Keynote Speaker, Author & Reinvention Architect
So many high-achievers are silently stuck, successful externally but misaligned internally. I know, because I lived that life. Here’s what inauthentic living cost me, and what I learned reinventing from rock bottom. 1st Half For the first half of my adult life, I was living inauthentically. And I didn’t even know it. I had the…
I worked in corporate sales years ago. My life was a constant chase. Chase the next deal; chase my quota; chase the next shiny object with the commission earned from that deal. I’d chase my to-do list because it was my self-worth measuring stick. At the end of each day, I’d be spent, exhausted, and…
I said I wanted to create, yet obscured that part of myself. I said I wanted freedom yet handcuffed myself to a lifestyle. I said I wanted simplicity but said yes to “nos,” adding complexity to my life. No wonder life felt “off”. No wonder I never felt comfortable in my own skin. No wonder…
We have 2 lives, but how often do we only breathe life into one of them? What are our two lives? The “Should” Life and Our Authentic Life The “Should” life is as it sounds; it’s all the steps and actions we believe we should be taking. Why? To be happy, successful, fit in, and…
Materialism is ephemeral. Meaning is enduring. Meaning, deep meaning cultivated from the authentic expression of ourselves is sticky; it lives within us beyond just memory that says, “XYZ happened, and that’s it.” There’s no emotional charge; there’s no inner feeling of deep satisfaction, contentment, and fulfillment. Think back to something you chased and acquired, some…
I had coffee with an acquaintance yesterday. We actually live in the same town, and it’s a small town, but our only connection was through social media. He reached out and asked if I’d be up for coffee. The idea of meeting and chatting in real life is missing from my life. We grabbed our…