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 [...]

No More Excuses, Use Your Gifts!

“Use what talents you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.” ~    Henry Van Dyke     I speak a lot about using your gifts.  The other day a client told me they have no gifts.  This kind of shocked me.  I guess that because [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Life is About Making Change

“The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches, but to reveal to him his own.” ~Benjamin Disraeli YOU are special. Somewhere, deep inside, you know this to be true.  However, along your life travels, you started to question this, on the outside.  The wonder with which you came [...]

What’s Your Secret Career Dream?

the one about something you’ve always wanted to do or be and have just never told anyone about it. There is a reason why you were given that desire and thought. It is because you are, well, you.