Melissa S. O'Connell

I'm an Empowerment & Authenticity Life Coach helping Compassionate, Creative & Capable Women ~ Create a Life as Extraordinary as They Are! ♥

[Melissa S. O'Connell @MelSOConnell]

Be a rebel in your difference, own all of it!

Do this as a way to fully accept who you really are - embrace it, love yourself for it, find your strength and your power in it!

[Melissa S. O'Connell @MelSOConnell]

“Fearlessness is not the absence of fear. It's the mastery of fear. It's about getting up one more time than we fall down.” -Arianna Huffington
#inspirational #fearless

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“Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all.” -Helen Keller

You get to choose...

So be courageous, hold on tight, do whatever you can to be sure that when you look back - you know that you chose to go on the adventure of your Life! #lifeisanadventure #inspiring

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“Whatever you can do, or dream you can—begin it; Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Every day you have another chance to start over, to begin again-better, wiser, stronger and even more determined.

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“The more you know who you are, and what you want, the less you let things upset you.” -Lost in Translation

You have to anchor yourself in your own truth, your own sense of identity and your own determination - so you can “shake off” anything else that doesn’t align with that!

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“Perseverance is stubbornness with a purpose.” -Josh Shipp

I don’t consider myself a marathon runner-but the more Life I live, the more I realize that is the mentality and attitude I need, in order to get through every day and move toward my dreams.
#persevere #purpose #inspire

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“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” -Edgar Degas

#create #inspiring

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“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.” -Audrey Hepburn

You are so strong! And if you don’t think so, just look back at everything you’ve already overcome in your Life. #bestrong #inspirational

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“Contrary to popular thinking, being worthy isn't something you earn, it's something you recognize.”
-Mike Dooley
#inspirational #worthy

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“And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.”
-Marianne Williamson

You owe it to yourself and others-to be so authentic that you shine like a bright star, helping them move through the dark into their own light. #Inspirational

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“So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable.” -Christopher Reeve #inspirational #dreams

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While change does represent the unknown…which is why we so often feel stressed-out, fearful and anxious about it...

Change also represents opportunity - because it shakes things up and allows us to see and do things in new ways, that may not have been possible before. #Inspire

[Melissa S. O'Connell @MelSOConnell]

“When your why is big enough you will find your how.” -Les Brown

Don’t worry about the “How’s” - just stay focused on the “Why’s” and keep going!
#inspirational #motivational

[Melissa S. O'Connell @MelSOConnell]

“Authenticity is a collection of choices that we have to make every day. It’s about the choice to show up and be real. The choice to be honest. The choice to let out true selves be seen.” -Brene Brown
#befearless #inspirational

[Melissa S. O'Connell @MelSOConnell]

“No one is you and that is your power.” -Dave Grohl

The thing is, you can’t change the fact that you’re different-we all are.
So embrace it, love yourself for it & find your strength in it.
#inspirational #bedifferent

[Melissa S. O'Connell @MelSOConnell]

“Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.” -Dr. Wayne Dyer

Are you doing what you 💜 today?

#inspiration #dowhatyoulove

[Melissa S. O'Connell @MelSOConnell]

“Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” -Earl Nightingale #inspiring #MotivationalQuotes

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“You just do it. You force yourself to get up. You force yourself to put one foot before the other-you refuse to let it get to you. You fight. You cry. You curse. Then you go about the business of living. That’s how I’ve done it. There’s no other way.”
-Elizabeth Taylor #LiveLife

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“Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.” -Hermann Hesse #inspiring #bestrong

[Melissa S. O'Connell @MelSOConnell]

“Everything is always working out for me, even when they don’t look like they are.” -Abraham Hicks #inspiring #MotivationalQuotes