People are not meant to be isolated. And teams are not groups of individual performers. They are an interactive team that takes the time to understand one another. They have each other’s back. They collaborate well. They can anticipate what the other needs/wants based on time-tested trust. [...]
Today marks the start of November, a month in which we take time to reflect and be thankful for all of our blessings. Personally, I am thankful for so many things. Let me start with this – I am especially thankful for my team who got me [...]
We all have to connect to influence, make things happen and get things done! Whether you have ambitions of being a TED speaker, a well-received corporate leader at the podium, a confident speaker in a room full of peers, or a sales professional with the ability to connect [...]
One might think that speaking in front of 200 people at my TEDx talk would be daunting. In reality, that wasn’t such a large group. My very first public speaking engagement was at a conference of over 800 people in a healthcare organization. I moved through size matters [...]
One of the reasons it can be so difficult to recognize our purpose is because it’s so embedded within us that we don’t even recognize it. It’s like breathing, just part of who we are and what we do. We have to consciously stop to recognize that we [...]
Today is World Book Day! Have YOU always wanted to write a book?My Top 2 Book Writing Tips . . .#1: If blank paper is a block to get started - start with a RECORDING. Speak your book, transcribe it; now you can simply edit.#2: Set a date. [...]
The answer to identifying our purpose lies in an internal journey of discovery. It is our destiny for the journey of finding our purpose to be unnatural, uneasy, challenging. I have concluded that it is meant to be this way. It needs to be a choice for conscious [...]
Everyone isn’t a right-fit for every situation – in work or in personal relationships. For you to live authentically and congruently, you need to know who you are and what’s important to you.Identifying your purpose and letting that guide the choices you make – the choices that create [...]
As I mentioned in my last post, we have entered the era where who we’re being is just as important as what we’re doing… lets take it to the next level.Discovering our life purpose is about conscious living – living by design rather than by default. It’s not [...]
Are you due for a new perspective?Sometimes what we think needs to be a boundary is just because we don’t know what else to do. In truth, a boundary, which has a dotted line to a ‘no’ behind it, could instead be a reframe of possibility, which has [...]
This man is clearly a hero!My mother was able to save 2 people's lives by knowing and applying CPR. It takes action!There are many stories of someone who reconsidered suicide due to someone giving them a smile that day. It takes connection!Where might you make the difference in [...]
Get ready for the chill of truth as I call it; the goosebumps you get when you hit pure truth and you know it; but not with your mind! We had my friend and her family over this weekend for a walk at Descanso Gardens in La [...]
When I read this I knew I had to post it for all of you! I hope you had a wonderful Valentine’s Day! I did!! I had another excuse to celebrate love on Valentines Day . . . for the 33rd time.My husband has always said that he [...]
16 seconds is all you need to destress while sitting at your desk.All of my clients who get frustrated or stressed out abut time constraints have the power while sitting at their desk to relieve their stress in 16 seconds. You can do this multiple times throughout the [...]
If you were excited to get started, cheers to you!! Go get 'em! If you weren't looking forward to it, it's time to make a shift. And do it now!Before you get back into the routine of things, take time to design what this year will look like. Reflect [...]
As I've been readying for my upcoming TEDx talk for the past month, I'm reminded of the French quote actually by Blaise Pascal and often attributed to Mark Twain, T.S. Eliot & Cicero to name a few:I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have [...]
My TED talk had to occur this ear, at this event, in this location!While I've been a speaker coach for many years for my corporate clients, I've also had the privilege of coaching multiple TEDx Speakers 2 years running. This year I've stepped up to be a speaker [...]