What's your story - generational, gender based, cultural, familial or community based - that shapes your money beliefs?

Here are a few questions that increase our self-awareness.

When I taught and ran groups on DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy) a few decades ago, one of the emotional regulation skills that was important was simply being able to name feelings.

Many of my clients are interested in boosting confidence. Whether it’s confidence to speak up, do something new, communicate more directly, go for a big job, there are a myriad of situations when we want to feel more confident.

Time. We all want more of it. The truth: Time is our finite precious resource. We all want more of it.

How are you going to use yours?

For many women, speaking up or taking up space is uncomfortable at best, downright terrifying and the thing to most avoid, at worst.

Lies women (sometimes secretly) believe that stunt progress

High level leadership skills are essential for your success both individually and as you lead your team or become your own boss.

Several years ago, I was meeting with a mentor around the holidays sharing my loooong work to-do list for year end.

There is a lotta hubbub about the value of a good routine to start the day.

What could be possible for you if you have the courage, audacity, openness to look in the mirror?

I don’t believe this means 100 hour work weeks, yet hard work still leads to creating the success you want in your business – and confidence is a result. 

My belief is that courage is needed, not confidence, to go do the things that seem hard.

We have power to run our own lives, to choose how to respond, how to act.

Here are few ways to create success from the inside out {hey, that's a good tagline for a coaching practice} that I've found pretty darn useful for myself and my clients.

We know that being confident is advantageous in all areas of life. Clearly some people, whether due to predisposition at birth, early experiences, or both, seem to come by confidence more easily.

Here is the paradox: It’s extremely difficult and so simple. It was a topic in my boundaries group last week. How do we at times place our wishes first, without guilt.

Clear and firm boundaries are not selfish. Not mean. Not bitchy.

You cannot control all of your thoughts AND you can manage the direction of your thoughts.

Courage is taking risks, persisting, falling down, and getting back up. Repeat. This doesn’t require confidence, it is what builds confidence.