Welcome to Powerful Peony, your home for personal improvement!
I’m Amanda and I’ll be your guide.
4 years ago (and counting!) I had my second child and was rewarded with very little sleep and chronic back pain. Since I had never (EVER) exercised prior to having kids and I’m vehemently against dieting, I was at a total loss for what to do (read more here!).
That’s when it occurred to me that the same tools I’ve been using to help schools improve might just help me with my personal improvement projects! I took my life in hand and over the course of 3 years went from being a complete non-exerciser to being a person who has completed a (very slow) half marathon and a triathlon!
Most importantly, I’ve gotten strong enough to run around after my kids and my back doesn’t bother me very often. Victory!
So what gives? What are the tips and tricks that allowed me to radically change my life?
That’s the focus of this blog, my workshops, and my articles.
Here’s the high level introduction:
- Get clear about who you are and uncover who you want to become.
- Find the moments in your life that aren’t moving you towards who you want to be and engage in small experiments to fix them.
- Be kind to yourself as you change. Take breaks, get sleep, give yourself time. You will fail in small and large ways and through that failure you will make unbelievable, sustainable change to your life.
This is the Powerful Peony method!
You can start in either place; you can begin by doing visioning exercises and then turn to small experiments to make it a reality OR you can jump into experiments and work your way into your larger vision. The main point is to begin!
