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Create a Year You Love: What’s Waiting for You On the Other Side

“A person is the product of their dreams. So make sure to dream great dreams. And then try to live your dream.” Maya Angelou As we settle into the holidays and look forward to the New Year, It’s been such a pleasure to share some of my own end-of-year goal-setting processes along with a fewContinue reading “Create a Year You Love: What’s Waiting for You On the Other Side”

Create a Year You Love: A New Way to Look at Your Goals

“Where we think we need more self-discipline, we usually need more self-love – not just selflove as an attitude, but self-love manifested through the routines and rituals that we set up to enable the changes we desire to happen naturally and with ease.”  Tarah Mohr Each day this week I’ve shared bits of my ownContinue reading “Create a Year You Love: A New Way to Look at Your Goals”

Create a Year You Love: How Satisfied Are You?

“Your goals are the road maps that guide you and show you what is possible for your life.” Les Brown Each day this week I’m sharing bits of my own end-of-year goal setting process along with a few of my favorite coaching tools. Whether you do these exercises now or over the next couple of weeks,Continue reading “Create a Year You Love: How Satisfied Are You?”

Create a Year You Love: Who Before How

“We do not see the world as it is, we see it as we are.” Anais Nin The holiday season is in full swing and you’re likely juggling a lot at the moment.  Unless you get intentional, the busy-ness of life can keep you from taking time for yourself to pause and reflect on the past year and envision theContinue reading “Create a Year You Love: Who Before How”

Create a Year You Love: 3 Important Questions to Ask Yourself

“Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.“ Tony Robbins The holiday season is in full swing and you’re likely juggling a lot at the moment. Unless you get intentional, the busy-ness of life can keep you from taking time for yourself to pause and reflect on the past year and envision the next. WithoutContinue reading “Create a Year You Love: 3 Important Questions to Ask Yourself”

You Have to Believe We Are Magic

“Magic is believing in yourself, if you can do that, you can make anything happen.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Magic! That’s how I often describe coaching. It feels that way to me and it feels that way to my clients. Just last week one of my clients resigned from a stagnant, unfulfilling job that she’s hadContinue reading “You Have to Believe We Are Magic”

Are You Forgetting Someone?

“Live as though life was created for you.” Maya Angelou A friend of mine is going through a divorce and while the change is amicable, it’s still a very challenging time.  She’s doing things she’s never had to do on her own before, she’s learning on the fly, she’s having to speak up for herselfContinue reading “Are You Forgetting Someone?”

The Power of Taking Responsibility

“It is only when you take responsibility for your life that you discover how powerful you truly are.” Allanah Hunt, Coach & Author My mom likes to tell me this story. When she was pregnant with me, she dove into learning about conscious parenting because she wanted to do things differently than her own parentsContinue reading “The Power of Taking Responsibility”

There’s Something Special You Need to See

The lantana flowers are in full bloom in Central Texas right now. They’re commonplace in the front yards here growing so profusely it’s easy to walk on by without giving them any thought. But if you just pause and notice, you’ll see something really special.  Look closely and what appears to be one pretty, colorful flower is actuallyContinue reading “There’s Something Special You Need to See”