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Map a straight line to success
Are you taking the long and winding road to success? Tomorrow I'm heading to the Banff Centre in the heart of the rocky mountains to attend an alumni retreat for Leadership Calgary, a community leadership program I took in 2004. It's going to be an immersive weekend...
You won’t find the time, until you do
Time has been on my mind a lot. As I spoke of in this post, my schedule went through a radical 180 this Fall and I feel like I’m just now settling in. As a client and friend said last week, “I was so happy to turn the page to October.” I couldn’t agree more. As I’ve...
Leverage this small, but mighty strategy for Q4
I promise this won’t be a post trying to motivate you to make more happen for this final quarter. It won’t be a post that reminds you that there’s still lots of time to make progress on the work that matters (even though that's true). And it certainly won’t be a post...
Be choosey. REALLY damn choosey.*
Overwhelm isn’t created by what you think it is. It’s not because of having too much on your plate. It’s not because you have a burgeoning to-do list that keeps growing. And it’s not because you’re trying to balance kids, family, laundry, writing, clients and more....
3 Ways to Turn Down the Tension
Tension. It's been on my mind a lot this week. I've been feeling it, my clients have been feeling it and my other entrepreneurial friends have been feeling it too. Seems there's something in the air. My hunch is that while we all experience tension throughout the...
How I’m navigating the in-between
Every year in late-August, I get the itch. It happens like clockwork as the stores fill up with backpacks, the weather cools, promo emails ramp up and my love of wearing flip-flops every-waking-moment starts to wane. I begin to crave routines, meal plans,...
Let’s Talk About Failure: 3 Ways to Learn, Love + Move On
“There are secret opportunities hidden in failure.” ~ Sophia Amoruso I failed my coaching exam the first time it took it. An exam with a pass rate of 95%. I bombed it, spectacularly, in a white hot, fiery mess of snot and tears. The worst part? I knew it was happening...
You’ve got THIS. Are you using it?
Last night I had a convo with someone who works in the corporate world. They were remarking (ok, bemoaning) at how many of their fellow employees worked more-than-full days only to then take their laptops home and work each night until midnight. Really? Ugh. What...
It’s not enough just to be great.
Every week I get to coach amazing women. They are coaches, landscape artists, speakers, community builders, dieticians, business efficiency experts, addiction & recovery experts, social media stars and purpose revealers. They are truly brilliant women who have a...
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