Looking back at some of the biggest transitions in my life, I can see something I couldn’t always see while I was living through them: letting go and moving forward have often gone hand in hand. Sometimes that meant letting go of a role, a way of working or an expectation. At other times, it…
I’m not starting over. I’m starting differently. When I first built my coaching business, relationships, referrals and local partnerships played a significant role in how opportunities developed. Today, I’m rebuilding LITE Up™ in a very different environment — one shaped by virtual work, global competition, digital delivery, artificial intelligence and new possibilities for how a…
Building a coaching practice for the second time is teaching me something I thought I already knew: experience doesn’t eliminate uncertainty. Twenty years after first becoming an entrepreneur, I find myself building again — only this time, I’m not starting with an empty toolbox. I’m bringing years of coaching experience, thought leadership, perspective and a…
There are seasons in life when everything appears to be going according to plan. Your career is progressing. You’re respected for your work. Others congratulate you on your achievements. Yet beneath the surface, a quiet question keeps returning: Is this really where I belong? For years, I believed the answer was simply to find the…
There are moments in life when we know something needs to change, even if we cannot yet name what that change is. Years ago, I found myself increasingly curious about why so many intelligent, capable, and successful people felt disconnected from themselves. On the surface, they were achieving. They were checking the boxes. They were…
