She Finds Joy

Are you afraid of making decisions? Asking your boss for a raise? Launching your own business? Asking for what you want in your relationship? What prevents us from taking the actions we need in our lives to get to the next level? FEAR! Fear is one of the greatest obstacles to our success because with fear comes uncomfortableness and many people wait for uncomfortableness to leave before they act....

Ep 80| How Gratitude Increases Happiness   Dr. Masuro Emoto discovered that molecules in water are affected by our thoughts, words, and feelings. Humans are made up of 70% of water, which means the words we expose ourselves and others to have an impact on them. He discovered that crystals formed in frozen water with positive words written on them formed brilliant, clear, snowflake patterns while n...

Is it possible to create more happiness in our life? Should we be interested in happiness, or is that silly? I feel like we all want to be happier, but we are a bit afraid to admit it because it makes us feel like something is wrong in our lives. But creating intentional happiness habits in our lives improves every area of our lives. But are we focusing on the wrong things? Yes, we are much of the...

Ep 78| How to get through hard things.   Don’t take anything personally. That’s the second agreement of Don Miguel Ruiz’s classic, “ The Four Agreements .” He states, “Whatever happens around you, don’t take it personally. Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.” I’ve been criticized many times in my life. Many times it absolutely consumed me. But in this episode, I...

Burnout is a kind of exhaustion that seeps into every aspect of your life. Even though I travel around the country teaching teachers, business people, and more about how to overcome burnout, I can tell you that I, too, have been experiencing it lately. For me, burnout looks like:   The inability to shut work off, even when I should be enjoying time off  An incessant need to keep checking my emails...

As a coach, I’ve seen that women don’t invest in themselves enough. Whether it’s time, money, a new pair of workout shoes, or a household nick-nack, women always have a reason why they are not allowed to invest in themselves. As women, we are trained and shown by the other women in our life that we are to take care of everyone else BEFORE we are allowed to honor our own needs. We spend a LOT of ti...

Sandy Forster is the money mindset mentor for women worldwide who are ready to experience more abundance and freedom in their life. Sandy went from welfare to millionaire, been featured in Oprah’s Aussie Secret, and loves inspiring and empowering women to break through their blocks, manifest more money, and create a life they’re truly passionate about. Sandy went from having over $100,000 in debt...

Wow! My interview with my 1992 high school classmate, Angie Carlson, was heartwarming, inspiring, and thought-provoking. Shortly after giving birth to her son, Angie was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) 30 years ago. This disease has left her using a walker, sometimes a wheelchair, and the smallest of tasks takes a monumental effort.     It’s easy to look at Angie’s everyday life and the obs...

In this interview, I talk with Dr. Melissa Hankins, a 17-year Harvard-trained psychiatrist and certified executive coach. We had a very open conversation about what trauma is, how it affects our lives, and what we can do to heal ourselves.  We have all experienced some form of trauma, and many times that trauma plays out in our adult lives. It might affect how we react to our spouse, how we parent...

When we are uncomfortable setting boundaries, it's easy to fall into patterns like people-pleasing to make sure everyone else is happy.  However, this becomes the breeding ground for resentment and anger in our lives. Many of us suffer from our people-pleasing ways. We do it for several reasons: To be accepted and belong, to receive love, and to find validations. We worry that people may not like...

Gay Hendricks wrote this amazing book called “The Big Leap”. In it, he explains that as humans we all have what he calls an “Upper Limit Problem.” Basically, we have an internal thermostat in our body that says, “I have limited tolerance, for feeling good in my life, I have limited tolerance for how much happiness, I am willing to let myself feel how much love, I'm willing to let myself feel how m...

Kim reflects on a lesson she took to heart this past year, and she reflected on year 48 of her life and what is taught her, how she grew, and the work she’s done on herself.  She worked on Radical Acceptance, which means that she is working on releasing bitterness and resentment over things she couldn’t and can’t control.  It wasn’t easy work, but once she quit resisting the way certain things or...

A mindset is simply a set of thoughts and beliefs that shape how you make sense of the world and yourself. It influences how you think, feel, and behave.  Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck says, “Your beliefs play a pivotal role in what you want and whether you can achieve it. It has a significant role in determining your achievement and success. In this episode, Kim dives into why change is hard...

From an early age, we are taught to color inside the lines, and any color that strays outside the lines is considered a mistake to be avoided. We are supposed to do everything right, which carries over into adulthood.  Perfectionism is a naturally limiting mindset. Imperfection, however, frees us to live outside the lines, where possibilities are infinite, mistakes are allowed, and self-judgment i...

Rosanna Berardi is the Managing Partner of Berardi Immigration Law and the CEO of High WireWoman, where she helps working women create a blueprint to living their lives in a simpler way and take back their most precious commodity: their time. After saying goodbye to a lucrative corporate gig—and a promising career as an immigration lawyer for the U.S. government—she built a successful, multi-milli...

Have you ever wondered why some marriages seem to flourish while others seem to continually flounder? Do you have a desire to make your marriage stronger and more connected? Research tells us that strong marriages have high levels of friendship and emotional connection at their foundation.  But how do we do this when we are trying to raise our kids, work full-time jobs, and manage all of our other...

Cassie Parks is the fairy godmother for people who want to be better with money. She has helped thousands across the globe change their money stories so that they can welcome more money into their lives.  Often, we feel like there's never enough money because we’ve become accustomed to that stress of money.  In this episode, Cassie and I discuss the money stories we all tell ourselves and how thes...

In this episode, thought leader and manifestor guru, Suzanne Adams, shares her knowledge on the Law of Attraction and how we can use it to manifest our biggest desires. I loved Suzanne’s vulnerability in sharing her breakthrough moment while being in the throes of her own ‘dark night of the soul,’ which led her to understand energy and create a life full of her biggest desires. Suzanne discussed h...

In this episode, you meet Tracy Nolin Beerman, a  Vision-Driven Mom who has over 30 years of yoga practice on the mat.  The problem was that she wasn’t taking that high-vibe energy from her yoga mat into the other areas of her life.    Tracy knows all too well the challenges of raising kids and being true to herself at the same time. Her three-year-old son painfully showed her that her life wasn’t...

What would you change about your life at this very moment? What are your biggest dreams? Do you want a different job, a romantic relationship, to lose 15 pounds?  We all do it. We all think about the various things we are missing in our lives. The things we don’t have and wish would happen for us. When hoping, wishing, and praying, and dreaming aren’t enough any more- the universe comes to our res...

Hopefully, you listened to episode 60 already because this episode is a follow-up to learning about the Law of Attraction (LOA) and why it works. The energy you put out into the world comes back to you in what you attract.  At this moment, your life is determined and influenced by universal forces and the most powerful law called LOA. Every thought and feeling you are having is creating your futur...

Our thoughts have more power than we ever realized. We are like magnets. We attract the circumstances of our lives, both positive and negative. Through our thoughts, actions, and perspectives, we have the infinite power to dramatically change our lives and circumstances. This is the Law of Attraction. Practiced by some of the most successful celebrities and entrepreneurs, The Law of Attraction sho...

Jill Krzyzanowicz is an author, accomplished educator, and personal empowerment mentor who is currently enrolled in my 90 Day Coaching program. Through our conversations, we’ve discussed how Jill embodies the idea of “stepping into the Arena of Bigness.” From growing up in a chaotic house filled with violence, battling cancer, multiple weight-loss surgeries, and a newly sober lifestyle, Jill expla...

Ep 58 | How to Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind & Own Your Strength Andrea Owen has a new book: Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength. In this week's interview with Kim, Andrea walks us through the anger she has felt by “being raised in a culture that told me to quiet down—that my voice, my spirit, my ambition, my most everything was too much.” In the interview, Andrea discusses w...

Ep 57 | Men, Sex, & Testosterone with Dr. Adam Brockman Testosterone. It’s one of the key hormones that drives some masculine behaviors, such as sex drive and libido. What many don’t realize is that testosterone plays a key role in many other factors—muscle tone, belly fat, energy and motivation levels, and sleep. For the last 60 years, testosterone levels have been decreasing for men of all ages,...