Worry is insidious - it’s addictive like popcorn or potato chips. The kind of thinking that keeps you up at night. Today is about turning WORRY into WONDER. Wonder opens up a window, shifts your focus to a horizon of possibilities. Like turning a kaleidoscope to a new view. Grab all of your worries and get ready to play with wonder.

SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K!

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Check this out: I WORRY that the economy is screwed & my business might be screwed. Now for the transformation: I WONDER how I can use this economy to grow my business. Feel the difference between the fretting, brooding, stressful energy of WORRY and the eye and mind opening power of WONDER. 

I LOVE turning worry into wonder. I think it was the very first jedi mind trick that I explored way back in coach training. I’m always amazed & delighted with the speed of this tool. It’s not a cure all but it is a game changer. 

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

Where do you want to LEVEL UP? The growth spotlight is on Olivia Mariani, one of my Growth Zone clients and VP Marketing at Curbio. We cover imposter syndrome, feeling out of one’s depth, moving from tactical to strategic. Think about where you want to level up. Have you just been checking the boxes and trying to ‘do it right’? Greatness & growth comes from a place of unfamiliarity and uncertainty!

MY GUEST: Olivia Mariani

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviamariani/

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I am shining the spotlight on Olivia Mariani. This is one of those episodes where we are reflecting back on a client’s key growth moments - getting to the essence and leveraging the impact for the future. This episode is a retrospective on Olivia’s journey over the past two years in her first executive position. She is relatively young at 30 years old and it can be tricky as a first time executive to match pace with a rapidly expanding start-up. Olivia is candid and wholly authentic in sharing her experience.

Leapfrog growth requires just as much work on your BEING, as on your DOING. USE this episode for YOUR GROWTH. Where are you hitting imposter syndrome? Feeling out of your depth, nervous to do something for the first time, something that really requires you to step up. It might be in your career or something else entirely. Entering into marriage or partnership, starting a new academic degree, becoming a parent, taking on any kind of leadership role right across your life. 

Listen for the insights & ahas that YOU need today to level up. To lead your life. 

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

Where are you consumed by regret? Regret is a crazy powerful emotion. It’s like a fixed gaze in the rear view mirror, trapping your energy and derailing your momentum. Today’s tool is all about transforming regret into RESOLVE. Used properly, regret has a purpose. It’s a flag, a notification for action, an invitation for a growth moment! Move forward with RESOLVE.

SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K!

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This is one of my transformation tools. A quick hit to get a change of perspective and a shift of energy. Other transformation tools include Wonder to Worry, Guilt to Gratitude, Either/Or to Both/And, Resentment to Release. 

Regret is a potent emotion. Think about it right now - what are a few of your biggest life regrets? What bubbles up immediately? As is often the case with more negative emotions, we tend to dwell, swirl and circle around regret LONG past its expiration date. It’s such a fundamental misuse of your energy.

Used properly, regret has a purpose. Look at it as a stepping stone not a stopping point. Breaking free of the downward pull so something else can happen. You can choose to use regret to serve your higher purpose and full potential with RESOLVE. 

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

Where are YOU with mortality? Do you think about it? Is it an energizing force or more like fear induced paralysis? I’ve been semi obsessing about mortality the past few years and it’s freaking me out. So, I’m turning things upside down today! I brought in MY coach, the great Andrew Petty, so that I can be the client. Whatever YOU need to face - let’s do it  together!

MY COACH: Andrew Petty 

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpettycoach/

Podcast: https://www.andrewpettyisdying.com/

Website: https://www.digdeepwinbig.com/

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This episode and the mortality topic is not for the faint of heart. I am leaning hard into my emotional courage to take on the task of facing my mortality. I’ve been semi obsessing about mortality the past few years and it’s freaking me out. Instead of motivating me & creating a carpe diem/seize the day kind of mindset, it’s  shutting me down. I decided enough is enough & it’s high time to deal with it. So here I am, authentic, no holding back, diving into my own growth moment. 

Let this session be about YOUR relationship with the inevitability of death. If this episode IS about me AND you facing & embracing our mortality - what do YOU want out of the coaching? What would be invaluable to walk away with at the end of the episode?

We are in good hands with my coach Andrew. He is an all around powerful coach, but Andrew has a special expertise and focus on mortality. On his phenomenal podcast called Andrew Petty Is Dying - he interviews guests and provides thought provoking solo episodes on the great power of owning that we ALL are dying - but we aren’t dead YET, so get after it - go LIVE today. Andrew coaches 1:1 but also runs The Graveyard Groups - life changing small coaching groups. There couldn’t be anyone better to help me tackle this topic. 

My wish for you is that YOU will face & embrace whatever you are avoiding and find unimaginable growth as a result.

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

Is your Inner Critic kicking your ass? Life is challenging enough. Do NOT put up with trash talking inner saboteurs or gremlins throwing up more roadblocks. Today is Inner Critic 101! I am handing over a few foundational tools - indispensable if you are just getting started OR a great refresher/reboot if you already are on the journey of freeing yourself from the Inner Critic.

SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K!

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I have a long standing passion for working on Inner Critic issues - my OWN & others. That’s why it was the topic of my very first episode early in 2021 - coaching my client Scotty on HIS 800 pound gorilla of an inner critic. I’ve amassed a pretty deep toolkit over the years, constantly working on my own skills & side by side with my clients on theirs. Honestly, I could do a 10 week course on managing the bullshit in your mind. But today, I am giving you two classics - the ‘must have’ tools. 

Why bother? You bother because there is a HUGE return on investment in improving your ability to manage your inner critics. You bother because inner critics are relentless & ruthless - always looking for their way in. You bother because YOUR full potential is priceless. 

So, if you feel stuck or the speed bumps are looking like brick walls. If you are sliding into black & white thinking or hyper focusing on why you CAN’T do something. If you have that whirlpool of second guessing yourself, comparing yourself to others and coming up short. This is YOUR episode. 

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

The growth spotlight is shining bright on Kalyan Balaven! This episode is about the integration of MULTIPLE growth moments - seeing the thread and how it helped create Kal’s purpose & future. Use it as inspiration to do your own reflection - to map out a few of YOUR growth moments & see what you find. All so you can leverage that deep dive to fuel YOUR future. 

MY GUEST: Kalyan Balaven

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalyan-balaven-443bab1a6/

Dunn School website: https://www.dunnschool.org/

Moral Courage & Irshad Manji: https://www.moralcourage.com/

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I believe the process of putting a spotlight on growth moments is invaluable. So, get ready to reflect on the past, pull it into the present AND then launch into the future. The full circle. Tremendous energy is unleashed in this process.

My guest is Kalyan Balaven. He is the Head of Dunn School in Los Olivos, California where my son Matthew gets to learn & grow. He also is a leader in creating connection & community. Kal is one of my inspirational bright lights - it’s his charisma, intelligence, incredible vision, passion, humanity and a bone deep ability to hold each person around him up to their possibilities & potential. So, it was a treat for ME to dive deep with Kal.

Kal shares a series of moments - pivotal times where he really changed as a person. I think you will find his story & insights compelling. But, as you listen - keep coming back to YOU. Your assignment is to see what life moments start to surface - jot them down so we can get a good look. I’ll give you more ideas & direction as we go. 

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

Are you on the hamster wheel? LEAD YOUR life! A mid year sanity check is non-negotiable for a life by design, not default. Take a moment, TODAY, to stop. Breathe. Lean back & do a strategic review and reset of YOUR big picture. Walk away with renewed clarity & focus to make the rest of the year COUNT.

SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K!

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I’m always pushing my clients to take a sanity check … a strategic pause. I do that because we ALL are so busy with the DOING we somehow forget about the BEING. The mindless hamster wheel becomes normal. But it’s NOT normal. YOU are the boss of you. YOU are in charge. The sanity check is a vital tool in leading YOUR life. 

I’m YOUR coach today. I will take you through a series of questions to facilitate YOUR own personal sanity check. You can use me to look at your big picture - right across your life. Or you can focus on just a slice or aspect of your life. A career sanity check. A health sanity check. A WEALTH sanity check. Relationship, spiritual, fun, learning! Whatever you choose.

Grab something to make notes & capture all of your awesome thinking. You also can gather any new year’s resolutions, original goals, plans, etc. Let’s do your sanity check!

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

Are YOU stuck? Do you need a slap in the face or a kick in the ass? Or do you need a judgment free space, some validation & acknowledgement - to be seen & heard? Something else? This episode is about what it might take to get unstuck. It’s about looking at stuck right in the face. Truth telling. No excuses. Staying with it until you find a path and the steps to move forward.

MY GUEST: Ashley Francis

podcast: turning-point-talks-with-ashley

website: www.turnstudio.com

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My goal is to use the coaching today to help YOU shake things loose. I want you to find the insights, ahas and inspiration to break free of WHATEVER is holding you back. 

My client is Ashley. She owns TURN Studio in Sandy Springs GA - a fantastic boutique fitness studio that changes people’s lives. Ashley has a background in medical sales & opened up TURN during Covid - fulfilling one of her dreams. Ashley is incredible - boundless ambition and drive, blunt, remarkably transparent and a fierce commitment to solving her stuck problem. But here is my warning - we swear A LOT in this episode. If that makes you uncomfortable, either don’t listen or take a deep breath & roll with it. 

Make sure you have your own stuck area to play with as you listen. I call on YOU - to find your way out of stuck. To play to your strengths, be ON purpose, trust what brings you alive, drop the self judgment and make room for your brilliant, authentic self. I know you might not have your answers YET but I have faith in your ability to find them.

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

One of my all time favorite tools - good for any occasion - is the Permission Slip. It’s capable of changing your impact & momentum in an instant. As adults, WE are the ones giving out permission now. Except sometimes, we are still waiting around for someone else’s say so. YOU are in charge of what you do or don’t do. Let’s create your permission slip!

SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K!

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Writing out a permission slip FOR YOURSELF shouldn’t be necessary, but it can make all the difference. It’s a nifty brain trick. Permission to have FUN. Permission to make mistakes. Permission to make a whack of money. Permission to choose a different path. ALL kinds of permission. 

Like I said, kind of crazy that we might have to go so far as to put it in black & white but I invite YOU to try it right now. Let’s create your permission slip!

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching. 

Today I put the growth spotlight on Nikita Williams. Nikita’s story is about the powerful growth that can happen at our lowest points, the dark & difficult times - physically, emotionally, environmentally, spiritually. It’s that paradox that the really tough challenges can generate phenomenal shifts. Listen in on how YOU can leverage difficulties for the biggest momentum of all.

MY GUEST: Nikita Williams

podcast: https://www.craftedtothrive.com/

website: https://www.thrivewithnikita.com/

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This is a brand new format for The Growth Moment. Part of the beauty of having a podcast is I get to do what I want! I’m calling this new kind of episode a Growth Spotlight. I get to put a spotlight on a guest’s most important growth moment. They get to unpack the learning & share it with YOU. It’s extremely personal, reflective, full of insight and fuel for the future. 

My first growth spotlight is with Nikita Williams. Nikita is an extraordinary grower. She is a mindset business coach specializing in helping creative women with chronic illness craft a business & life without sacrificing their wellness. She also hosts a phenomenal podcast - She’s Crafted To Thrive. Nikita walks her talk - she lives & thrives with her own chronic illness - endometriosis & fibromyalgia. However, you don’t have to live with a chronic illness to find extraordinary value in Nikita’s story & her coaching. The lessons are for all of us.

Nikita’s story is about the powerful growth that can happen at our lowest points, the dark & difficult times - physically, emotionally, environmentally, spiritually. It’s that paradox that the really tough challenges can generate phenomenal shifts.

As Nikita starts to share, listen to the messages & ideas that are meant for YOU. Think about where YOU might be hitting some dark & difficult and perhaps how you can leverage this challenge for your biggest momentum of all.

Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT?

My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at [email protected].  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.