5 Reasons Why Money Matters

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Yikes….I was told as a young girl that talking about money is rude. Money is also the root of all evil, right? I really need to stay away from money. It is bad….and people with it are bad!! Those were the messages I grew up with, how about you?  Just like many of us, I was raised to be honest, modest and a hard worker.

I was raised that envy, money and greed go together.  So, work hard for little money is how that works out…heck no! As a young catholic girl money was the devil and to be avoided at all costs! But, we need money. We need money to live, to give and to create comfort. 

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Judith’s Story: I Walked Out on My Job, then….THIS Happened!

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“I walked out on my job and then THIS Happened”

I see it all the time….walking out on the job because the emotions become unmanageable.

All the time…..

You have done it all. They don’t see you.

Others are recognized.

You work long hours for what?

The pattern is familiar and your have no way out.

You can’t ask for help, because they would just blame you for not doing enough.

Judith’s story is very inspiring>>>>>her journey is like so many women I speak to every week.

That’s why my executive background and coaching talents come together to bring a new focus…what does it take to have difficult and “impossible” conversations?

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Spring Cleaning for you Career: How to Plant the Right Seeds

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Planting the Right Seeds for Your Career Success

Each spring seeds are planted all around the globe.

We reap what we plant.

And, we must tend to our plantings.

I hear this all the time…….

“Why am I NOT getting the promotion?”

“Why do I always get a bully boss?”

“I work so many hours and it never seems to matter.”

Amazingly, we miss the idea of planting the RIGHT seeds, when it comes to our careers and life.

Seeds are marked, planted and managed….right soil, irrigation, and eliminating pests.

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Milijana’s Story: The Invisibility of Playing Small

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Being bombed out as a little girl, refugee to Germany and the life of being unwanted was all she knew. Teenage years battling an eating disorder hurt her deeply, she barely survived that.

Some days being angry and hateful was the only defense.

Until she found her strength in the gym.

Years ago, being strong meant lifting the most weight. Milijana was a true super-hero in the gym. Medals, awards and being recognized as the strongest women in Croatia were proud moments. She thought it would take away the years of trauma. Trauma was weighing on her in many ways, eating disorder, suicidal thoughts and deep rage.

She found her safety in the gym,

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Kimmy’s Story: I Did It! Never Thought it Possible!

Kimmy’s Story:

I found my dream job, and so can you!

I was really focused on a job title, and what title I should go after.  However, once I had clarity about the type of work I wanted to do in great detail, the job came to me, I didn’t have to go for the job.

I had to make a list of all the things I wanted in my new career.  What were the qualities of the job, how did I feel working in my new career,  what was my team like,  how did they feel about me, how did I feel about them.

EVERYTHING I put on that piece of paper I have in my life today.

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Breanna’s Story: How I Got off the Struggle Bus

Playing small was never Breanna’s way.

But, somehow she found herself not happy, on the struggle bus and life was not what she wanted. Brea wanted to be happy inside and claim her life for herself.

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She didn’t want to scream at her kids and husband. She wanted more clients in her business and ones who are fun to work with.

As Brea found her inner awesome, began to get used to feeling great and found her inner GPS, she moved in the direction of her dreams. Not only did her business begin to grow, she felt happier about it and no longer saw it as competing with her family.

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Lisa’s Story: Relationships Can Tell Us A Lot About Ourselves

Lisa Shield is a relationship coach who shows men and women how to show up as their full, adult self in relationships. Relationships can be the biggest truth mirror in our lives. Tempting to blame others for our relationships not gone well, let’s listen in and claim our best.

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Lisa and met studying online marketing together, eager to get our messages out to the world. She, a relationship coach who helps men and women find their dream partner and me, a career expert who helps you find your dream job. When we first met nearly two years ago, we knew we had more in common::: We both start our work with helping our clients be awesome and create their higher selves.

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Amy’s Story: How to Pick Yourself Back Up After a Job Loss



Job Loss Can Stop you in your tracks!

The loss and emotions associated with it hit you as hard as the bank account is hit. Recovery from this level of “trauma” can really derail you and your family.

Listen in as Amy talks about her recovery.

It wasn’t going well in her first job back from job loss, one third the pay was not covering it!

The work environment was also brutal. Learn how she came back stronger than ever!

Take notes and when you are ready to pick yourself up Book your FREE CAREER CLARITY CALL.

The team is ready to help you understand what is stopping you.

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Cracking Open to Your Success

The Crack That Opened Me Up…..My Breast Cancer Journey

Sitting in that familiar chair just like many November weekend days, watching football, snacks at the table beside me, I moved up and down while the games played. A fan since I was a little girl.

Not this day.

This day I was in the same brown leather recliner, not comfortable and not up and down as I wanted.

Not this day.

This day bandages covered my breasts, covered the drains coming out of the sides of my chest and just below where my belly button used to be. Where my belly used to be. Where my breasts used to be.

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Forgiveness and Success: 3 Ways to Move Forward

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What the devil does forgiveness have to do with success?

Would it surprise you to hear it has everything to do with your success?

Every day in my Kick Ass Career Course I see women who have suffered what I call “Job Trauma”.

This is a very real emotional, mental and spiritual assault. Our work and career is our contribution to the world. It is our physical world energy which yields the fruits of our labor…our pay. Work is a personal contribution to an organization that serves people. No matter what work you do, you make someone’s life better. We are connected by this fabric of society.

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