You have a reservation tonight.
It’s at Chez Catastrophe.
Apparently, sometime between getting out of bed this morning and right now, you booked yourself a table.
You don’t remember making it?
hmmmm…that makes sense. You probably didn’t realize you were doing it because it didn’t sound like a typical reservation. It sounded more like:
What if this doesn’t change?
Reservation made.
Read MoreIt’s 1972. I’m five years old, sitting at the table of a brown-paneled kitchen.
In front of me, on page four of my coloring book, is my latest masterpiece: a horse standing in a field.
Inspiration fills my body as I make broad sweeping strokes with my Purple Pizazz crayon, my small hand furiously filling in color before dropping the crayon and searching the 64-pack.
“Sunglow for the hooves,” I whisper to myself, as the crayon streaks across the page.
Time stands still as I finish what I’m sure is destined to be a classic. Maybe it’ll even make it onto the refrigerator for the masses to enjoy…
Read MoreI don’t know what your inbox, feed, podcast queue, bookshelf, or inner circle sounds like these days.
Mine can feel like a steady stream of people telling everyone what their problem is.
Your nervous system is dysregulated. Your money story is outdated. Your visibility wound is running the show. Your feminine energy is blocked. Your attachment style is sabotaging you. Your subconscious is protecting you. Your mindset is the issue. Your timing is now. Your next level is waiting. Your resistance is costing you. Your lack of clarity, structure, surrender, discipline, or alignment is the reason nothing is moving.
And honestly?
I’m bored.
Read MoreMy dad frequently said I was stubborn when I was a kid. “You always had a mind of your own.”
Which is interesting, because I (mostly) did what I was told. ;)
I did my best to be a “good” girl. I tried not to ruffle any feathers. I tip-toed through the delicate eggshells. I was mindful of what to say, when to say it, what not to say, where not to step…all so that I wouldn’t set off any landmines.
Read MoreThere’s so much happening in the world right now, but what I’m noticing is that it isn’t just the chaos “out there”.
It’s the internal chaos many people are feeling. Something is shifting—not just externally, but in how we relate to our lives. I can feel it in people. I hear it in the conversations I’m having with clients, friends and colleagues. A restlessness. A questioning. A sense that something no longer fits… even if everything looks “fine.”
Read MoreIf I could speak to myself at the start of my coaching career—back in 2003—I’d tell her this:
Trust your knowing more than the industry’s “shoulds”. You already sense what others can’t see. You read energy patterns like other people read spreadsheets. That’s not something to downplay, it’s your edge. It’s what will set you apart long before anyone else understands what you’re really doing.
Read MoreRecently, I was featured in a Forbes Coaches Council article on anxiety in entrepreneurship. While I appreciate this conversation becoming more public, there’s something essential that often gets missed.
Most people, including entrepreneurs, accept anxiety as part of the deal.
It’s expected.
Normalized.
…Often, quietly tolerated.
But tolerance is very different from capacity.
Read MoreThis time of year has a way of whispering (or shouting):
Did you do enough?
Did you become who you were supposed to become?
Did you finish strong?
What I’ve come to know is that life doesn’t require you to have it all neatly wrapped up before December 31st. Growth does not need a highlight reel and you don’t owe anyone a “strong finish” to be worthy of rest.
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