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When’s the last time you dreamed for dreaming sake? Or are you someone who struggles with dreaming? If so, today we are going to talk about the importance of dreaming as leaders and how it can move us forward. I don’t want you to take any notes today but rather just be open and ready […]

Leadership

The Practice of Dreaming as a Leadership Exercise & Reconnecting to Our Curiosity

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Today we’re taking DOWN three huge leadership lies that are quieting and crushing our spirits as leaders. It’s time to break out of the boxes we’ve built around ourselves and rediscover who we are as leaders of teams. Your strengths are tools. Have you been comparing yourself to someone else? Someone else’s journey to your […]

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3 Big Fat Lies Crushing Our Leadership Spirit

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Did you know… what you focus on in others affects HOW you interact with them? Your focus affects the expectations you set, your tone, your conversation, and so much more. This is why it’s so important to be a strengths-focused leader.  As Tom Rath wrote in Strengths-Based Leadership, “If you focus on people’s weaknesses, they […]

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Strengths-Based Leadership & Building Your Team’s Confidence

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What is JOY?  I haven’t mastered it, but I want to share what I am learning because here’s the truth – for the first time in my life I am experiencing a season of anxiety and depression. It’s scary to say that out loud, but I want to break any stigma around it and lead […]

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Leadership & Joy through Anxiety

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I have a really big confession, and if you’ve heard me talk about this story before then you know what’s coming, but I have to be 100% honest. Leadership was never something I really wanted. Or, maybe it was but I just supressed that. And honestly, the first leadership role I was asked to step […]

Leadership

Entrepreneurial Leadership 101

trust

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Following a client call with a golden-hearted client, I found myself thinking deeper about something I told her. I said, “your desire for leadership is NOT selfish.” During our call, she had a major breakthrough and realized she has been holding herself and her business back for quite a while as she operated under the […]

Leadership

What if leadership wasn’t selfish?

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As a leader, your ability to focus, think clearly, and communicate effectively is crucial to your success. But with the constant barrage of notifications, updates, and messages from social media platforms, it’s easy to get distracted and lose sight of your goals. That’s where a social media sabbatical (or, detox) comes in. By taking a […]

Leadership

The Benefits of Disconnecting: How a Social Media Sabbatical Can Help You Recharge as a Leader

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One year ago today I was preparing for my first maternity leave as a business owner. As an entrepreneur, I had no idea what to expect from creating my own maternity leave and there really weren’t any resources available for how to prepare for a maternity leave as an entrepreneur. There still isn’t.  I was […]

Business

How I Prepped for a 5-Month Maternity Leave as an Small Business Owner

maternity leave as a business owner

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We all want to be a better leader, but it’s hard to picture what it’s like to experience our leadership – right? We try to communicate better, to have more team meetings, to ask our team members how they are doing, but at the end of the day we’re left wondering if it’s even enough. […]

Podcast

5 Things Your Team Members Aren’t Telling You – and How to Be A Better Leader for Them

be a better leader

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Following a difficult postpartum season, I went on an unintentional but amazing social media sabbatical. That social media sabbatical lasted about 9 months and helped me heal from anxiety and overwhelm in my life. Taking a social media sabbatical was one of the best decisions I’ve made as a business owner, mom, partner, and human […]

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5 Things I Did On My Social Media Sabbatical that Helped Me Obliterate Overwhelm

social media sabbatical

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