A question I'm often asked:

"What led you to Executive Coaching?"

My response:

"If you really want to know, grab a cocktail, sit back, and relax because I have some stories to tell."

My Beliefs

In all the stories below, there's a through-line that reinforces two of my strongly-held beliefs:

Reveal Belief #1

Reveal Belief #2

The through-line is this...

I am blessed with an inherent ability to be keenly aware of the thoughts, emotions, feelings & behaviors of others as well as a natural obsession for seeking to understand the source of those thoughts, emotions, feelings, and behaviors.

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In the 40-some years I've been on this earth, I've also been blessed with wonderful life lessons that have powerfully nurtured this inherent ability and obsession. Those life lessons are below.

My Core Values

In all the life lessons shared below, you'll see it was both NATURE & NURTURE that led me on my path to Executive Coaching.

These lessons also played a significant role in the development my Core Values - the values upon which I live & experience life each and every day. These values serve as the foundation for my business, as well.

Coaching others and helping them self-actualize is what I was built for. Nature encoded it in my DNA. It's what I was meant to do and I can't imagine doing anything else. I'm in my element and loving every single aspect of it! It is both meaningful & satisfying for me and I believe THAT is what we all should all pursuing - meaningfulness & satisfaction in both our personal and professional lives.

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Life Lessons

Coaching others and helping them self-actualize is what I was built for.

Nature encoded it in my DNA. Nurture brought it to the surface.

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I learned at age 4 that our ability to influence others goes way beyond our words.

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It was my father who first noticed my superpower.

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Failing is a part of life. Get used to it and learn how to "make the bounce."

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To manage bullies who aren't equipped to deal with your success, you must become mentally tough.

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Business is built on relationships.

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Communicating effectively is about understanding and appreciating the needs & expectations of others.

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Ater I was told, "You don't look like them. They look like businesswomen. You look like a college student," this happened . .

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A disheartening experience in pharmaceutical sales further strengthened my passion for helping others better cultivate mutually beneficial relationships.

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2009

The Tipping Point!

How it all came to be and what it is today.

My Mission

To move you forward so you get to enjoy a life that is meaningful and satisfying - both personally & professionally!

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I have a solid belief that humans can influence how the world responds to them far more than what they realize or may want to believe.

Because of that, I have an unwavering passion for helping others find their influence, own it, and then strategically leverage it to accomplish their goals.

I also believe that expertly navigating your life so that it is meaningful & satisfying is all about deepening your emotional intelligence and commanding control of your head game so that you show up with confidence, perseverance & resilience - all of which are critical when it comes to getting what you want out of life.

You are on stage and the world is your audience.

The world is watching you and paying close attention to more than just your words.

They're listening to a story... a story that is being told by your physical presence.

Whether you like it or not, it is, in fact, telling a story... a story about who you are, what you value, how you feel about yourself, and how you expect to be treated.

And this story can either make it easier or more difficult for you to accomplish your life goals. So, the ever-important question is, "What do YOU want that story to be?" because commanding control of it can powerfully influence how others perceive and respond to you.

Your physical presence is simply a tool you have in your toolbox for successfully navigating life. It's entirely up to you whether you choose to leverage it to get what you want out of life while positively influencing the world around you.

I loved my Chiquita Banana costume!

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Mental Toughness

The more accomplished you are, the more likely there will be bullies in your life trying to steal your success away from you.

The most effective way is to manage these bullies is to develop an unwavering level of mental toughness that can outlast any bully's attempt to emotionally invalidate you.

Here's my story...

If you viewed my first three stories, you know by now I hit it big in the Parents Lottery. Coaching with tough love and compassion is encoded in their DNA so not only do I come by it naturally, but I was also the beneficiary of it as their child.

My sophomore year, I earned the opportunity to play on our varsity basketball team. Needless to say, a few of the juniors were not happy. They attempted to intimidate me by making nasty comments in the hallways, leaving unpleasant messages on my locker, and sending 'physical' messages to me on the court.

I was being bullied and it was a painful experience as you can imagine. I wanted to quit; however, my parents wouldn't allow it. And instead of running to school administrators and demanding the school system deal with it, my parents taught me how to properly manage the bullies on my own because as they explained, 'there will always be bullies in your life.'

So how'd they do it?

First, they encouraged me to view and understand the situation from the bully's perspective. They asked...

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Given what you know about them as well as the situation in which they find themselves, what thoughts might be going through their minds right now?
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What do you think is important to them?
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On the flip side, what do you think they might be worried about right now?
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How might all of this be making them feel?
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Is it possible their behavior is in response to the negative emotions they're experiencing? iF SO, WHY?

What my parents were showing me how to do was to employ empathy to better understand the situation and the thoughts and behaviors of others of others within it.

Now, armed with that insight, I could see that they're behavior was in response to the negative emotions they were feeling due to fears they were ill-equipped to handle. Sadly, they were taking it out on me even though it really had nothing to do with me, so I certainly didn't need to own it.

Along with empathy, my parents showed me how to emotionally-detach from the situation and refuse to take anything personally which put me in a much more informed place to decide how I wanted to handle it.

I didn't back down, nor did I retaliate. I simply did my best to remain unwavering in my confidence while staying laser-focused on everything that was supportive of me playing on the varsity team.

It was difficult, but over time their mistreatment of me subsided simply because it wasn't having the effect they were hoping for.

This powerful life experience resulted in a mental toughness I am incredibly grateful for today. And this mental toughness is what many of my clients seek to develop, as well.

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