Hi all, I am very glad to be here. Thanks, Heath, for the add! I'm a private geriatric care manager with 40+ years in the field of aging and healthcare, assisting older adults and their family caregivers in handling every aspect of life (medical, legal, financial, family dynamics, housing, etc etc etc) as they work together to ensure great care for their aging loved one. And, I work hard at making sure everyone has fun and enjoys the journey. I am excited for this year as I move more of my work online so I can help more families and older adults with bringing my years of experience and advocacy to their unique family situation. I want to have 100 Skool community members by summer for those who are caregivers or preparing to be a family caregiver. I just started my community, The Family Care Compass, about 2 months ago. All the tips, hints, and insights I can learn about using Skool -- I want to learn! 💯 What I do for fun?? Walking, music and live theater, watching football and baseball games of my local teams, and my work as a Rotarian in serving my local community

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They dabble.They start and stop.They wait for motivation. Meanwhile, the top performers? They follow a system. Study greatness long enough and you’ll see it, it's not random… it's predictable. Every level of mastery is built on 3 things: Modeling. Immersion. Repetition. 1. Modeling Success leaves clues. But most people copy actions… not thinking. That’s why they stay stuck. Find someone who already has the result. Study how they think. How they decide. How they execute under pressure. That’s where the real shift happens. 2. Immersion Information doesn’t change you. Environment does. You don’t learn to swim by reading about it. You get in the water. Want to grow? Change your environment until growth is required. Get in the room. Raise the standard. Cut the distractions. 3. Repetition You don’t rise to the occasion. You fall to your conditioning. Stephen Curry isn’t great because of talent alone. He’s great because of reps. Hundreds of shots. Every day. Conditioning excellence until it’s automatic. Same with Sara Blakely. Thousands of pitches. Relentless refinement until confidence was inevitable. Here’s the truth most people avoid: Breakthroughs don’t happen in the moment.They’re built in the reps no one sees. If you want mastery: Model someone who’s already there. Immerse yourself until it’s unavoidable and repeat until it becomes who you are. Stop waiting for a breakthrough Build one. Then repeat it until it becomes your identity.

@Ann-Marie Burtell is the Founder of Alignment on Skool & Himalayan Breathwork & Meditation in Maui Hawaii Her moto is Alignment by Design. Not by default! She teaches people to go from chaos → clarity → alignment Her community is: https://www.skool.com/alignment-portal-7178/about Please be sure to check it out! I am a part of her community and Ann-Marie brings SO much value, insight and perspective with practical tools for everyday success! Welcome Ann-Marie and thank you for being a valued participant in this community! We are excited to have you!! 🤍

According to Carl Jung, the parts of yourself you ignore don’t disappear… They run your life. He called this the shadow. It’s the side of you you don’t want to admit exists: – The insecurity – The jealousy – The anger – The fear – The doubt So what do most people do? They suppress it.Avoid it.Pretend it’s not there. But here’s the problem: What you suppress doesn’t go away… it shows up unconsciously. It leaks into: – Your reactions – Your triggers – Your relationships – Your self-sabotage Ever overreact to something small? Ever pull back right when things start going well? Ever feel triggered and not fully understand why? That’s not random. That’s your shadow… driving. Here’s the shift Jung pointed to: You don’t become powerful by being perfect. You become powerful by becoming aware. Because when you bring the shadow into the light: – You respond instead of react – You understand instead of suppress – You take control instead of being controlled Most people are trying to “fix” their life on the surface… Without ever looking within. But real growth? It’s not just about building your strengths… It’s about integrating the parts of you you’ve been avoiding. That’s where the real power is.