Nov 26, 2020 | Anxiety, Fear, Impostor Syndrome, Subconscious Mind, Success
Feeling like an impostor can arise at various stages in your career. Those times when you wonder “who am I to think I can do this?”. Or, “I have given the wrong impression about my capabilities, and for sure, I am going to be found out”. There is almost always a...
Nov 18, 2020 | Anxiety, Fear, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Stress
Karla (name changed for confidentiality) approached me about helping her overcome her fear of public speaking. Already a successful professional, she wanted to start her own business and needed to be able to network, give presentations and answer questions on the...
Nov 10, 2020 | Anxiety, Stress, Success
There is a LOT out there about STRESS, how to manage it, how to avoid it, how to sedate it. What if you did not have to do anything about it? Through understanding how ‘it works you could likely dispense with stress and live and work with greater ease, have greater...
Oct 7, 2020 | Business, Confidence
Considering that many of you indicated you wanted greater clarity, I thought I would share what I have discovered. I describe Clarity as a defining moment that reveals new possibilities, let’s us know our next step or allows us to see something in a different light....
Jun 25, 2020 | Business, Success
“Setting goals is the first step to turning the invisible into visible”.– Tony Robbins This all sounds well and good, and simple, but it isn’t – there are the issues of goal ‘ambivalence” and goal ‘trauma’. In her book Tapping into Wealth, author Margaret Lynch...
Jun 17, 2020 | Anxiety, Business, Confidence, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Uncategorized
A dictionary definition of self confidence is “a feeling of self-assurance arising from an appreciation of one’s own abilities or qualities”. This would suggest that confidence is not reliant on outside approval and validation but rather on belief and trust in...
Jun 10, 2020 | Anxiety, Business, Confidence, Fear, Success
5 Signs You May Be Experiencing Impostor Syndrome In his article, The Dangers of Feeling Like a Fake, Leadership Professor Manfred F. R. Kets de Vries writes “Individuals who feel like impostors can be found at all levels of an organization. The misgivings begin with...
Jun 3, 2020 | Business, Confidence, Stress, Success
5 Indicators You May Be Experiencing Impostor Syndrome Are you struggling to realize your success as a business owner / entrepreneur? You have talent, the will and the gumption to strike out on your own and make your mark on the world, however, you may still have...
May 27, 2020 | Fear, Impostor Syndrome, Limiting Beliefs, Success
5 Signs That You May Be Experiencing Impostor Syndrome You know how it is, people are always telling you how accomplished and successful you are. You listen but you don’t really believe them. Even though you are seen as a high-achiever, you worry that they will...
May 14, 2020 | Anxiety, Confidence, Fear, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Stress
Self-doubt: the Selfish Saboteur. You may have experienced it. Read one to learn more about Self-Doubt: The Selfish Saboteur You came up with an exciting idea and then begin to back pedal and retreat from itYou frequently impose on others to validate and approve...
May 7, 2020 | Anxiety, Fear, Stress
Four Ways to Be At Peace When Stuff Happens I was getting very frustrated about how long it was taking for my laptop to boot up after I turn it on. At my wits end, I “Googled” how to speed it up. I found a suggestion to “adjust start-up settings”. I found the...
Apr 22, 2020 | Business, Confidence, Success
5 Strategies To Help You Get What You Want I am re-reading Michael Talbot’s Book, The Holographic Universe, for the third time. When I re-read it, it feels like a new edition with concepts I have not noticed or understood in quite the same way before. There are no...
Apr 17, 2020 | Anxiety, Fear, Mental Health, Stress
You know how you can go along with some things for a time which seem ‘okay’, at least bearable, someone’s performance is ‘good enough’ or your own level of fulfillment is ‘adequate”? And then something happens out of the blue and all of a sudden, you are fed up and...
Apr 9, 2020 | Business, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Success
Techniques and Strategies to Reset Your Mindset When we find ourselves in a rut, rowing in circles, unfocused, stuck in neutral or sliding backwards and experiencing frustration, fear, even panic, there are some techniques and strategies that can help you get over the...
Apr 2, 2020 | Confidence, Impostor Syndrome, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Success
Steps to Turning Your Thoughts Around I attended an online webinar with coach Stacy Berger (www.staceyberger.ca). She provided a compelling step-by-step approach to address, even turn around, a distressing situation. I added some additional ideas that may be helpful...
Mar 25, 2020 | Business, Success
Looking Professional for Online Meetings As so many meetings are moving online, I have created six tips for looking professional in online meetings. Here are six tips to ‘looking good’ for your calls on Zoom, Facetime, Skype, etc. Work Appropriate Grooming and...
Mar 21, 2020 | Anxiety, Fear, Mental Health, Stress
How to Stay Connected While We are Isolated If you are wondering how to stay connected while we are all isolated, and are ready for a little lightheartedness in the midst of the unfolding news about the Coronavirus, I heard this clever and catchy song on CBC radio the...
Mar 12, 2020 | Confidence, Intuition, Success
Wish You’d Known That Sooner? Do you wish you’d known that sooner? I hear this all the time – from my clients, from other women in business and I even hear myself thinking it out loud. “I wish I had known that sooner, had more confidence sooner, done that...
Mar 5, 2020 | Confidence, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Subconscious Mind, Success
How to Change a Habit Ever wondered how to change a habit? In Gretchen Rubin’s book Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of our Everyday Lives, she states “From my observation, habits in four areas do most to boost feelings of self-control, and in this way...
Mar 1, 2020 | Business, Confidence, Genius, Success
Questions are the Answer I was intrigued by the book – Questions are the Answer. Author, Hal Gregersen, is Executive Director of the MIT Leadership Centre and senior lecturer in leadership ship and innovation at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He presents...
Feb 21, 2020 | Business, Confidence, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Success
I attended a Business and Professional Women (BPW) Calgary Chapter dinner presentation with guest speaker Madame Marie-Claude Landry, Ad. E. Madame Landry is the Chief Commissioner of the Canadian Human Rights Commission and a passionate advocate for human justice...
Nov 6, 2019 | Anxiety, Confidence, Fear, Mental Health, Stress
A. from out of nowhere – literally out of the blue B. from reactions to people, situations and things C. from thoughts about people situations and things If you picked C you are correct. Emotions do not come from out of the blue nor do they come from people,...
Oct 11, 2019 | Anxiety, Confidence, Fear, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health
Let’s face it, if you are human you have had experiences, especially in early life, where something happened and you felt hurt, angry, sad, powerless or afraid. The way the body/mind works is that those distressing situations are imprinted emotionally. When you are...
Jul 24, 2019 | Confidence, Limiting Beliefs, Success
In her book, Tapping into Wealth, EFT coach Margaret Lynch writes “Have you ever worked on a project or a team with someone who had a hidden agenda? You get a clear sense that the goal on paper is way less important to them than something they didn’t acknowledge. ...
Jul 19, 2019 | Limiting Beliefs, Success, Workshops
People can have us feel comfortable, nervous, intimidated, relaxed, irritated, safe or rejected. You have an emotional relationship with individuals based on your beliefs, expectations and experiences with them. Money is like that too. You have an emotional...
Jul 11, 2019 | Anxiety, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Stress
It can feel like your emotions are running your life. You suddenly feel anxious, or sad, or frustrated. It seems like the feeling came out of the blue, unrelated to anything or it might feel like you emotions come from people or circumstances, but they don’t. ...
May 29, 2019 | Confidence, Genius, Intuition, Success
Brené Brown, author of Dare to Lead writes: “Joseph Campbell’s lesson (The Hero’s Journey) was when you find the courage to enter that cave (your fears), you’re never going to secure your own treasure or your own wealth: you face your fears to find the power and...
May 22, 2019 | Confidence, Fear, Genius, Success
I was watching a documentary film, Finding Joe, which depicts philosopher Joseph Campbell’s take on the Hero’s Journey. This is rite of passage is universal and we all take it as we venture out to discover bigger, bolder versions of ourselves. Along the way the hero...
Apr 30, 2019 | Confidence, Mental Health, Success
We are always judging – it is how the human mind works to sort out all the observations and information it gathers. What is deemed to be good – not so good, appropriate – not appropriate, wanted – not wanted. While judging in and of itself is not...
Apr 25, 2019 | Confidence, Fear, Intuition, Subconscious Mind
A colleague referred me to a branding workshop that she could not attend, and would I go in her place? Sure. At the end of the day-long event, which I got a lot of value from, the offer came to work with the presenter to have him create my clear, compelling personal...
Apr 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Comparing Yourself to Others Comparison in itself is not right or wrong, it’s how you fare in the comparison. Starting early in life, you learn to discern what is deemed good or bad, acceptable or not acceptable. It is an aspect of your conditioning meant to help...
Apr 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Believing You Need to Get it Right or Perfect the First Time When we were toddlers there were lots of starts, stops and failures as we learned to walk, talk and get what we wanted. You blubbered, you fell down, you grabbed for a toy and missed due to undeveloped...
Apr 9, 2019 | Confidence
Being Pushed Outside of Your Comfort Zone As humans, we are hard-wired to discover, grow and evolve. Seemingly out of the blue you are inspired to take on a more challenging position, ask for more money, start your own business or perform a physical feat. If you can...
Apr 8, 2019 | Confidence
Focusing on Yourself rather than Others A situation that many people fear is public speaking. Thinking about making a presentation can evoke all kinds of angst. You might have thoughts like “people will notice that I am nervous” or “I might forget something” or...
Apr 5, 2019 | Confidence
Unacceptance of Yourself, your Body, your Achievements, your Finances or your Relationships Do you subscribe to the “never good enough” self-published docuseries on your life where whoever you are and whatever you have achieved is dismissed, discounted or disapproved...
Apr 4, 2019 | Confidence
Believing that Someone or Something will have you feel Safe, Lovable or Good Enough It is natural to seek validation from others – after all we are all inter-dependent and do need each other to survive in a complex world. We sought out and received approval from...
Apr 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
In preparation for the upcoming Lunch and Learn event, I identified seven thought that can undermine natural confidence. You may have come to believe that you need to do something in order to gain or grow your confidence, however, the truth is, you are already...
Mar 28, 2019 | Uncategorized
Harvard Business School social psychologist, Amy Cuddy, has studied first impressions. “We’re judging how warm and trustworthy the person is, and that’s trying to answer the question, ‘What are this person’s intentions toward me?’ And we’re also asking ourselves, “How...
Mar 13, 2019 | Impostor Syndrome, Limiting Beliefs, Stress
During a recent CBC radio talk show on Impostor Syndrome, a woman called in to say that after some deep personal inquiry work surrounding her own impostor feelings, she came to realize: ”I am good at what I do and I can allow myself to acknowledge that I am worthy of...
Feb 26, 2019 | Genius, Intuition, Mental Health, Stress, Subconscious Mind, Uncategorized
You may have learned that thoughts are generated from your brain. This is not technically accurate. Your brain works more like a transmitter and receiver, conveying random thoughts from the subconscious mind, the collective consciousness we call Mind or Source, or...
Feb 13, 2019 | Anxiety, Fear, Impostor Syndrome, Limiting Beliefs, Stress, Success, Uncategorized
I was speaking with one of my coaches yesterday about my struggle to find the ideal name for my new signature coaching program. We were using Emotional Freedom Techniques to release my angst and when we came to the phrase, ‘good enough’…. I...
Feb 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
I preparation for the upcoming Lunch and Learn, How to Know What You Want I referenced ‘Supercoach’ Michael Neill’s book Creating the Impossible. He provides parameters for taking on your impossible project and differentiates it from something you should, could or...
Jan 14, 2019 | Anxiety, Impostor Syndrome, Limiting Beliefs, Mental Health, Success, Uncategorized
Impostor Syndrome, simply put, is the tendency to dismiss or discount one’s accomplishments and success. “Anyone could do that”, “It’s no big deal” or “I was just lucky” are common responses to praise. Impostor feelings are often experienced by highly motivated,...
Jan 8, 2019 | Genius, Intuition, Stress, Success, Uncategorized
In a video recording on Separate Realities, Chip Chipman, co-founder of The Three Principles School states: “I used to think that genius was the speed of the computer (the brain) and storage capacity (the mind). It’s not. True genius is new thought. Everybody has...
Dec 31, 2018 | Business, Mental Health, Success, Uncategorized
A number of years ago, I attended Science of Mind courses offered through the Centre for Positive Living. From time to time we completed an exercise of writing down a total of 100 goals divided into three separate columns under the headings, Be, Do and Have. We...
