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I help busy leaders and teams to create more balance, less stress and perform at a high level. My confession is that . . . I don’t actually care about high performance! Back when I started to make my own big shift in how I was showing up in my life a few years ago. […]

Your mind is powerful and your beliefs (the common thoughts that run through your head) are either helping you or holding you back. This is a big part of the work I do with clients, helping them to shift their thinking and behaviors to keep stronger boundaries, say no with more ease and step out […]

Are you at the end of yet another week where you worked more hours than you wanted to, you’re feeling exhausted, and realizing that you haven’t taken a moment for yourself? TGIF, right?! And maybe you’re excited for the weekend, but also feeling like you have little energy for much else and already worrying about […]

Last weekend, I ran an organized race for the first time since 2017. My training didn’t quite go as planned for a 10km race and, leading up to the day, I hadn’t run more than 30 minutes at a time. In the days before the event, it was tempting to let the negative thoughts seep […]

Sometimes we just don’t know what we don’t know. We had a big, sudden thunderstorm on Saturday night in the city. It crazy POURED in a short amount of time. Which meant we spent our Saturday night sopping up water in the basement! It came from under the walls and up through the floor. I […]

Do you secretly wish that you would be more confident in yourself? To speak up in meetings and not let the anxious feelings keep you from saying what’s really on your mind. To feel good about your decisions and spend less time overthinking or second-guessing yourself. To come across as a leader who knows what […]

What this means is to be in integrity with what you say and model the behaviors you want to see in others. You don’t want your team working themselves into the ground? Don’t do it yourself. You want people to remain optimistic? You remain optimistic. You want your team to share how they are struggling? […]

Taking time away from the daily stressors at work allows you focus on other important areas of your life such as being present with your family and space to recharge. And during the workday, it’s important to limit distractions when you are focusing on a task or conversation so that you can accomplish what you […]

In a recent coaching session with a client, we explored her values and what success looks like for her, not just at work but in her life. One of her values is ‘balance’. I asked her, “What does that mean to you?” (Because words mean different things to different people). She told me that, for […]

Do you often lose patience with the people you care about the most? I certainly have. When I am more impatient with my husband and kids – not being kind, losing my cool or yelling – I have learned it’s a cue for me that there is too much on my plate. Which is a […]