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Time to Manifest

I can think of two clients off the top of my head who are on the verge of major success. In both cases the work is impeccable--one an author, the other an interior designer. Each has done everything humanly possible to get her message out to the public.  They have...

Greener Grass Syndrome

I received an email from one of my many creative clients who was suffering. She acknowledged that it was self-inflicted. She had just been online and found an artist's site she found enviable, which got her thoroughly depressed. The Internet makes it easier than...

The Most Impressive Thing

...about my final training for relationship coaching this weekend was a revelation made by the co-leaders near the end of the session. This was our second course led by the same two leaders, David and Sandra. Their compatibility in the front of the room set the...

What Donna Accomplished

Fine Arts Photographer Donna Callighan and I go way back to early EWN (Entrepreneurial Woman's Network) days in the 90's when her shingle read "commercial photographer."  I'm sure she did at least one of my head shots back then and definitely helped my success by...

Saturday’s Workshop

Brad Isaacs and I offered 20 men and women an Invitation to Get Real this past Saturday at the Fairfield Library. We promised to give them an experience and, boy, did we! I outlined in the opening of the program that we would take them through a process to reality...

Sandy Weiner’s Wisdom

I had the good fortune to meet Sandy through an introduction by Pearl Mattenson with whom I attended most of my core curriculum coaching courses (that's a mouthful). We connected immediately and soon Sandy began attending one of my Mastermind Groups. Now she's...

Whenever You’re Ready

No one I've coached has ever signed a contract on the day we were introduced. Usually, a seed is planted, I water it frequently via contact through blog posts, e-newsletters, online offers, networking attendance and occasional phone conversations. When the client's...

Choosing the Hard Right

At Ridgeway School, my elementary alma mater,  before public prayer was banned, we used to have a morning ritual where we bowed our heads and asked God (imagine that!) to give us clean hands, clean hearts and a clean mind. Further, we asked that we be able to...

Arlyn Young – Artist

I've worked with Arlyn over the course of a few different Mastermind Groups and have seen an evolution and unfolding of her imagination and skills that reinforces why I do this work. I'm not sure if everyone has the 20-20 vision to see the artist inside the...

Heart-Warming: Maria Notarile Scrivan, Illustrator

Coaching is easy when you have great clients like Maria Scrivan. My job is to listen closely, ask questions and challenge my clients. My favorite clients are the ones who say 'yes' to the challenges. They are quickly rewarded. One of Maria's challenges, being the...

Sue O’Halloran’s Success

Oftentimes, my favorite client stories are about converts. Such is the case with Sue O'Halloran who attended one of my Mastermind Group series last spring. Sue has a huge vision for helping women toward preventive health care. This undertaking involves an enormous...

Success Story 2009: Jessica Bram

One of the most dramatic professional changes I've been privileged to witness since I began coaching in 2002 is Jessica Bram's transformation from public relations practitioner to full-time writer. Jessica and I have worked together in just about every capacity I...

The Impostor Syndrome. Guilty!

On Monday a coaching client mentioned feeling inadequate to put herself in front of high-end clientele .  The next day I heard the same fear articulated by another woman I was coaching who also had that "less than" thing going on. Then, over lunch with a colleague...

Feeling Edgy?

In my current skill building around coaching relationships I learned a term for the space between where you are and where you want to be: edge. Two examples in my manual are: Trying on a new idea or perspective. Being a shy person and choosing to speak up. I...

Even in This Economy…

...Mastermind Group member Nikki Bates (see 11/10 post) recently sold a piece of her jewelry for close to $10,000. We track goals of each participant from when they enter my group until the final meeting. One of her earliest goals this session was to create a...

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