Defending Lady Macbeth

Fear of FAILURE is a BIG one for high achievers! And the funny thing is that our brains don't even allow us to SEE when we're 'doing it again', and curtailing our own growth.

Learn WHY this happens to high-achieving women, and how to spot it for yourself.

So YOU can decide what to do next (and not leave it to your brain.)

Suspension of disbelief is a skill we all have and use almost every day: watching movies, reading books, listening to stories. It allows us to actually suspend, just for a little while any ‘disbelief’ we might have about what’s actually happening in the story, so that we can experience the emotions that come with BELIEVING. Today, we’re talking about how we can apply this very honed skill to our LIVES so that we can create completely new stories and realities for ourselves.

As high achieving women, there is a LOT that we want to accomplish. But we don't always necessarily want to FEEL things. Our brains have a sneaky way of giving us very reasonable and buttoned up reasons why the thing we REALLY want to experience or do or accomplish is NOT a good idea.

Maybe it's taking on a new, exciting project at work.

Starting a book club in your neighborhood.

Or going for that promotion.

Volunteering at a non-profit that you love.

Our brains will serve up all of the logical reasons why you simply CANNOT.

Tune in today to learn what's REALLY happening!

What does urban planning have to do with self-development and boundaries? Join me today to learn about Urban Growth Boundaries and my 2 key takeaways as I plan my OWN self-development for 2022!

BOUNDARIES: Why it's SO hard for us to set AND keep them! UGH. This is THE most common thing I get asked, especially from *high-achieving women*: "How do I set boundaries that will help me grow, without hurting my career?" This question is LOADED and weighed down with thousands of years of gender role expectations and conformity. And we are going to talk about it! The biggest thing that women want to know is how to set boundaries for themselves WITHOUT making anyone mad, or hurt. And the short answer is...that's not always possible. (this is NOT a popular answer) Join us to get clear on WHY you need boundaries and how to start taking small steps TODAY.

42% of women say they have been often or ALMOST ALWAYS burned out in 2021 compared to 32% in 2020. This is a powerful stat from the 2021 Women in The WOrkplace Report by McKinsey & Co. and Leanin Org. Today we’re talking about some of the major obstacles that high achieving women face that can cause this kind of burnout and how we can start to chart a new way.

THE MOST POWERFUL STORY IS THE ONE YOU TELL YOURSELF......

ABOUT YOU. I've done a LOT of work around this myself this past year. Getting REALLY clear on what I believe to be true about ME, about the WORLD, and about WHAT'S POSSIBLE. I've had to shift and reconfigure my beliefs about SO MANY THINGS. And it's been UNCOMFORTABLE, but SOOOO worth it! And as we move into December, we know that this time of year involves a LOT of self-reflection as we look at personal and professional GROWTH for 2022. Today we're looking at what makes up our SELF-CONCEPT, how it informs the stories we tell ABOUT ourselves, and how to start expanding YOURS as a high-achiever.

Let’s talk about how and why high-achieving women avoid resting, the power of negativity bias when we’re trying to GROW and 3 simple (but not always easy!) steps to consciously celebrating yourself.

Today we're going a bit deeper on how to lean into the Self-Leadership houses that sit adjacent to the ones inside The High-Achiever's Loop (I DO, I ASCEND, I HAVE). We're also going to talk about what your BRAIN is going to do when you start to break out of your narrow productivity loop, so you can start to OWN the responsibility for your own SUCCESS and GROWTH.

The High Achiever’s Loop is when we spend almost all of our time DOING the work and tasks so that we can ASCEND and succeed in our career in order to HAVE all of the things we want (money, possessions, worth). We think that we're going to be able to cash in on all the imaginary ‘credit’ we believed we've earned by staying inside this High Achiever’s Loop. That every time we kept working much later than we had to, every time we sacrificed our own needs for the job at hand, every time we got the job done and done PERFECT (at work and at home) that someone out there has been keeping score.And that we’re banking some kind of High Achiever Credit we'll be able to spend at some later date.But no one's keeping score and that payday never comes.

So how do you break this cycle?