Personal Empowerment

For the woman who never wanted to have children, I’ve been raising kids a pretty long time. Being a parent is challenging and vulnerable, and being a step-parent in some ways poses even more challenges. Cultural programming paints step-moms as evil, which only adds to the difficulties. For a long time, I would compare my […]

In 2006, I started this show and I really wanted to share stories of people who have displayed a tremendous amount of resilience. People who have become successful not because the path was perfectly paved for them but who became successful after stumbling, falling, and getting back up.  This episode’s guest is Garrett Lowe, former […]

Have you ever noticed that when you go through something hard, you keep on going, then suddenly when there’s nothing that needs to be done urgently anymore, you fall apart? As though your mind or body just stops functioning? It happened to me recently after going through a particularly difficult time. I kept it together […]

Almost everybody has an urge, sometimes deep inside, to find out what our unique gifts are and to bring them out into the world. The process of opening up to our creative depths and transcending our own upper limits is what allows us to achieve our goals and dreams. Gay Hendricks, Ph. D., has been a […]

I know how much you love hearing client case studies and what happens in life coaching, and I truly believe we learn so much from peoples’ stories. So, I’m bringing my former client Kate onto the show this week to share her brave journey with you all. Faced with the prospect of losing something extremely […]

When you reflect on yourself and your life, do you feel like there is a missing piece? And are you in search of peace?  My guest in this episode, which originally aired in 2014, is Annie Burnside. Annie is a soul nurturer, author, public speaker, and educator. She is the author of Soul to Soul […]

One of my favorite sayings in recent months is ‘death by a thousand cuts.’ It’s the concept of small cuts building up over time that can lead to the death of our souls. How we talk to ourselves can be a cut, and life is hard enough without cutting ourselves. How often do you show […]

One of the myths of vulnerability is that we practice vulnerability in isolation. But that’s not true. We need to step into our lives to create what we want. And to get what we want, we have to have the courage to ask. Sometimes when we are not able or ready to be courageous we […]

You’re highly educated and have high expectations of yourself. You’re exhausted from living life worried about what other people think while trying to get approval from them at the same time. In the process of working so hard to be perfect, the anxiety of conforming is keeping you from being real.  You are tired of […]

When we think about leaders, we think about titles like CEO, CFO, and President. But leadership isn’t about titles, it’s not about hierarchy and it isn’t something that somebody gives you. It’s about taking care of ourselves so that we can take care of others and being willing to step up in our lives. Brené Brown defines a […]

Although we all want to connect with other people and to feel like we belong, this looks different for everybody: maybe you’re an introvert and prefer connecting with a small group in an intimate setting. Or, maybe you’re an extrovert and you love bouncing around a party, having conversations with all sorts of people. You […]

I have such a sweet treat for you this week, and I am thrilled to welcome my client Brenda onto the show. I know many of you enjoy when I bring clients on to talk about their journeys of transformation, and you’ll hear a really special story this week. Brenda and I started working together […]

Sometimes when we think about what we really want, a lot of fear comes up. We are afraid we’re not good enough or that we can’t really have the thing that we want. Sometimes we feel that we are not worthy of connected and authentic relationships. I’m here to tell you that you can have […]

We weren’t brought into this world knowing how to do everything perfectly. We learn a lot from falling down and getting back up, but we must do so without looking back with regret. Falling down is an opportunity. Instead of blaming ourselves or finding fault, we must use these times as a chance to acknowledge […]

You’re highly educated and have high expectations of yourself. You’re exhausted from living life worried about what other people think while trying to get approval from them at the same time. In the process of working so hard to be perfect, the anxiety of conforming is keeping you from being real. You have had a […]

We are conditioned to believe that to be worthy, there are some pre-requisites we have to meet. But worthiness does not have pre-requisites; it is a birthright, and we are all worthy. This week, I’m sharing my second interview with Brené Brown, where we explore this further. Dr. Brené Brown is a research professor at […]

As the leader of your life, you get to listen to you. What’s important to you? Who is it you really are on the inside? When you take off all the supposed to’s who is inside?  Being the leader of your life is about being authentically you. It’s about letting go of the external rules […]

I have been doing this show since 2006, and I love going back and listening to earlier episodes to see how they hold up 10 – 15 years later. Today’s episode is the very first interview I did with Brené Brown 10 years ago, and I had no idea how much she was going to […]

Does something in you want to play bigger in your life? Have you been living small, but yearn for more? Tara Mohr is an expert on women’s leadership playing bigger in work and in life. Her book, Playing Big: Find Your Voice, Your Mission, Your Message, she shares her model for making the journey from […]

So often, we think about the finish lines in our life. Whether it’s the finish line for COVID, or when a project you’re working on is due to end, or your child is graduating from college. But what are you deferring for later that you could start practicing now? There was a point in my […]

Fear. None of us like that word. And I have a hunch that you don’t like that feeling.  You might know fear well. But many of us don’t even know that we are operating from a place of fear. We tend to normalize fear and call it stress, then wear that stress as a badge […]

We’ve all felt that sensation of being sucked into the vortex of our phones. We will take a moment to scroll on social media, and before we know it, an hour has passed. It can feel like we are ruled by our technology, versus us being in control, and today’s guest joins me to share […]

My friends, what a year! I, for sure, did not see that coming. When I think of 2020, it was clearly an extremely hard year. But it’s so important to reflect and think about things, and acknowledge our growth. This time a year ago, I couldn’t possibly imagine that we would be where we are […]

Have you ever felt as though you’re dragging a dead cow across the desert? It’s a great metaphor because so many of us can relate to it. It is easy to feel as though you’re constantly being held back or plowing through, which is why the concept of rising up is really important. Rising up […]

We have faced tremendous loss in the last year, whether it’s the loss of people, connection, or day-to-day things. We can choose to focus on the loss we continue to face, or we could focus on who we are becoming in the process. This past year has provided us with the opportunity to really reflect […]