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Inspiring both simple and profound changes that cultivate greater clarity, self-awareness, fulfillment, work-life balance, leadership and success.

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Life

Feelings, Emotions and Moods: How to Say What You are Experiencing

Aware or not, most people experience a wide range of emotions during an average day. And, these experiences are highly…
Leadership

What is an Executive Coach?

During some point in your career, there may be an opportunity to consider hiring an executive coach. Whether you seek…
Leadership

Lead Your Team to Success: Ask The Right Questions

When Joel, a senior VP of sales, first began his executive coaching engagement with me, he was perplexed. His team had…
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Leading Lightly

Three Reasons You Can’t Keep Calm and Lead On 

There’s one skill all leaders need to master. It doesn’t get the nightly news headlines, it isn’t the latest technological…
Leading Lightly

5 Myths of Leading Lightly 

Leaders are always under stress to perform. They must lead their teams to achieve higher results, maintain calm under immense…
Leading Lightly

Two Major Life Releases

The past month has been a real roller coaster for me. My book Leading Lightly was released on June 28,…
Leading Lightly, Mental Fitness

Finally, My Book is Here – I Wrote it for You

Many authors describe their books as labors of love. I consider my book, Leading Lightly, twins. That’s because I wrote…
Mental Fitness

Create Inner Change with the ABCs of Mental Fitness

It happens more often than leaders would like to admit. They are in the middle of a crisis — such…
Mental Fitness

What is Mental Fitness and How do you Achieve It?

Leaders are faced with thousands of choice points throughout each day. Some decisions are automatic and instant, while others are…
Accountability, Mental Fitness

Using Technology to Transform  

Our first coaching app is turning ten years old this year! I’m proud to say JMA’s MindMastery app was the…
Leadership

Achieving Awareness both Internally and Externally 

Most people believe they are self-aware, but true self-awareness is actually an extraordinary quality. Even if you find the unicorn…
Health, Mental Fitness

Muse Makes Meditation Easy 

If there was ever a time to try meditation, it’s now, and if you started a meditation practice over the…
Leadership, Life

Pre-crastination: Learning How to Manage in the Moment

We all know the feeling: You’re busy at work, and your boss dumps a new project in your lap. Instead…
Life

Financial Shakeups Shape Us 

There are events that happen in the world that impact us socially, emotionally, financially, and physically, and they can be…
Leadership

How to Measure the ROI of Executive Coaching

If leadership is tested in times of crisis, it would be a gross understatement to say that the past two…
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We are a Chicago- and Atlanta-based coaching and consulting company passionate about facilitating individual, team and organizational change. We apply cutting-edge, theoretical and practical coaching approaches to help individuals, teams and organizations bring about significant personal and professional transformation.

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