I’d Rather Sleep At The Airport

Traveling always offers opportunity to listen to your intuition, and for me this latest trip was no different. Bottom-line lessons learned on this trip: Free is rarely a good deal-if you value quality. If you find yourself worrying what others will think, rationalizing, justifying, going numb or dissociating just to be able to tolerate whatever […]

Is Your Energy Killing Your Sales?

I recently read the following letter in an email of a well-known (and incredible) coach – David Neagle. I thought his answer was great AND I had a different perspective in the answer. You can read David’s response in the link below… “Hi David, I recently spoke in front of a group of about 100 […]

Highly Sensitive Person = A Blessing and A Curse

Growing up, my sister was the “sensitive one.” I was tough, defensive, a loner, and there was no way I was going to be sensitive and admit that I needed anyone or allow myself to feel things deeply or acknowledge that I experienced far more than I let on. No. Way. Sensitive meant wimpy, soft, […]

How Can I Trust Myself?

Organizing your life and schedule starts from within, one decision at a time. ~KMP I was talking to a couple different clients yesterday about how they were feeling overwhelmed and too busy. They were looking at some of the commitments they had made to people and activities and wondering how they kept getting so busy […]

Retreat & Retrieve

I’m writing this week’s article from 35,000 feet on my way to Minneapolis for a retreat with my coach and mastermind group. Retreats are interesting for me because I almost always have some “breakdown” occur before, during or afterwards that ultimately allows me to propel forward. These breakdowns are really just me fighting letting go […]

Bare Legs And Heart

Oy. The past couple weeks have presented numerous opportunities to grow and step out of my comfort zone. It hasn’t been easy, but it has been amazing. One of the ways I stepped out of my comfort zone was to wear a dress while delivering a keynote address. For some of you this may seem […]

Is your underwear inside out? A Reality Check.

Reality Check: Is Your Foundation in a Bundle? A couple of years ago I was working with a coaching client who was having a really off day.  It was like everything she touched went haywire, and she was helplessly watching a lot of the things she had built fall away.  It was so awful all […]

Who wastes your time?

Today I was out for a run and I passed a young woman wearing a t-shirt that said in big neon block letters on a black background: “Don’t Waste My Time.”  I smiled at her as I ran by and kept thinking about her shirt.  There was something about it, something missing–and then I got […]