here we are, things are getting back to normal. However, life will never be exactly the same. In this episode, Monette shares some thoughts to consider as we are all transitioning. She shares some personal stories of when she experienced uncertainty. Just like you, Monette l...

Are you feeling stuck? Are you tired of the same old same old? In this episode, I talk about a simple step process to help you uncover your dreams and wants and turn them into a reality. I share the idea of an “I Want Journal”. Writing in this journal every day will help you explore your thinking, unlock your desires, and help you map out the way to get there. It won’t be easy, you have to become...

Have you heard of the phrase paralysis by analysis? In this episode, Monette shares a tried and true method of decision-making. She encourages you to grab a piece of paper and take notes as she shares action steps and examples on how to use this method. This is an important episode because our ability to stop procrastinating and to become a confident decision-maker is one of the most powerful skil...

How to Overcome the Fear of Failure Are you aware there are two main types of fear? There is real fear that keeps you alive and there is unrealistic fear that we create in our imagination. In this episode, Monette talks about the difference between the two basic fears and how your unrealistic fears may be holding you back from living your best life. She shares a step-by-step process that she uses...

In this episode, Monette encourages you to take a moment to pause and think about the people in your life who have helped you get to where you are or where you are going. She challenges you to create a list of those people and challenges you to let them know how much you appreciate them. The old saying goes, “teamwork makes the dream work”, but in this episode Monette wants you to realize how impo...

In this episode, Monette explains the different emotional states we live in and how we can put our brains to work for us to proactively change these states.  Our thoughts create our feelings, our feelings create our actions, and our actions create our lives. After listening to this episode, ask yourself, “Have you tried THIS yet?”

This amazing episode marks 1 year of Mornings with Monette! Buckle up! Today, Monette speaks with you about how to better utilize the full power of your brain by staying open minded and teachable. We can empower our lives when we take full responsibility for our past, present, and future decisions and by asking the right questions. Through personal stories, Monette shares how she has applied these...

Have you ever heard of the concept of “unconsciously conscious”? Are you on autopilot with your emotions and don’t realize you are repeating the same negative patterns over and over again? Often we forget to check in on our own emotions, yet question why the same things keep happening. In this episode, Monette dives into this concept of “unconsciously conscious”. She talks about how you should try...

Hold on to your seat, this is not a typical episode of Mornings with Monette. We all know that in life you will experience many hard and unexpected things, it’s inevitable. However, are you doing the necessary things to be prepared? In this episode, Monette shares from her heart about a time in her life when her world dropped out. It was one of the hardest times in her life, but she did certain th...

Throughout our life, we are given messages about who we should be. In this episode, Monette challenges you to take a closer look at these messages and to see if it really aligns with who you are and who you want to be. Are you being your true authentic self, or have you bought into who you’ve been told to be? If you can break free from the chains of expectations other people, you open yourself up...

In this episode, Monette talks about how many of us are stagnant in our lives. We find ourselves buffering. She shares tools on how to get out of that place and how to light up your life again. One way to get out of that stagnant zone is through contribution. She shares an example of how a good friend of hers found fulfillment during the pandemic through contribution. Monette wants this for you to...

This is part 3 of the series “Being in the Zone”. In this episode, Monette goes a bit deeper. She talks about how if we can train our brains over and over again and when the time comes we will naturally know what to do and perform in the zone. It’s all about allowing what you trained yourself to do and letting it play out without worry and fear. Monette encourages you to pursue this idea, each one...