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Do you secretly wish that you could be more confident in yourself? You want to speak up in meetings without your heart racing, feeling anxious or end up not saying anything at all. You want to feel sure in your decisions instead of always overthinking and second-guessing yourself. You want to come across as a […]

Life Lesson #4 – You’re probably not going to want to do it I always have ideas floating around in my mind. Lessons I’ve learned, questions to ask, perspectives to share. But as soon as I decided to share more of those lessons on social media and with you . . . my mind went […]

When I find myself unfocused, anxious or not as productive as I think I should be in a week, it sometimes seems like a fine line to figure out if I am procrastinating or what I really need is to take a step back and reset. That’s what happened last week. I was trying to […]

September 16th marked 15 years that Kenton and I have been married. When I reflect on all these years together, my mind tends to wander to when it all started. Marriage is funny – it’s the one thing in your life that you are supposed to get right the first time. Well, we didn’t. When […]

With any change, one day you’ll feel like you are crushing it and that “you’ve got this”, and the next day it might seem like nothing is going right and you’re wondering how you’ll make it through the day. You will have amazing days where you are fired up, energized and being the leader, parent and person […]

You might find yourself thinking a situation is black and white, right or wrong, or all or nothing. I used to find myself often “all in” on this unhelpful mindset, such as . .  Sound familiar? First off, it’s normal to fall into this thinking. You are not alone! These thoughts still pop up for me at times […]

Confidence is a big word with a lot of meaning. We all want to feel more confident. Whether it’s in that upcoming work presentation or hoping that we are raising our kids to make smart choices. And, if you ask 10 different people (even experts) how to be more confident, you’ll likely get ten different […]

As we near the holiday season, so many people are feeling tapped out, exhausted and in need of a real break. It’s been months of performing “business as usual” in a freakin’ pandemic – nothing is business as usual here! Be it working from home with boundaries blurred, putting in longer hours to fit it all […]

Where do you need to cut yourself some slack? I’m coming off a couple of weeks with the kids’ school closed, juggling that in a busy time of year with clients . . . and at the very same time feeling the urge to simply do nothing! I am reminded of the unnecessary pressure we […]

Does your mind often jump to the worst-case scenarios? “What if they think I’m not pulling my weight? What if I fail? What if things don’t get better? What if this meeting goes terribly?” We all can fall into unhelpful thinking patterns at times. But there’s a tipping point where it’s taking you in a […]