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Life Lessons from the Garden
Consider the dandelion. Reviled by many as an insistent, bothersome weed, it nevertheless continues to proudly display its pert, bright yellow...
Creative Co-Parenting
A mom, step-mom, and two daughters walk onto a college campus 2k miles away from home while robots deliver food to college students. What type...
The Ultimate Act of Self-Care: Clearing Clutter
The Ultimate Act of Self-Care: Clearing Clutter!
Keys to Powering up When You’re Tapped Out!
Take and use these 6 powerful tools to powering yourself up when you feel tapped out!
Softening as Your Superpower; White Knuckling it No More
It's not unusual to feel overwhelmed with life right now. Demands of work, family, world issues can activate a feeling of not having enough...
Procrastination – This is one good thing to Avoid!
Like many other self-defeating behaviors, procrastination can be overcome. You can retrain your brain to react in a proactive way when fear, doubt, and worry bubble up. When you are clear and calm, it’s much easier to know what is most important about completing the task in front of you. Learn 10 tips to intercept when Procrastination hits!
Forward Momentum…Step by Step
Each time I fly away from Seattle, I try and get a window seat so that I can gaze upon glorious Mt. Rainier. At over 14k feet tall, she is majestic.
Besides being the tallest volcano in Washington state, she represents my personal journey of tapping inner strength and intercepting limiting beliefs. She especially reminds me to get out of my comfort zones to expand my awareness of what I am capable of.
Flying Towards Purpose to Play Your Bigger Game
Your joy and passion are often found in experiences from your childhood. I was joyously reminded of this by my 17-year daughter, Isabella upon...
To Reach the Sun You Have to Step Out of the Cave
Dreams, Risks and Courage: The ideal elixir to living a fulfilled life showcased in the movie The Croods. Little did I know when I sat down...
Caterpillar to a Butterfly ~ Reality Check for Overnight Transformation Expectations
Thirty-one days ago I departed my role at T-Mobile with elbow bumps and the beginnings of social distancing creating new norms of saying...
Faith Hijacked by Saboteurs
It was one of my most major messy weeks since becoming a full-time entrepreneur. I suffered from a severe vulnerability hangover. I had just...
Expand Into Ease and Flow
I noticed with several of my clients and in talking with my coaching community that so many of us feel exhausted. Ask yourself this right now. ...
From Little Ideas to Big Realities
Have you ever had a thought; a little niggle in your gut that’s an idea of something you want to do “when you retire”? It’s that thing that you...
Why is the New How
What would it feel like to hear less "noise" about how to change your life right now? The last few weeks, something has been brewing inside of...
Ask for Help
You're not alone. If you had a contrary thought pop after you read that statement, it's false. How do I know? Because my irrational lizard...
Inhale Your Inspiration
Confinement at home has hit me hard this month. The most since this long pandemic started. Yet I didn't know the fog was rolling in on my...
Sparkle & Joy
I discovered a new value this weekend. It's the value of tinsel. It came to me in an unexpected and bittersweet way. It was Thursday morning...
I Believe You Can
For most of my life, I chose to live in the comfort of not making waves in my life, relationships, and career. I did what was expected of me. I...
Showing Up Kicking and Screaming
As I mentioned in last week's Messy Monday Message, I said I would dig into my version of courageous leadership with the principle of Show Up!...
Courageous Leadership Isn’t Always Sparkly Clean
What am I up to in the world? Great question, let me share a bit of what is emerging for me right now... I am playing around in the mess of...
Braving the Wilderness with Vulnerability
When I looked at all the 5 courageous Leadership principles I highlighted from my blog two weeks ago, I had planned on writing on the principle...
Battery Charge Trending to 0% – Time to Recharge
What do Rest and Play mean to you? I was challenged in a Powered by Play program earlier this year, lead by the delightful Play & Burnout...
A Princess with a Tilted Tiara
It was my kindergarten graduation ceremony when I was asked that one question that we all were asked..."What do you want to be when you grow...
Righting Your Ship Before You Capsize
The seas out in the world right now feel choppy with gusts of high winds and a heavy fog of information making it hard to navigate through it....
An Important Question to Ask Yourself Before Making a Judgement
How am I feeling right now about myself? Sadly, when we don't feel good about ourselves, we'll take it out on someone else by criticizing them....
How to Ground Yourself when You’re Experiencing a Spiral of Change vs Spiraling Out of Control
It's been a BIG month of changes for me. I've moved to a new neighborhood, my family has grown by three new people and three pets, I'm learning...
Counter-Intuitive Thoughts about the Value of a Naysayer in Your Life
Shhh… I have two secrets to share with you about the Naysayers in your life! I’m curious if you have ever experienced a moment when you had...
Selling, Moving, Kids, OH MY!
As this month is ending, I’m reflecting on the whirlwind of activity unfolding for me as I close a chapter in my life that kept me safe, secure...
The Suck of Perfection
At a three-day intensive professional development retreat for building my coaching business, we were digging into what could get in our way of...
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