Personal Growth

My Mom, My First Life Coach

May 10th, 2010  |  Published in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, The Growing Edge, Work/Life Balance

Happy Mother’s Day Everyone! (one day late). I hope that you are taking some time to celebrate the wonderful women in your life. This week I was thinking about my Mom and appreciating the gifts she has given me over my lifetime, and then it hit me …

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What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

March 24th, 2010  |  Published in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, The Growing Edge, Work/Life Balance

Hannah Kearney

Hannah Kearney

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Living With Possibility

January 13th, 2010  |  Published in Life Coaching, Personal Growth, The Growing Edge, Uncategorized

The blank page…
The pristinely white fresh layer of snow…
A new year…

Aren’t these vivid, tangible metaphors inspiring? I get to write my own story, make my own path, and set my personal intentions.

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Wrapping Up The Year

December 21st, 2009  |  Published in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, The Growing Edge, Work/Life Balance

Now that we are almost done wrapping the presents, I have started to think about wrapping up the year.  Most people have some kind of ritual or tradition of saying farewell to the year. During December, I offer my clients the opportunity to recap this year using The YAHOO/BOO HOO/AH-HAH list. (Try saying that 3 times fast.)

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New Holiday Tradition: Looking Forward to the Obstacles

December 17th, 2009  |  Published in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, The Growing Edge, Work/Life Balance

We had a delightful Thanksgiving sleeping in, enjoying the outdoors, and of course, EATING! We especially relished our new holiday tradition: a post-dinner obstacle course in which family and friends gather in the basement and devise a course incorporating physical challenges such as leaping over couches (see photo of my son, James) crawling under tables and jumping rope; feats of manual dexterity (dropping bamboo skewers into a small glass); and tests of memory (how many times do I rock in the chair?)

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Calgon Take Me Away!

December 8th, 2009  |  Published in Personal Growth, The Growing Edge, Work/Life Balance

It is the middle of the night.  The moon is shining bright.  I can’t sleep tight.
My mind is full and it isn’t visions of sugar plums dancing inside of my head. It is that never ending TO DO list caving in on me: Read the rest of this entry »

Fierce Kindness

November 24th, 2009  |  Published in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, Work/Life Balance

Last week, KINDNESS was the theme at the yoga studio where I take classes – Good Life Yoga. We dedicate our practice each day to kindness and each time we moved into a pose, there was an offering of kindness – to ourselves, to the people in our life, or to the world. At one point, as we were struggling a bit with downward facing dog, our amazing and wise teacher, Amber, encouraged us to be fiercely kind. No wishy washy Midwestern nicey-nice energy to come into the pose but full power, all organic muscle energy working towards kindness (and holding the pose).

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INTUITION – It’s what you know, really know.

November 17th, 2009  |  Published in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, The Growing Edge, Work/Life Balance

Last week I got the chance to play with some very wise women in my FREE monthly teleclass. We tackled the topic of INTUITION – what is it, how are we aware of it and what happens when we disregard it!

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Staying Calm in the Midst of the H1N1 Storm

November 10th, 2009  |  Published in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, The Growing Edge, Work/Life Balance

The sickness season is upon us here in the Midwest.  Companies are dealing with a higher number of absentee workers; plenty of students are missing school due to illness.
Fear and anxiety about H1N1 (aka Swine Flu) is running rampant in my community.  It is the talk of the parents on the soccer field, the coworkers around the water cooler, and the people in line at the grocery store.

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Listening To Your Heart

November 3rd, 2009  |  Published in Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, Life Coaching, Personal Growth, The Growing Edge, Work/Life Balance

Last week we pointed our listening skills at the possibilities that come alive in our marvelous mind. Our minds often keep us so busy that we don’t take the time to listen to other sources of wisdom that live within us, that can inspire us to grow. This week, let’s turn our attention to our hearts and see what we find.

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