The Roller Coaster Effect: Why Women Say No to the Opportunities They’ve Attracted
The Roller Coaster Effect: Why Women Say No to the Opportunities They’ve Attracted I’ve seen this dynamic in many of the women I’ve coached where they get clear on something they want, and then it walks into their life, and all of a sudden, they freeze up, get scared, and think I’m not ready. This […]
Go Your Own Way: How To Use Touchpoints To Silence Your Inner Critic and Find Your Own Path To Success.
Go Your Own Way: How to Use Touchpoints to Silence Your Inner Critic and Find Your Own Path to Success “You just make everything really complicated,” Frank told me. Frank was my ‘buttmate.’ And no, that’s not as racy as it seems—your ‘buttmate’ in design school is the person you sit ‘butt to butt’ with […]
Looking for Your Mid-Career Mentors?
Looking for Your Mid-Career Mentors? What got you here won’t get you there. I speak to many women who are feeling adrift in their career. They’re not sure if they’re in the right place, they are feeling lost in their career. And many of them have something in common. “I don’t have a mentor,” they […]
What I Learned from a Three Week Creative Sabbatical from My Business
Last month I did something I’d never done before in my business. I took a three week sabbatical. To paint. I’d been running my business for about five years and I could feel something coming on — I couldn’t quite tell if it was burnout or something akin…. For me, running a business is kind of like […]
Live with Mia: Where’s My Map with Special Guest, Tamara Roy
Ever put off something that scared you? Even your friendly neighborhood empowerment coach does from time to time.
Last week on Live with Mia, I shared a behind the scene look at my 20 minute strategy to get started on a big scary project that you’ve been putting off.
Guest Blog: Where’s My Map?
By Tamara M. Roy, AIA Leed AP Early on as an architecture student I started to look for women mentors to provide a metaphorical ‘map’ for my professional life. I thought if I could follow them, I’d learn the way to success. What I found surprised me. The map I was looking for was […]
Live with Mia: How to Start When You Are Putting Something Off
Ever put off something that scared you? Even your friendly neighborhood empowerment coach does from time to time.
Last week on Live with Mia, I shared a behind the scene look at my 20 minute strategy to get started on a big scary project that you’ve been putting off.
How to Start When You Are Putting Something Off
My 20 minute strategy to start on that big scary project that you’ve been putting off Ever had something really important and high-level project you have been putting off for weeks? It happened to one of my coaching students when she was gunning for a leadership level job. She hit some progress — she was […]
Live with Mia: Become an Expert
Often find yourself holding your thoughts, ideas and opinions back, because you don’t feel like an expert yet? Last week on Live with Mia, I took on the feeling of “I’m not an expert” and walked through how to be an expert before you feel like one
You Don’t Find Your Voice, You Use It.
Have you ever been presented with a new corporate mission statement and thought–’that’s just a bunch of corporate speak.’? Amidst at ton of celebration, you thought ‘wow, you spent 3 months coming up with some abstract words?’, yet you can’t “find your voice” to share your thoughts? If so, keep reading! When I work with […]
