About Me: 3 Relatable(?) Insights
Get to know me beyond the resume, experience and qualifications
A Legacy of Sacrifice and Resilience: Destiny
Destiny is one of the first winners of the Hearts on Sleeves, Minds in College Scholarship, awarded on May 15, 2023. Read on to read Destiny’s application essay and be sure to visit the scholarship fund page to contribute to helping students like Destiny achieve their...
Chasing Dreams and Overcoming Challenges: Ann-Marie
Ann-Marie is one of the first winners of the Hearts on Sleeves, Minds in College Scholarship, awarded on May 15, 2023. Read on to read Ann-Marie’s application essay and be sure to visit the scholarship fund page to contribute to helping students like Ann-Marie achieve...
Hearts On Sleeves Scholarship Winners!
I am grateful and proud to announce the first EVER Hearts on Sleeves, Minds in College scholarship winners. Thanks to generous donations we were able to award TWO winners for the first half of the year. Scholarship Details and Criteria This scholarship aims to assist...
5 benefits of hiring a personal development coach
Accountability. A personal development coach can help you to stay accountable for your goals and to track your progress. This doesn’t mean you’re struggling to stay motivated on your own – it’s another level of support. Expertise. A personal development coach may not...
Taking the Leap: Why Trying New Things Matters
As a personal development coach, I often work with clients who are feeling stuck in some place in their lives. They feel like they're in a rut, doing the same things day after day, and they're not sure how to break free from that pattern. They often want to try...
The Biggest Mistake People Make When Preparing for a Public Speaking
Are you already shaking at the thought? It’s natural to feel nervous before taking the stage or having all eyes on you in a meeting – to me, that feeling shows you care! However, the biggest mistake or assumption people make when preparing for a public speaking event...
Juggling Remote Work and Parenting: Essential Tips for Success
One of the biggest challenges of working from home as a parent is finding a balance between work and parenting.
A Personal Development Coach’s Favorite Question for Growth
As a personal development coach I spend a lot of time listening, making connections and asking questions. Asking questions helps me understand, and helps my clients understand and sometimes even question their own statements and assumptions. Which opens up a door to...
The coach got coached
When someone challenges your way of thinking it can be humbling, but also such a gift.
Re-writing my failure story
I’m pretty sure I can’t call myself a failure. Could someone please tell my brain? Looking back on my corporate career – I don’t feel I achieved anything. I never felt good enough, always missing the mark somehow. Just when I thought I was doing well, I’d get some...
Vulnerability: Important for Personal Growth
I still have to actively push against this idea that the world is out to get me.
Stop trying to fit in
I have respect for those in our society that keep law and order. And I also take that to mean that any document with written rules or any statement made by a person I take to heart. But you want to know a secret? People often don’t follow their own rules. So now what?
Rejection to Riches: The $5000 that changed my career
I’ve experienced many difficult interactions in the corporate workplace. Some, I handled well and others I wish I had handled differently.
3 Tips for Letting Go of Your Plans and Embracing Flexibility for Personal Growth
Embrace uncertainty and discover the joys of spontaneous adventure. Learn how to let go of your plans and live life to the fullest with 3 simple tips. Start your journey to a more fulfilling life now.
How you feel inside determines how you approach the outside
You can ride the wave of the external environment if your inside is calm, but when you’re not at peace inside – the outside won’t matter.
Happy (late) New Year!
I threw out January 1st and made my own start date – and now I’ll never go back.
Who is the person I want to be?
I sat down to talk to Lisa Schlosberg, founder of Out of the Cave and one of my coaches on her podcast.
If you’re always busy, you’re doing life wrong
I said what I said.
36 Things My Clients Do Before the First Session
My clients are exceptional people. They don’t stop at 36, but they throw in a few extras of their own!
Three reasons not to hire me and what to do instead
No, that’s not a typo. There are times when I’m not the right coach or resource for you.
Hearts on Sleeves, Minds in College Scholarship Fund
I started a scholarship for students who identify as BIPOC from lower-income households to pursue their undergraduate degree, but I need your help to keep it going.
What happens in coaching?
So. . . what do we talk about for an hour?
What You’ll Find Here. . .
For anyone who has gone to a therapist or used a coach, or anyone considering just asking for a little help – I see you and I applaud your courage and desire to want a better experience for yourself.