In the last week have you said any version of the following?

- I'm sorry. I've taken up way too much of your time.

- I didn't mean to ramble on.

- I just talked a lot. I hope I made sense.

- Wow, did anything I say make sense?

- You're welcome (after feeling like you’ve talked too much).

 ...

I say this to almost every client.

Replace should with could or want.

I hear the word should all the time.

I should have said that instead.

I should have remembered his birthday.

I should have chosen differently.

The context of should is often beating yourself up.

Enough.

Most of us, most of...

I’m back from Texas.

What a trip.

We were literally greeted at the airport with Covid. My in-laws had it and didn’t realize, and tested positive three days later.

Austin woke up with all the symptoms on the fourth day.

It’s said that how you perform in crisis is a measure of your cha...

I’m in a season of life where things couldn’t feel better.

I feel aligned with my body.

We are in the midst of this Air BnB adventure.

My work feels incredibly fulfilling.

I have a great team around me.

Preston and I are on the same page.

Austin is a hoot.

Not too long ago, life was very diff...

I have so much to say but the words won't come out.

Tecca Thompson is a former client, and friend, whose light has always been bright. 

How does a young girl who knows she is supposed to be on stage stare into the crowd, unable to speak, when sharing the announcements at Church?

How does an Ameri...

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the women to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea."

I love this quote because it speaks to my need to be given the answer. If you give me the answer, I don't have to think for myself. I d...

This morning I was driving Austin to school thinking about how this is one of the last times I will make this drive.

He currently attends a pre-school close to downtown Columbus about 12 minutes from our house.

His new school, where he starts Kindergarten at the end of August, is a 7 minute walk.

I don’t live in reality because I create stories for everything that happens. So do you, {{first_name}}.

This realization has revolutionized the way I live.

Over time, I have learned that my stories go deeper than I ever imagined.

Stories have little bearing on the truth.

In every situ...

Every person I coach is looking to trust themselves more.

No exceptions.

I want to share an important experience that helped me find my voice that little bit more.

A few months ago I was invited to be considered to speak at an event. The event sounded fantastic; the biggest audience I would have ...

On the day of the 2016 election, I wrote a blog that I was advised by someone I trusted to hold back on submitting because it was controversial.

In hindsight, I listened too much to this person and not enough to my own voice.

I shared that I was turned off by how fellow women in the coaching space...

Every woman I work with wants to feel more comfortable in her own skin, more assured of her ability to use her voice, more trusting of herself and her decisions.

Call it confidence, call it juicy, call it executive presence...call it what resonates with you. 

What's more important is that "feeling...

In 2016 Preston and I tried starting a coaching business together and it wasn't the dream we imagined. 

We are both better when we concentrate on our own paths and I stay out of his way.

In the spirit of last week's blog, Preston sharing that he was unhappy in our marriage, I think it's fun and im...