Reflections
Poetic. Practical. Quirky
Set down your jokester mask
Do you sometimes feel a bit like you have an energetic “wedgie” after you speak in public? Do you tend to lead with humor and avoid silence? Watch this video (originally recorded live) for some helpful tips to Be YOU, Be SEEN, tap into your full range, and create the...
Goodbye Industrial Speaking!
Goodbye Industrial Speaking! 👋 If your debate club in high school failed you … If you took a Dale Carnegie class and felt even worse … If you tried Toastmasters and said even more “Ums” … This one’s for you! Hint: It’s not YOU. It’s THEM. Watch this video (originally...
Breath Transforms
Breath transforms. Literally and figuratively. Literally: We inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. Figuratively: We can inhale good vibes and release "bad" ones. Earlier this week I caught myself breathing really short, panicked, staccato breaths. At the time, I...
Breath Liberates
"Listen, are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?" - Mary Oliver From a very young age we're taught, consciously and unconsciously, to try to hide our true nature in order to fit in. We're told that we're "too much" and asked not to take up too much...
Presence comes from your soul
Your PRESENCE doesn’t come from your outfit. It comes from your SOUL. It comes from being who you ARE and allowing the audience to SEE the REAL YOU. If leadership presence came from an expensive suit, we’d have much better leaders. Yes, you can wear an outfit that...
Tricky thing about soul suckers
Do you ever feel like you keep battling the same soul suckers over and over again? Watch this video (originally recorded live) to learn a tricky thing about soul suckers that just might help bring you some peace... [or keep scrolling if you prefer to read. :-)] I'd...
CrEaTivItY
I LOVE this quote. "You cannot use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have."- Maya Angelou Seeing it this time it reminds me, there is a powerful difference between swirling things around in our heads (not creativity) and riding...
Soul Music
"Music in the soul can be heard by the Universe."Lao Tzu There’s a primal life force in all of us that makes us alive from head to toe. That primal life force is the music in your soul that the world around you can hear and feel. It’s YOUR one-of-a-kind music....
Find Your Sacred Space
18 years ago, I found myself sobbing at the front of the roomduring Fitzmaurice Voicework training. Snot flying everywhere. They'd asked me to open my heart, breathe, and be seen. When I did, the floodgates opened. The un-cried cries came bursting out.The dam that...