SOMETHING HAS GOT TO CHANGE!

“The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.”         ~ L. P. Hartley What you’ve done in the past won’t work now or in the future. Sounds confusing, huh? What do I mean by this? If you are reading this newsletter, it is because you are in a place where you have decided [...]

Balancing a Job and a Business

Sometimes taking the route of working while building your business on the side, is best of both worlds.  By keeping one foot in the familiar, steady paycheck of being an employee, while dipping your toes into the refreshing waters of entrepreneurship, you may lessen the stresses of self-employment.  This gives you time to test those [...]

Did You Really Think Your Path Would Be Straight?

Remember that girl who sat next to you in fourth grade and said she wanted to be a marine biologist?  Yes, the same girl you knew all through high school that took all the science courses. Now you’ve connected on Facebook only to discover that she actually is a marine biologist.  Do you wonder how [...]

Finding Life Direction, Emma’s Story

Emma sat and looked defeated.  A pretty, forty-something mother of two college students, Emma’s life appeared on the outside to be typical.  Marriednearly 24 years, successfully raised two beautiful boys, she worked as an office manager for a small manufacturing company and she and her husband Dan went out for dinner together almost every Friday [...]

Am I Selling Out?

Am I Selling Out? “Am I selling out?”  That was quite a strong question.  I recently had client call who was upset about having to make a difficult choice.  Her choice was to take a part time job, which supplies health benefits, or continue pursuing building her service business full time.  This choice is so [...]

Is it Time to Wake Up and Taste the Coffee too?

5:30 – the alarm goes off.  You arise, go down the hall to the bathroom and proceed to the kitchen to turn on the coffee pot.  While that brews, you wake the older children and begin pushing them to get ready for school.  Over the next two hours, its a whirlwind of children, breakfast, backpacks [...]

Shift Your Confusion to Clarity!

“We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our own [...]

Embracing Your Power

“You know, it’s not more knowledge, it’s not more education, it’s not more facts that we need.  It’s a better use of what we already have that we need to have.  You have each and everyone of you, within your potential power right now to do a wonderful job in your chosen field – if [...]

I’m So Confused!

Many people know they want to make change in their life.  They know that where they are now just doesn’t feel quite right, but they are also very unsure about what would be the thing to change.  It’s like a pair of ill fitting shoes.  They cover  your feet, but it’s just not comfortable. I [...]

How Well Are You Communicating?

Suppose you are traveling by car.  It’s late, you’ve been on the road for a long time and you drank too much coffee while waiting for the next exit, which didn’t come for another half hour.  As you walk inside the rest stop you spot a worker and ask one of the following questions: Hey, [...]

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