Although my M.B.S.R.* class ended on November 19th, the lessons continue. In our final session, the instructor said, “Attention is a commodity,” and m...
It is a fact that planners try to lessen the friction in their lives. This habit is rooted in the ability to think ahead to what may be needed now to ...
During our after-dinner review of the day, I told my taller half that the fundamental difference between us is that he accepts reality as it is – not ...
When I signed up for the Liz Gilbert/Suleika Jaouad writing seminar, I had a picture in my head of women in yoga clothes, chatting somewhat self-consc...
It’s been a week since my class with Liz Gilbert at Kripalu, and I’m still digesting the lessons I learned (stay tuned). Watching her hold an audience...
I had an epiphany the other day while I was journaling, yes another one! When I began coaching teens in 2014, I had a lot of rules. In preparation for...
Back in 2011 when I finished my life-coach certification, I received an email from the director of Master Coach training. She asked me to enter that y...
Traditional or Trailblazing? Yes, We Are.I’m a big fan of traditions, and yet I get itchy and bored without change. If that seems contradictory, that...
During my life coaching certification with Dr. Martha Beck, best selling author and “O, the Oprah Magazine” contributor, I learned a tool that still ...
I need to dream. It’s the way I restore and rejuvenate my brain. In the olden days, I would dream about building a place for girls to learn and grow ...
Grit Happens. I am stubborn-just ask my family-but it’s not such a bad thing. In fact, stubbornness is a blessing when you’re trying to learn a new s...
I have BIG plans for today-I’m organizing a closet. There are still boxes in there from when we moved in December-before-last. Just writing that sent...
The 2020 shi-show continues, and this week has reached new levels of WTF-is-happening-and-why. On Monday I asked my volleyball teams what they need t...
Tell the Imposter Syndrome to Take a Hike!In all the corporate coaching I’ve done, the most interesting trait I’ve noticed in highly successful women...
How Do You Eat An Elephant? We are in the middle of moving, and my inner neat freak has blown a gasket. I loathe chaos with the red hot intensity of...
It’s a new year, y’all, and the resolutions are flying thick and fast, or not. My Inner Viking looooves a resolution. Write down a goal for the New Y...
Do you feel somnambulant during the holidays? Sort of like Mommy-zombie. Stumbling around with a TODO list pinned to your shirt, a frozen smile on you...
When I talked with my volleyball girls this week, their go-to definition of vulnerability was a weakness, which is accurate if you’re engaged in warf...
Give Thanks for 2020! Are you kidding me? You want me to give thanks for the biggest CACA-fest of the century? Yes, I do. Because it’s the time of ye...
This week’s theme at Girl Power for Good is one that has caused me many hours lost in self-doubt—Question Your Absolutes! This is a tough topic for me...
When dealing with female clients and friends, there is an underlying theme of waiting for permission to live life on your own terms. To this I say, “...
Lack or Love Glasses?In uncertain times, which seems to be all the time lately, we tend to only notice what we don’t have, and that’s okay. It’s just...
When I went through my Life Coach training in 2010, my teacher, Dr. Martha Beck (frequent “O, the Oprah Magazine” contributor and best-selling author...
COVID-19 has taken many things from us: loved ones, freedom of travel, going to the movies, parties at restaurants, parties at bars, pretty much all ...
In the middle of our new world of “nothing is certain” drops the ancestral stressor called Back-to-School—seriously? There are so many Back to School...
I spend a lot of time talking about kindness, because I believe it’s the antidote to most of the ills in our culture. It’s also the MOST important th...
This past Friday ended a quarantine brought on by an exposure to a positive person—remember when being positive was a good thing? Staying in my house...
Striving for Extraordinary Sucks!I was raised by wolves. That’s part of the title of my first book, Field Guide to Plugged-In Parenting...even if you...
I am pondering independence on this independence day weekend. What stops me from being free?1. Self-doubt: in all it’s insidious forms. The nagging v...
You’d be amazed at how much energy I put into planning for the perfect outcome. And more importantly how much of that energy is wasted. Take last wee...
We are a society of quick fixes. We have fast food, grocery pick up, streaming shows on demand, and anything our little brains want can be shipped to...
Failure is a Fast Pass to Growth!Remember that movie, where the Boss says,”We have a ZERO tolerance for failure!” and we all thought, “That’s so impr...
In honor of Mother’s Day, I want to pay homage to my dearly departed Momma. I’ve written many blogs about her, as she was worthy of putting pen to pa...
I just hung up from a Zoom call with our 850 Elite coaches, and I’m still giggling! It was a respite from my new normal. I have been more than a littl...
Princess Bride is my favorite movie, hands down. It’s got love, hate, heroes, villains and the Fire Swamp, a place that feels a whole lot like our cur...
Do you ever feel like you’re striving for someone else’s goals? Our society tells us that all you need to be influential is the right picture and the...
Twice a week I spend an hour in our volleyball gym to coach our players from age 11-18. We talk about what’s happening in their lives on and off the ...
Happy New Year! It was a little weird to have New Year’s Day on Wednesday, as I really like to start my resolutions on a Monday, am I right? So, what ...
While I was strolling around Black Friday sales, I realized that just buying a gift wasn’t enough. I needed to SHOW my people how much I loved them a...
When I walk through my volleyball gym, I hear a lot of talk about BFF’s, which, of course, stands for Best Friend Forever. These magical creatures ra...
If you’re like me, you complicate things for the greater good, or so you think. If you are always striving for a better way to do something, forever ...
Last month I visited Montana for six glorious days. It was in the high 70s during the day and high 50s at night with a refreshing lack of humidity. A...
Weed Your SisterhoodLast time we talked about creating a sisterhood of supportive women who will help you reach your life goals. These are YOUR peopl...
This month’s “O, the Oprah Magazine” is all about friendship. As it happens, this month begins a new Sisterhood campaign at Girl Power Station with a ...
I am a shark. Not in my transactions, but in my motivational style. I am always moving forward. Always looking for the next puzzle to solve or opportu...
The theme for this week is a piggy back on last week’s theme of “Advice for Your Younger Self”. By the way, if the messages on our Big Board are any i...
As women, we think we must take care of everyone in our lives and put ourselves last, right? Wrong. We actually have people to help us, if we will jus...
I have BIG plans for today-I’m organizing a closet. There are still boxes in there from when we moved in December-before-last. Just writing that sent...
I’m trying to give up refined sugar, again. This has been a lifelong struggle for me, as I have used sugar as a comfort drug since I was a little girl...
In a world filled with uncertainty, there is a place of comfort--sacred ritual. No, I'm not talking about some Game of Thrones sacrifice. I mean a tra...
On the other side of the gym at 850 Elite Volleyball, our motto is “Attitude is Everything!” When we say that, we don’t mean the kind of attitude you ...
Without discernment, we revert to our base self, reacting to stimulus instead of responding. That reaction place can be dangerous. Reacting leads to n...
I used to avoid discomfort like the plague. I used my organizational powers and life force to keep well within my comfort zone for years, planning eve...
Today I got out of bed at 3:45 a.m. I can hear you thinking, “For the love of God, why? Was Beyonce promising to teach you how to dance? Did Chris Hem...
My college girl is amazing. I’m not playing favorites, all my girls are amazing. On the daily, my breath stops when I think how lucky I am. My girls a...
As women, we are used to saying "Yes." Our culture demands that of polite civilized women. If one of our family members needs help we say, "Yes." If a...
We know the commercial side of the holidays—it’s blasted at us from every conceivable portal: television, Facebook, Instagram, radio. We are bombarded...
There’s an old Sheryl Crow lyric that always plays in my head during Thanksgiving, “It’s not having what you want, it’s wanting what you've got.” We a...
Disappointment has plagued me all my life. I was raised in a household where the adults in charge rarely nurtured or even paid me much attention, as t...
The theme for the next few weeks is Clarity is the KEY, to which you may respond, “Well, duh!” At face value, you know that clarity is important, but ...
You know in the typical cop show when the suspects are separated before they can compare their stories? The reason they do that (other than it makes g...
As women, we are all about a plan. I have TODO lists galore, and I’ve even retroactively written items on my list, just so I could have the pleasure o...
Random acts of kindness are often as helpful for the giver as the receiver. I remember, not too long ago, when I was plagued with resistance and frust...
So, You Aren't Perfect--Welcome To The Human Race!
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I am a reformed perfectionist. In my previous life, the worst, most dreaded result, whether personally or professionally, was a mistake. I would doubl...
If you are one of our treasured clients, you know that we are a little weird at Girl Power for Good Foundation. On the 850 Elite Volleyball side, we r...
Have you ever wondered why we get into a deep blue funk from time to time? When you are in a deep blue funk, do you try to blame other people for putt...
Our culture, and my Inner Viking, requires that we keep pushing to be successful. We think we must work harder, longer hours, lift more weights, run f...
Last weekend I took a trip to South Florida to invest in Friendship. This is a relatively new concept for me, as I’m a pretty severe introvert. If you...
Perspective is a concept that fascinates me because of the way I process information. I'm naturally curious, which leads to ease, but my learned habit...
I have been in volleyball gyms a lot lately. The last weekend in March was Big South, our biggest tournament of the season in Atlanta. It is a nationa...
This week’s theme at Girl Power Station is Question Your Negative Absolutes! This is a tough topic for me, because I've spent most of my life as a bla...
