“Quit your job and travel”. There seems to be pressure on social media for people to quit their jobs & live an Instagram life. Recently, I was coaching Marcia (I have her permission to share her story). A day before our Vision Board workshop she was offered a new...

I was chatting with a great friend and fellow coach this week. In response to our discussion I enthusiastically said, “I know, I know, I know”. And as extraordinary coaches do she turned the “mirror” to reflect back what my words were NOT saying. My words were NOT...

OWL WAIT… If I wait five seconds my 10-month-old grandson Judah will mirror my actions whether it be waving, growling (like a dinosaur) or laughing. Five seconds can seem like a long time if you are distracted. As a leader in Early Years I discovered The Hanen...

I love the affirmation & accelerate, “I am so happy & grateful now that (fill in the blank with the very specific vision) OR SOMETHING EVEN BETTER! In Jan 2019 I created my Vision board which included an image of the British flag & imagined it would be...

September is MY Happy New Year and 8 new Insights Do you know that feeling when you figured something out or learned something new? Do you clap your hands, put them in the air, laugh with astonishment or whoop out loud? YES me too! All of that good feeling from your...

Where’s the Celebration in Compliance? 5 Actions to Daring Leadership “Anyone who does anything to help a child in his life is a hero to me. ” - Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) I was pulling out the flip chart paper for my morning Dare to Declare speaking engagement...

Enough Already “In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read.” -- Gene Roddenberry Do you feel stuck or as though there is something blocking your progress? I have occasions that I travel through those...

If You’re Happy and You Know It As an Early Childhood Educator and Director of a multi-site childcare organization whenever I fill in as the main Educator for a few minutes, I pull out my trusty sing along song “If you’re happy and you know it”. This past week during...

You Are the Expert of Your Experience Recently I was mentoring a friend about “being social”, meaning how to use social media to grow her business. We were discussing what the topic of her first Facebook Live could be. She brought up the challenges in parenting from a...