Your Pain is Your Pathway: Embracing Uncomfortable Emotions for Self-Understanding
While it's natural for us to gravitate toward happiness and comfort, profound discoveries can be mined from the depths of our discomfort.
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Sep 17
- 7 min
These 3 Self-Healing Questions Will Change Your Life
When we commit to understanding the truth, it means we are on the path to stop lying to ourselves and to become the person we long to be.
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Aug 26
- 7 min
Why Receiving Feels Hard... And What To Do About It!
Why do some of us struggle so much to receive praise, accept gifts, or welcome compliments? Why receiving feels hard & what to do about it!
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Aug 19
- 3 min
Why True Change Requires More than a Mindset Shift
Rather than overriding the information your body sends you, you can develop a relationship with it and use it to care for yourself.
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Aug 6
- 4 min
How to Tell the Difference Between Soul-Sucking vs Transformative Discomfort in Life
Learn the difference between unpleasantness that is soul-sucking versus that which draws you into a deeper relationship with your true Self!
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Jul 29
- 6 min
The Subtle Art of Surrender & the Difference Between It and Giving Up
Life often presents us with challenges that require a delicate discernment between surrender and giving up. Do you know the difference?
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Jul 15
- 7 min
Who Am I? (Part 5): A Conversation Between Me and My Inner Critic
Meet your inner critic-- the part of you that you may want to banish but needs more than anything for you to befriend.
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Jul 9
- 6 min
Who Am I? (Part 4): Get to Know Your Self & What it Feels Like to be Self-Led!
For many of us, it doesn't feel as if we're being guided by wisdom, clarity, or courage. Instead, we feel torn or uncertain! What do we do?
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Jul 2
- 5 min
Who Am I? (Part 3): The Parts of Me As a Symphony
Imagine your inner world as a symphony orchestra. Can you acknowledge each instrument's contribution to the complexity of your music?
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Jun 25
- 5 min
Who Am I? (Part 2): Understand Why You Do What You Do By Getting to Know the Different Parts of You!
Feel like you have different parts within you, each with its own voice & perspective? Your parts can teach you why you do what you do!
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Jun 18
- 5 min
Who Am I? (Part 1): Understand Who You Are Through an IFS Lens
Do you know who you are? Your inner world is a rich tapestry of parts with perspectives, emotions, and beliefs worth understanding!
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Jun 4
- 5 min
12 Reasons to Avoid Avoiding Difficult Emotions
Understand 12 important reasons for seeking support to learn how to avoid avoiding uncomfortable emotions. Your happiness depends on it.
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- May 28
- 6 min
How to Master Your Motivation(Pt 7): Practices to Maintain Your Mojo No Matter What!
Maintain your mojo, no matter what the circumstances or situation, with these specific practices!
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- May 21
- 6 min
How to Master Your Motivation(Pt 6): What To Do When Things Get Hard!
When the going gets tough, what do you do? Those who dig in with persistence & passion intentionally craft a specific type of motivation!
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- May 13
- 6 min
How to Master Your Motivation(Pt 5): 6 Autonomy Supportive Practices for Optimal Motivation!
If your goals have you feeling imprisoned and confined, it's time to reconsider the practices you're engaging to meet them!
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- May 6
- 5 min
Master Your Motivation(Pt 4): Are Your Peeps the Best Support for Your Motivation?
Learn to distinguish if your peers are the best support for your motivation!
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Apr 30
- 9 min
What it REALLY Means to Master Your Motivation(Pt 3): Autonomy-The Antidote to Chaos & Confusion!
When we're not operating from a place of autonomy, it's easy to end up confused because we pedestal external values or ideas above our own.
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Apr 23
- 6 min
What it REALLY Means to Master Your Motivation(Pt 2): Self-Sabotage & Your Basic Psychological Needs
What feels like out-of-control eating behavior is often triggered by feeling dismissed or misunderstood. Does that mean it's self-sabotage?
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Apr 15
- 5 min
What it REALLY means to Master Your Motivation(Pt 1): 3-Ingredient Sauce for Psychological Success!
Ideal motivation is supported by the satisfaction of 3 universal psychological needs. Consider them the special sauce of success.
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Kori Propst Miller, PhD
- Apr 9
- 8 min
Hungry for Change? Ready...Set...Rumble!
Change can be hard, but if we employ an all-out war when met with challenges, we guarantee greater difficulty. Learn to reckon vs rumble!
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