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Almost halfway through Jan and keeping that 'fresh

Almost halfway through Jan and keeping that 'fresh start' feeling ALIVE (even if your job feels the exact same as before😆).. .
Here's theme 2 from How to Start Fresh in Your Current Role: Learn intentionally ⁠🤓
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🍎Imagine you were starting fresh in your current role – what would you like to be more knowledgeable about? Make that list.⁠
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🍎Pick 1-2 learning goals for the next 90 days, and learn those things. Then pick 1-2 more for the next 90 days. By the end of the year you’ll have added significant expertise to your tool box.⁠
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🍎Vary your learning sources. Take advantage of internal learning opportunities, but seek external ones too. What are the best conferences, books and podcasts on the subject?⁠
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🍎Learn directly from people. Who do you know who is an expert in what you want to know? This way you get to learn while growing and nurturing your network.⁠
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🍎Teach what you know. Teaching is one of the best ways to deepen your own knowledge – find an opportunity to share what you’re learning with a colleague, with your team, and beyond.⁠
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I have approx. 1 million learning goals, which can get a little overwhelming😆. So I'm focusing on a few in the next 90 days. .⁠
What are the ONE OR TWO learning goals you want to focus on in the next 90 days? ⁠#learninggols #freshstart #newjob

Special invitation! To my latest project...⁠🕺

Special invitation! To my latest project...⁠🕺
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This is a new free workshop happening on January 22 in #Toronto 💞
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It's called Design Your Career Around Your Values and we are going deep to uncover your values blueprint and start building your career around WHO YOU ARE.⁠
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Whether you're thinking about a change in 2020, or just want to empower your Authentic Self in your current job, this is for you 🥳
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I would LOVE for you to come and hang out in person at this special event! ⁠
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🤩Details + register through link in bio!
🤩DM with any questions!
🤩Please share with your friends! ⁠
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#torontocareerevents #torontofreeworkshops #torontocareers #eventsintoronto #blogto #torontocareercoach #designyourcareer #toronto #thejunction #bwv #torontowest #gtaevents

What would look different if you prioritized good

What would look different if you prioritized good energy? By choosing your people at work... ☀️
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This is theme 1 from this week's blog: how to start fresh in your current job. Here are 5 ideas: ⁠
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👯Make a list of your favourite people at work – the ones who give you energy – and make it your mission to get on their projects or involve them in yours.⁠
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👯If your company is big enough, find some people you don’t know yet and have coffee with them.⁠
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👯Find a person to mentor (officially or unofficially) – most people report that mentoring others is one of the most rewarding things they do.⁠
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👯Join (or start!) a group or association – in your company, in your industry.⁠
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👯Limit the time you spend with the people and situations that drain you most at work (this is often more achievable than you think it is!).⁠
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Good energy via the right people makes all the difference to feeling Fresh and New in what might otherwise feel like an old and not-so-fresh job.⁠
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Shout out the work buddies who make work awesome (or have in the past) 👇 💖🌈 #sharethelove #prioritizegoodenergy #chooseyourpeople #colleagueswhorock #freshstart #careerinspiration #torontocareers

You know that Fresh Start Feeling? Where you get t

Hello, 2020!! .⁠ Here's my wish for you in 2020:

Hello, 2020!!
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Here's my wish for you in 2020: that you'll continue building your life with INTENTION.⁠
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Because you CAN 🦄🐣🎸🎨🦸‍♀️🏡🎣🥳❤
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AND that you'll thrive at work and in a life that nurtures you becoming more of WHO YOU ARE.
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Because that person is AWESOME .
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#careercoach #enlightenedcareer #workingmom #loveyourwork #freshstart #denimjackets #pinksneakers #itssupposedtobefun #newyearmovingforward #buildyourlife #livewithintention #torontocareercoach #itshappening #liveyourcalling

The idea that "most people die with their music st

The idea that "most people die with their music still locked up inside them" ... inspires me to write.
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To create an idea out of nothing and Run with it. To say something.
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I had a vague idea that I would write a blog every week in 2019🦸‍♀️
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That didn't happen 🤦‍♀️
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Instead I published 17 blog posts in 2019. Far from weekly....
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It's cool 😎
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I wrote what mattered to me and what I thought would benefit YOU.
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Here's the list- also in my stories today. The link in my bio takes you to some of my favs.
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🕺Manufacturing resilience (AKA loving failure)
🕺6 things to know before making a career pivot
🕺Essential skills for changing jobs
🕺Take up more space
🕺Practicing radical optimism
🕺How to shift your narrative 🕺My #1 resume tip (it's not what you think)
🕺Why do we become parents?
🕺Playing for prizes
🕺How to live more consciously
🕺Get a legacy
🕺Your work is changing you
🕺How to evaluate your energetic contracts
🕺What will you do with 2000 hours per year?
🕺Get promoted into leadership
🕺Your most important investment
🕺5 prompts to GO FOR IT
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For those who have followed along, read stuff, and gave me feedback, thank you 🙏 If you had a fav I'd love to know 😉
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What did you create in 2019? ❤🎨🕺🌻🐣🦄

Doing some research for a writing project, I stumb

Doing some research for a writing project, I stumbled on this statistic from the government of Canada...
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There are about 1.1 million employers in Canada. ⁠98% are small business (defined as having 1-99 paid employees).
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Here’s why this matters for your career: ⁠
💥98% of employers don’t have big HR teams (probably most don’t have in-house HR at all). ⁠
💥98% may have limited time and resources to spend on organizational planning… AKA they could have desperate needs and no time to scope a job ⁠
💥98% may have limited time and resources to create and post job descriptions ⁠
💥98% may have limited time and experience to actually recruit YOU
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Many small businesses are totally on top of this. But a lot are way more focused on serving their customers, without a deep infrastructure to serve their business itself.
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I love this research because it reminds us that there are literally opportunities to do interesting work EVERYWHERE… in many cases we just need to: 👊start talking to people
👊 start observing what’s around us
👊 think about what we have to offer, and
👊see where we could offer our skills and experience to a small business in need. ⁠
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Find a need. Fill the need. The opportunities are endless. ⁠
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Who’s seen this in action? ⁠
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#smallbusinesslove #recruitment #gethired #entrepreneurmindset #getthejob #thinkoutsidethebox #jobsearchtips #newjob #lookaround #talktopeople #findyourplace #careercoaching #liveyourcalling

Last week was a MILESTONE for me. 32 hours in a cl

Last week was a MILESTONE for me. 32 hours in a classroom with 20 special souls learning Foundations of Coaching.
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Here was my #1 favourite takeaway (for now).....
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This work is based on the simple premise that everyone is Creative 👏Resourceful 👏and Whole 👏
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Including You.
Including Me.
Including All Of Us.
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Coaches aren't here to bring answers. We help you tap into your own answers.
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🎨 Creative 🎣 Resourceful 🌎 Whole .
What if you aimed to conduct yourself accordingly?
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📷 @spiritual.awakening1 .
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#creative #resourceful #wholelifeliving #yourwingsareready #coachtraining #personaldevelopment #careerdesign
#growingisliving #natureteaches #spiritualawakening #liveyourcalling

Anyone else in major reflection mode? Preparing to

Anyone else in major reflection mode? Preparing to close out November 2019, and next month, the end of a Decade... ⁠🥳
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Last weekend I went to New Year's Evolutions with @blakefly. Highly recommend. ⁠ 🙏
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Didn't know what to expect. How excited was I to see not 1 but 2 guitars on stage? 🎸🎸 ⁠ ⁠ .
Then the incredible @peterkatzmusic played this delicate, deep, pure, music - including an actual SINGALONG.
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And the crowd could actually hold a tune. ⁠ 🎶
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Kind of felt like I was back at campfire at @cairncamps. 🔥 like coming back home. ⁠ 🏡
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This time of year we reflect. And this year, there's a whole decade to contemplate and take lessons from. What have you learned?
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#selfloveisthebestlove #positivityispower
#gratitudeforever #newyearsevolutions #thankyoucardsarethebest
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#appreciationpost💕 #endofadecade #endofanera #lessonslearned #journaltime #journalprompts #careeralignment

I mean... #truth via @amyporterfield ❤ . One wee

I mean... #truth via @amyporterfield ❤
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One week of summer left. I don't know about you, but I'm here for making it breezy and easy and sweet. .
I wrote my top 10 fav memories from this summer a few days ago - ever the documenter over here 🙋‍♀️ (who's with me?!)
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The verdict is in. Weekly pizza picnics on the porch with F and R were definitely among my top 10. @dominoscanada 😂 #notanad #happeningtonight .
What are your fav 2019 summer moments? .
#dreamitliveit #onelifetolive #littlethings #summermemories #pizzanight🍕 #youdecide

This is what growing feels like (well some of the

This is what growing feels like (well some of the time 😂). ⁠
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When I started this journey venturing out on my own for REAL, pushing off shore (secure corporate job), it really felt like a leap - into an ocean of unknowns. ⁠
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I knew a few things. I wanted to SERVE clients going through stuff in their careers - be that individuals or in groups.⁠
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I wanted to sit across the table (um screen actually, I ❤️ zoom), holding space, asking questions, supporting, playing back, coming up with ideas and strategies, and helping people find and go after their CALLING. ⁠
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Encouraging mindset shifts, greater confidence, optimism, and intentional action. ⁠
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Turns out doing that stuff kept me busy. 50+ clients later, I'm kind of in awe of this whole transition process. .
We never stop evolving. Change is so possible. .⁠
I've been quiet here because I've been out there living my calling doing the above ... it's been a hustle and a learning curve and I'm so grateful for it 🙏
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Catching a breath now and planning lots of awesomeness for fall... 🧚‍♀️⁠
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Who else is taking a breath after a big shift? Or just starting to think you're ready for one? Let me know so I can cheer you on 🙌⁠⁠
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#liveyourcalling #changeispossible #raiseyourvibration #anythingispossible #feelthefear #motivation #careermotivation #wakeuphappy #healingjourney #careeradvice #youcandothis #changeisgood #keepmovingup #uplevel #startsomethingnew⁠
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OK. Usually I excerpt the blog in these "blog" pos

OK. Usually I excerpt the blog in these "blog" posts but this one is a bit stream of consciousness, even for me ❤ it really belongs in its entirety ❤ (link in bio!) .
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👊 it is insane to me to think about the space we are raised to take up (or not), and how much that can follow us and define us in our working lives (and beyond)
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👊 there comes a time in life (if we're lucky) where we become aware of that programming and start to override it - by making decisions about the space we will inhabit (thank you very much) .
👊 this is about Showing Up beyond the labels and permission granted by others - and just taking up the space you choose to take up - AKA unlimited worthiness
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👊 practical applications abound: In the interview. In the meeting. In the salary negotiation. In the presentation. In the "performance discussions". In the networking. In the risk appetite! In the being human.
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👊obvs this isn't literal ( not about the size of your body), but actually this blog came out of a phrase I repeat all the time in my #prenatalyogaclass @studioblueyoga (Sundays 10:15 - send your pregnant friends 🐣) - and that phrase is: Take Up Space.
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The cycle of life teaches us this one, so it has to be real and important #wisdomofnature🤰 💫
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I would love to know if this resonates - leave a comment or DM me and tell me allll about how you're taking up more space with and through your work 🕺💃
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Happy long weekend 🦄
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#empoweredcareers #empoweryourself #takeupmorespace #takeupspace #natureteaches #liveyourcalling #jobsearch #jobchange #jobskills #confidencetips #ownitcrushit #workingmom #talesfromthetrenches #goddessenergy #risesisterrise #sheknows #womanempowered #raiseyourvibration #goodvibesonly #careertipsdaily #careertips #standonyourhead

Correction: first, I do the parenting🦸‍♀️

Correction: first, I do the parenting🦸‍♀️ Then, I do the yoga🧘‍♀️ THEN I do the things 🧚‍♀️
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Grateful for every Sunday morning I get to teach #prenatalyoga @studioblueyoga ❤🧡💛💚💙💜
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📷 @yogspiration
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#sundaymood #moveyourbody #momstobe #penataltoronto #yogspiration #yogalove #inspirationalquotes #yogameme #yogamemes

We got caught in a downpour.⠀ .⠀ It was so not

We got caught in a downpour.⠀
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It was so notable that multiple neighbours mentioned it afterwards - they had seen the three of us and our wagon charge merrily (naively) to the "far park" - the one that's a 13+ minute walk away.⠀
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With - unbeknownst to us - an early summer thunderstorm about to hit - sudden dusky sky at four in the afternoon. .⠀
Next the thunder (and the 1 and 3 year old leap into my arms).⠀
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Then the sky just opened. ⠀
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Throwing one in the wagon and one over my shoulders - grateful every day for my decade as a gym and yoga rat - never imagining that one day I would have an actual practical real-life reason to be physically strong: lifting two 30 pound children regularly. ⠀
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In the case of sudden thunderstorms, for example. ⠀
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And were we upset? ⠀
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Actually, against all the odds, we were enchanted. ⠀
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For my part, I kept saying "isn't this incredible?" and "Isn't this beautiful?"⠀
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Pointing to the sheets of water pounding down on to us and the sidewalk. Getting amused smiles from the few people caught in it with us, dashing out with their dogs. All sensibly carrying umbrellas.⠀
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But the two thirty-pounders? Speechless. Spellbound. ⠀
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And we were cleansed. .
*link in bio for this week's blog on practicing radical optimism*
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Where do you do this? Where can you do this MORE?

Question: What narratives are tripping you up at w

Question: What narratives are tripping you up at work? ⠀
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Many of them are statements made by other people, that you've taken on board as your truth. ⠀
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"You're not a great people manager, you're not on a leadership track."⠀
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"You're not detail-oriented, not suited to specialize in this area or that."⠀
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"You're not outgoing enough for sales." ⠀
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"You're too nice for management. (or not nice enough)"⠀
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Yes, feedback is good. But we need a filter. We need to be vigilant about which statements land and gather permanence. ⠀
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So, what have you been told? Let's shift it. Lets Shift Your Narrative ❤️ #linkinbio for details. Closes Friday 💫
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Blog alert. Here's one of my favourite things abou

Blog alert. Here's one of my favourite things about the work I do now: I'm here to witness your thoughts with you, and help make sense of what having those thoughts means in your life.⠀
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Because let's be clear: Your thoughts are creating your reality.⠀
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When you're talking about your career path, your choices, your dreams, you're also uncovering the things that are tripping you up. ⠀
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The narratives you've been choosing to repeat to yourself over and over again - you can see them out in the open. ⠀
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You can see which ones do not serve. ⠀
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This week I'm sharing some of my favourite tools for SEEING your most unhelpful narratives, and then SHIFTING them. I'm also opening up a mini-coaching experience called Shift Your Narrative. It's going to be really FUN you guys #liveyourcalling #cantstopwontstop. Link in bio for the blog and to learn more about S.Y.N. ⛈️🌪️🌈 ⠀
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#shiftyournarrative #purposedrivenbusiness #enrichyourlife #levelup #purposedriven #getoutofyourownway #happylife #highfrequency #pushinglimits #raiseyourvibration #highvibesonly #consciousleadership #limitless #mentorship #riseup #doitnow #standonyourhead

She was born with black hair. It didn't fall out.

She was born with black hair. It didn't fall out. It just gradually changed to this.
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That will always be a symbol of transformation for me. Of possibility.
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Look around. Anything is possible. ANYTHING. Dream accordingly. Act accordingly ❤
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ANYTHING🧚‍♀️
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#raiseyourvibration #riseup #mothering #gratitude⁣ #anythingispossible #justgoforit

You have a personal brand 🎈 . If you don't know

Keeping it simple over here (trying to). ⁣ .⁣

Keeping it simple over here (trying to). ⁣
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Job posting = question.
Your resumé = answer. ⁣
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Which means you need to read the question. Then read it again.⁣
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I had this one client in my early days consulting.. every time I sent him a memo, and we got on the phone to discuss it, he would say this: ⁣
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"Thanks for you memo, I read it. Then I read it again." ⁣
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I found this endearing. I worked exclusively for boards at the time, which meant my clients were generally older, and many had made it their business to be intimidating.⁣
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This guy was different. He was keeping it simple, in such a smart way. He read things twice - a habit he had developed, and it worked. He had a clearer grasp of the issues, asked more thoughtful questions and moved forward more quickly.⁣
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Read the job description, friends. Twice. Then answer it✌
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#jobsearch #careerquest #resumetips #changeisgood #highvibelife #lifeonyourterms #uplevelyourlife #becourageous #goforwhatyouwant #innergame #believeinyourself #stepupyourgame #guidancecounselor #liveyourcalling #stepboldly #align #doitnow #writeitdownmakeithappen #gobigger #believe #affirm #create #dreamjob #newjob #jobchange #jobsearch #raiseyourvibrations #bewhoyouwanttobe #standonyourhead⁣

Mornings. Calm preceding chaos. .⁣ Yesterday we

Mornings. Calm preceding chaos. .⁣
Yesterday we cleaned up the yard (I cleaned up the yard while the little guy pushed the enormous paper bag over 15 times). Loves gardening now. 🤣
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It's incredible to me, that under half a foot of dead leaves, we found plant life. Popping up under there. Like they had actual faith that I would eventually clear the flower beds and allow them access to the sun🧚‍♀️☀️
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Perfectly founded faith 🌱
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Imagine we all operated that way. Even when it's feeling dark + heavy. .
Faith that "Any minute now this layer of leaves pressing down on me will literally get picked up, shoved in a giant bag and taken far away". 💫
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Pretty excited to witness the world coming back to life this spring 🌈
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#gratitude #getoutside #springstateofmind #gardenersunite #idontgarden #irakedeadleavessometimes #perennialsforever #kidsanddirt #letthesunin #liveyourcalling
#standonyourhead

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