Being featured on Influence Digest as one of the top 15 coaches in Santa Rosa in 2022 was both an honor, and a surprise!  Someone messaged me on LinkedIn saying congrats on the feature and I had no idea what they were even talking about until I googled it lol.  So I reached out to […]

Confidence, Empowerment Coaching, Leadership, Life Coaching, Personal Growth

September 19, 2022

Influence Digest: Top 15 Coaches in Santa Rosa

6 Simple Ways to Change Your Life The deeper I dive into personal development, the more I’m struck by the fact that some of the most profound and life-altering transformations come from the simplest of shifts. One slight change in perspective, or way of doing things, can fundamentally alter your life. In service of that […]

Action, Change, Confidence, Personal Development, Personal Growth

May 30, 2017

6 Simple Ways to Change Your Life

Last night I started writing this post in the notes app on my iPhone, while laying awkwardly on my side in bed. It was almost midnight and I should’ve been sleeping because I was getting up early today to work out. But, instead I had been furiously typing away on my phone, attempting to capture […]

Goals, Impact, Leadership, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, Vulnerability

May 2, 2017

Stepping into the arena

Sometimes I feel more like a detective than a coach. A master of curiosity. When I partner with a client, we work together looking for clues. Every clue provides us with more information, which then moves us closer to the next clue. I’m not the expert on their lives. They are. And yet, most of […]

Curiosity, Judgement, Life Coaching, Personal Growth

April 24, 2017

Replacing judgment with curiosity

Before I go into the top 10, let me clarify what I mean by lifestyle entrepreneur, for those of you who might not be familiar with the term. As far as labels go, it’s one that I strongly identify with, and as soon as I heard the term, I claimed it. Hell ya, I am […]

Freedom, Impact, Lifestyle Design, Lifestyle Entrepreneur, Passion, Personal Growth, Purpose

September 22, 2015

Top 10 Reasons to Become a Lifestyle Entrepreneur

Who would you be if you weren’t afraid of being judged? I love that question. It points to what is a very real struggle for many of us who, over the years, have developed different parts of ourselves to fit into different parts of our lives. Recently I was listening to a call where a […]

Authenticity, Identity, Judgement, Personal Growth, Self Acceptance, Self-Expression

August 10, 2015

Fearlessly Authentic

Those three ideas changed my life. A few years ago, I took stock of my life from top to bottom and realized that some things had to change. I was happy, healthy, and busy, but craved more passion, meaning, and purpose. Through searching, exploring, and peeling back layers, I discovered that as I found more […]

Clarity, Personal Growth, Productivity

March 25, 2013

Simplify. Prioritize. Clarify.

I knew they were coming. A lot of them. But I never imagined there would be THAT many of them. They came in the door crying, laughing, embracing one another, and clearly ready to party. I was alone – the only bartender on duty at a local dive bar that had been chosen as the […]

Awareness, Change, Personal Growth

January 23, 2013

How I Learned to Ask for Help

My tolerance for conformity has gone down. Being like everyone else is boring. Living a life built on “I should” or “I’m supposed to” is tragic. Luckily things are changing out there. More and more people are flying their freak flag. More and more people see the value of being who they (truly) are. Boldly […]

Authenticity, Clarity, Confidence, Personal Growth

November 16, 2012

Own it.

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