I saw Alicia Terry  speak at an event in Austin and we immediately  connected.  She is a fabulous lady and I was so excited to be featured in her blog.  “Funnel and Focus” are my new words and mantra for 2013 and 2014.   Please check out her website and her blog. http://www.get-onpoint.com/category/blog/ If you …

Wow, I still can’t believe its October 12th!  I think that I just completely missed August and September.  Does anyone else feel that way?  It’s been a very busy year, personally and professionally.  I have accomplished so many of my goals and there are still some left to achieve. I used to think that my …

  In my last post, “Are you leading your life or is your life leading you?”, I share with you the  five strategies that will help you begin to lead in your life, instead of your life leading you.   There are several of those strategies that are really difficult for me too, but the one …

What comes to mind when you hear the word leadership?  If you are like most people, you automatically think of the business or corporate world.  However, the Webster definition of leadership is, “the action to lead a group of people or an organization”.  It does not say exclusively business or corporate ONLY.  You can be …

All my life, I have been the “fixer or caretaker”.  It was my job from a young age to take care of everyone else in my life, and I thought my needs didn’t matter!  Early on, I put on my “superwoman” cape and set out to take care of the world.  I could leap tall …

I was driving to get a Starbucks, surprise, surprise, and there was this very, very big dog standing in the middle of a busy road by my house, looking very terrified.   Cars were going around him, and honking and he just stood there, looking very scared.  No one was stopping to help him. I almost …

YIKES!  I signed up for a 30 day ultimate blog challenge for the month of July!  I am not sure what I was thinking, but I know that I do want to blog regularly.  However, there is something about blogging that “paralyzes” me.  If I can “speak it”, then I am fine but somehow when …

I was so excited to be the featured guest on the Texas Conference for Women’s new on-line radio show, May “Office Hours,  Who’s Driving Your Career? – Advocating for Yourself in the Workplace, hosted by  Samantha Ettus, bestselling author and the host of Working Moms Lifestyle. I want to share  with you the tips, tools …

I was very fortunate to be highlighted in Patricia Nixon’s wonderful blog “Speaker Sheets Speak Volumes”.  A special THANK YOU to Patricia for including me in your great article.  A very special THANK YOU to Kimb Manson, my FABULOUS designer who created my beautiful speaker sheet.  You two ROCK!! Please read Patricia’s amazing article.  THANKS …

“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.” ~ Paulo Coelho   Hello there!   Happy March and hope that you are doing GREAT! WOW, January and February have flown by for …