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From the blog…
Mary Reynolds
Ever think watching a movie about a landscape designer would help you have a huge breakthrough around your boundaries? Well, that movie exists and I’ve got to tell you about “Dare To Be Wild,” which I found on Netflix a few years ago. It’s a TRUE story about the life of a woman named Mary Reynolds. Mary is the youngest woman to win the Gold Medal at one of the world’s most prestigious gardening expos, The Chelsea Flower Show in London. Winning that gold medal was considered “impossible” for her for so many reasons. Mary had a humble beginning, growing...
Hallmark nightmare
Let’s pretend this is a story about “Anna.” Anna is your quintessential plucky Hallmark main character. She has a bakery and wants it to be the best bakery in town. So she hires a marketing agency who assigns her an “expert” who happens to be a hot guy with a dumb temper and even dumber opinions, probably named Trevor. Anna doesn’t agree with Trevor’s opinions, but because she doesn’t have Boundary Capacity™ - she just nods her head while quietly seething...queue the plucky “uh oh, there’s trouble brewing” music as Anna rolls her eyes into her head. Sadly, many of...
the whole cake
It’s my birthday this week and I’m taking the week off to spend some time with friends and family. But more than anything, I want to say I’m grateful to celebrate with you and have you in my community. 2021 has been an impactful year of growing my own capacity, and I’ve learned a few lessons already only just halfway into the year. I wanted to share the biggest one that’s been coming up for me over and over. Personal development work is worth every penny you invest in it, even more than strategic work. We tend to value the...
fatal attraction
A few weeks ago, I was hired to teach a capacity workshop at a business mastermind for some successful business owners. They wanted to know the capacity most responsible for business success. I picked Embodiment Capacity™, your ability to assuredly navigate new challenges that come at every level of your growth. The direct messages I got from participants after the class was over were filled with tears and minds blown. This gave me further confirmation of what I’ve known for 12 years. Embodiment Capacity is always underlying every other capacity issue my clients have. Always. Embodiment Capacity deficits are usually...
say no to $33 million
Even though I went to a big football college (Notre Dame, I’m not the HUGEST of sports fans), I never thought I’d be writing you about a football player. But it was one of the most thought-provoking and inspiring examples of boss-level Money Capacity™ I’ve seen in a while, so I HAD to tell you this story. I was recently scrolling through Facebook and saw a post by a fellow entrepreneur about Dak Prescott, a quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys. He was coming to the end of his contract and the Cowboys offered him a deal of $33 million a...
cute puppies alert!
Six years ago, my long-time dog, Lucy, passed away. I was so devastated that it took me a while to be "ready" to adopt another dog. Two years ago, I adopted new dogs, Luna and Sadie, from my local shelter. I only planned to adopt one dog, but when I saw Luna and Sadie on the rescue site, I just "knew" they were mine. My ego/brain thought, "You're a busy person. How are you going to take care of two when you only have time to care for one?!" But, over the years, I learned that when I "know" something, I...
no one understands me
My best friend admitted to me many years ago: "I feel like no one understands me," whenever we got into a deep conversation. During our time as friends, I saw him in three long-term relationships. When he was dating, he still says the same thing. I thought this was a curious thing. He surrounded himself by people who loved and accepted him, who really saw him (including me), yet he was convinced no one understood him. Our friendship faded away because he didn't know how to be intimate with people in his life. Let me explain: I'm a person who...
Work Kills?
A friend of mine was sharing a story with me recently about a peer of hers who had a successful launch. But there was waaay more to this story than meets the eye. We’ll call her friend who launched “Alice.” Alice did all the things to launch, and it was true blood, sweat, and tears. Her online cart broke halfway through and she had a panic attack. She stayed up for nearly 72 hours revising her email sequence and then landed in the hospital. On the day of cart close she was so stressed she landed in the hospital with...
I got into Forbes . . .
Last year, just a few short months into pandemic lockdown, I received some amazing news: I was going to be featured in Forbes! This feature was a huge win for me for a few reasons. One, I’m passionate about helping people get over their fear of visibility through Capacity Work™. Two, I’ve dreamt of being in Forbes for several years. Three, it was perfect timing to help people who needed more capacity to navigate this new, unknown world and come out thriving. I read the “you’re going to be featured” email and did a little dance while my dogs, Sadie...
are you Walmart?
Tough love ahead. If I were to ask you if you wanted to be the “Walmart” of your industry, what would you say? 100% of my clients would say, “hell no!” That’s what my client Marla said when I asked everyone this question on the bi-weekly Capacity Shift™ group call. She’d joined the program because even after being in business for eight years and getting considerable media exposure, she still couldn’t make more than $80,000 a year. Something was up. Have you been inside a Walmart recently? The last time I went, it was like a free-for-all of random things...