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In my coaching business, I talk to many small business owners. It is usually a similar story. They LOVE their work. They LOVE their clients. When they are working with a client, they are fulfilled beyond measure.

With most being service providers, they have huge hearts and want to help as many people as possible, but the marketing and business aspects of running a business are not nearly as intuitive as actually doing the client work.

Many are not helping nearly the number of clients they could - which is not only challenging for the business (no clients means no income), but it is also a shame for the many clients who need their services, but don't know they exist.

When I ask they what their vision is for their business/life, many are not sure, are wishy-washy, or have core beliefs and negative self-talk that keep them undecided about what they really want.

Creating a clear vision is a piece of the puzzle that is often skipped - but it is as important to the journey as plugging...

Americans are experiencing an unprecedented amount of turmoil and division with our upcoming presidential election.  Fear from both sides of the ticket is rampant and people are on edge. 
 
One of the curses of being able to think and reason is the ability to feel fear and anxiety, even when neither are warranted. Fear and anxiety can serve as helpful cues that there may be a situation that deserves caution, but after this is accomplished, they actually cause more harm than good.
 
The reality is that you create your own fear and anxiety. The good news is, if you can create your fear and anxiety, you can also create your own peace and serenity.
 
Choose to minimize the effects of fear and anxiety in your life:

1. Breathing is the fastest way to derail fear and anxiety. When faced with fearful thoughts or situations, we begin breathing quickly and shallowly. This begins a cascade of physiological events that result in feelings of fear and anxiety. It’s...

What if every person was exactly the same? What if every person had the same personality, the same likes and dislikes, the same looks, and the same strengths and weaknesses? The world would be a pretty boring place, wouldn’t it?
 
In Western society, however, there seems to be a need for people to “be the same as everyone else” – to fit in, to be what society deems appropriate or good. These social standards can make it difficult for ANYONE to feel worthy or up-to-snuff. We can easily get sucked down the rabbit hole of thinking that our differences are imperfections – that these imperfections somehow diminish our value.
 
Having had Vitiligo (an auto-immune disorder that causes loss of the skin’s pigment in oddly shaped spots on my hands and face) since I was about 22, I have spent many, many years of my life being ashamed of this “imperfection.” I have had fears that people would think it was catchy (it’s not), ugly, or...