Three Ways to Be Mentally Strong
Your Mindset is Key Doing something for the first time can be scary and unnerving whether it is starting a new venture, a new career or a new relationship. Guess what we don’t usually think much about? Creating the right mindset for being successful. It seems a little too woo-woo. It seems too vague. I…
“It’s Mine!” Tackling the Sharing Dilemma
Is Sharing Always the Answer? You can’t be around a group of kids for any length of time without the issue of sharing coming up. Johnny has a truck that Anthony wants…NOW! Anthony grabs the truck from Johnny and Johnny starts crying. Suzy wants to play with the doll that Chrissy has. She asks politely if…
Five Reasons Not to Hire a Coach
Why Hiring a Coach can Change Your Life Do you have clarity on where you are going with your career or business? Do you have a vision for one year from now… five years? Are on track and making progress? Are you in charge of your future or are you drifting along, just waiting to…
how to keep your cool when your child is losing theirs
The One Secret Technique that Works There will be moments… Maybe it will seem more like days… When your child is going to get upset. It’s tough to see our children upset and hurting. Sometimes it even triggers memories of times when we felt the same way. (Like when you were their age and felt like everyone…
Three Questions to Simplify Your Life
Creating Focus Counts Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end, because once you get there, you can move mountains. Steve Jobs What if you had one minute to describe your business? What if you had…
Ten Ways to Make the Most of a Conference
Do you come prepared to learn… or to be entertained? Do you go to workshops, conferences and seminars? Are they beneficial or just a waste of time and money? Every year I attend and speak at conferences. Conferences and seminars are great ways to expand your knowledge as well as your network. Each conference provides…
Suffer from mid-year burnout no more…
Get Fired Up and Finish Strong The school year is more than half over and much of the excitement and anticipation of a new class is long gone. How can you keep the energy and enthusiasm going for the next few months? How can you maintain a positive focus in the midst of the negative…
Why we should celebrate not worry about introverts
Six Reasons to Celebrate Introverts In parenting classes, I often hear concerns about children who are introverts. Parents worry that they won’t make friends, won’t be successful and will be unhappy throughout their lives. In the book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, the author, Susan Cain puts these…
5 Steps to Growing Up a Confident Child
Confident Children As parents, educators and other concerned adults, we all want children to grow up and be confident, courageous and successful. Being confident is not a gift. It’s not built into a child’s DNA. Is not something that descends upon you, fully formed. No one wakes up one morning and discovers they are suddenly (thank goodness, it’s about time!)…
