Christine Howard Blog

A Radiant Achiever is a woman who wholeheartedly loves herself, listens to her intuition, puts her gifts and talents into action, and pursues the callings of her soul with joy, grace and ease.  She is a woman who lives life authentically, unapologetically and from the inside out.  A Radiant Achiever lives, leads and achieves by tapping into her inner power and wisdom.  Women such as Betty White , Oprah Winfrey , Serena Williams and my mom, are a few of the women I consider Radiant Achievers.  If you have not read my What is Radiant Achievement blog, you can do so HERE.   At first glance, “radiant” and “achiever” may not be two words that you’d link together. Maybe it feels a bit like an oxymoron to you. While on the surface this sounds true, at a deeper level, these two qualities working together create a powerful synergy that supports you to (1) know, love and express your truest self; (2) achieve your dreams, desires and callings with joy, ease and grace; an...

What is Radiant Achievement? In order to speak to Radiant Achievement, I want to first address strategic achievement because the latter is how most of us have been programmed to operate. Set the goal. Achieve the goal. Repeat. Success is then defined by one’s ability to culminate the most repeats. Growing up, I was taught that if I wanted something bad enough, I needed to go out and get it myself. So, at age twelve, when I realized I wanted to do things and buy things that my parents weren’t able or willing to provide, I got my first job. I took 100% responsibility for my success, which translated into me taking 100% of the actions; no one was going to help me to accomplish my goals. And what this really meant is that I suffered in silence. I hated asking for help; I thought I would be judged as weak or lazy for asking. That is the crux of strategic achievement. Because it is more fixed on structure and hard work, it is severely limited. It requires us to spend time in our head, connec...

HOW TO GET CLEAR ON YOUR SOUL CALLINGS Mary Oliver once wrote, “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” In 2018, Forbes published a Conference Board report showing that 53% of Americans were unhappy with their jobs. Enter COVID-19, and the Congressional Research Service documented that unemployment rates peaked at almost 15% in April 2020, plateauing at around 7% in December 2020. Pre-pandemic, over half of the population was unhappy with their professional lives, and present pandemic, nearly one out of every five people is without his or her livelihood.  These statistics are disheartening on one hand, and at the same time shows there is opportunity for many people to realign their life with a deeper part of themselves - their soul. I’m passionate about this subject because I know what it’s like to live out of alignment with my soul and I also know that in the darkest of times we are often given our best opportunities to reconnect with our true ...