Stop Feeling Fear and Start Feeling Fearless You’re eager to take on an entirely new challenge but you worry about your ability to pull it off successfully, which prevents you from even getting started. These fear-based feelings only slow down and altogether stop our ideas and aspirations from coming to life. Because our brains are naturally drawn toward negativity, we have to take conscious and forward-thinking steps to move past the fear … [Read more...]
What You Need to Know About the Questioner Tendency
Why are the four tendencies so important? Let’s review. When we understand our own tendency, we’re better able to amplify the strengths and mitigate the weaknesses so that we can enjoy more productive and healthier relationships with the people that we work with as well as the people in our life outside of work. And, when we’re able to understand another person’s tendency, we’re better able to appreciate their point of view and makes … [Read more...]
You’re Not Born With Confidence, You Create It
Reserve Your Seat Today for the Women’s Innovative Network Breakfast meeting on September 18th, 2019 where I’ll be speaking about Confidence: You’re Not Born With It, You Create It. Click HERE to register today! … [Read more...]
How Saying “No” Can Improve Your Life
If you read my bi-weekly newsletters [Subscribe], you may recall in a recent letter that I shared my biggest life lessons from each decade. Read My Biggest Life Lessons From Each Decade blog post. Each decade had its unique standout theme but the one decade that stuck with me after I wrote that piece was my 40’s. If you remember, in my 40’s I spent much of the decade doing what was expected of me without ever stopping to consider what I … [Read more...]
My Biggest Life Lessons from Each Decade
With each year and decade, our experiences help shape us into more evolved versions of ourselves. The more time we spend on planet earth, the more we learn. Today, I’m sharing my most important life lesson from each decade. Learn to rely on yourself In my 20’s I learned some hard lessons about relying on other people. When I was let down over and over again, I learned that there’s no better person to rely on than myself. Knowing that I can … [Read more...]
The Unexpected Truth About Your Next Big Breakthrough
Do you remember the old-fashioned play grounds where all the play equipment was made out of steel? You may have to pause for a moment and think back to your early childhood. Or, if you’re a certain age, you may not have ever experienced the type of playground that your parents and grandparents remember. Today I’m sharing how an old-fashioned “merry-go-round” can symbolize your next big breakthrough. Whether it’s starting your own … [Read more...]
The Fundamentals of the Upholder Tendency
Do you ever get frustrated with other people when they don’t get their stuff done? Do you sometimes wonder what their problem is? Do you find yourself scratching your head because you expect everyone else to be like you when it comes to doing what they're suppose to do? If you can relate, you may lean toward the Upholder tendency when it comes to how you meet expectations. So why do I keep talking about The Four Tendencies? Because … [Read more...]
Focused Daily Decisions Lead to Big Results
There’s a concept that has been in my career and life development arsenal for as long as I can remember. It centers around the idea that all big and beautiful aspirations are manifested by making hundreds of small choices and action steps each and every day. I call it the Cumulative Effect. As a highly intuitive person (qualified by my Myers Briggs indicator) I figured out along the way that if I wanted to produce a specific result … [Read more...]
Why Phone Coaching is More Effective than In-Person
Many people wonder about the effectiveness of coaching over the phone versus in person. I have to admit, I was a little skeptical at first. Up until the point when I started to train to be a life coach, my preferred communication method was face-to-face meetings. It didn’t take me long to come around tho. One of the reasons I chose the life coach training program I did was because I wanted to learn from who I thought was the best coach out … [Read more...]
The Truth About Coaching
Although you may have heard the term, Life Coach, you may be unclear about what a Life Coach actually does. In a very general sense, a Life Coach helps people clarify and articulate what they want most from life and how best to achieve it. Coaching helps people get past their obstacles in order to create the results they want in life, work, relationships and spiritual growth. We don’t tell people what they should do; instead, … [Read more...]