Permission to Thrive in Place
There seem to be two schools of thought right now. The camp that says that right now during this pandemic is when you should be PUSHING yourself to be amazing and doing amazing things. Or, there's the camp that says this time is hard, give yourself a break and sit on...
My Tiny List of Favorite Things (December 2020)
I read a lot. I collect information. I hoard powerful ideas and offer them to my coaching clients and that brings me so much joy. Today, I am starting a new monthly series called My Tiny List of Favorite Things so that I can start sharing SOME of the beautiful things...
Permission to Breathe Then Push
We simply aren't meant to run full steam 24/7. Not even 12 of the 24 hours. So why are women thinking they need to? Today we're going to explore one of my favorite coaching concepts ... honoring the time to push and the time to breathe. I have a lot of clients who...
Permission to Align with Your Soul
Listen to this post in audio format below. If 2020 taught us anything, it's that nothing is a given. Nothing is for sure. Nothing is here to stay. If 2020 has taught us anything, it's that life is short and we cannot waste a single moment. One of my life teachers is...
The world needs you to lean in — not out
The world needs you to lean in, not out. I know it's tempting to look away, protecting yourself, protecting your family. I know it feels so much better to stay comfortable and focus on what's in front of you and ignore the rest. It's tempting to ignore the fires of...
50 Things To Do Instead of Checking Your Phone
One of the first suggestions I offer to my coaching clients is to set strong boundaries around phone use and social media. The reason is, of course, because the main reason a woman comes to me for coaching is because she wants to focus and set priorities that...
3 Powerful Habits to Be More Creative in Your Everyday Life
As an entrepreneur who thrives on creating experiences for my community and clients, and as a writer, it's vital that I foster my creativity in my everyday life for my work. It's a commodity that is something I work to protect and cultivate every single day. Recently,...
Create a Revolution of Divine Love
"The aim of divine rage is not vengeance but to reorder the world." Valerie Kaur What if we began to collectively as women use different language to define our anger? And right now there is plenty of anger sparking flames within us. Kaur's quote above taps into that...
How to Start a Meaningful Gratitude Practice
When I feel my light starting to fade out, the first practice I return to again and again is gratitude. On really bad days and on really good days, grounding into gratitude saves me. And it's saved many of my clients over the years, too. This year I cracked open a...
What’s Your Carry Over Dream?
Do you have a carry over dream? I was chatting on the phone with a new coaching client the other day about goals for this year and they responded with an interesting story. They do not have any goals -- except the goals they didn't achieve last year. I call these your...
The Difference Between Doing and Being — And Why You Need to Know
There's a very distinct difference between the definition of doing and being. My favorite definition of doing is this one from Merriam Webster: 1 : the act of performing or executing : action that will take a great deal of doing. It's the part of how the action will...
A Simple Compass for Being More Mindful Today
"Be here now. Be somewhere else later. Is that so hard?" Jewish Zen SayingDo the next right thing. Then do the next right thing after that.And so forth.Breathe deeply. Shallow breath -- shallow life. Deep breath. Deep life. Repeat ... only this. Only this. Only this....
