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Lead Better by Listening Smarter: Why Active Listening Changes Everything

You’re not leading with presence. You’re leading with assumption—and it’s causing damage. You don’t mean to bulldoze your team.But let’s be honest: you already had the plan before they finished…

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Love Addiction Hijacks Leadership: When Fantasy Becomes a Fix

You’ve got goals. A business. Maybe even a vision board.But at night? You’re spiraling through rom-com marathons, watching Justin Bieber relationship drama on YouTube, wondering if—just maybe—soap operas had it…

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When Survival Looks Like Consent: The Sexual Abuse No One Talks About

There are things I didn’t realize were abuse until decades later. Like being told, “this will be easy or the hard way,” while I was pushed into a hotel room.Like…

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You’re Not Fighting—But You’re Not Close: How to Reconnect Before It’s Too Late

You’re not fighting.You’re not sleeping in separate rooms.You still make dinner plans. You still share responsibilities.But if you’re being honest… you’re not really close anymore. You don’t want to leave….

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Emotional Boundaries Aren’t Just Self-Care—They’re Survival

You’ve been told boundaries are about “balance.”But let’s be real:For most of us, boundaries are about survival—not snapping at clients just to feel heard, not ghosting relatives just to breathe….

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When Lying Is a Survival Strategy: How Trauma Teaches Us to Hide, Perform, and Distrust Ourselves

You didn’t lie to manipulate.You lied to survive. To avoid shame.To soften rejection.To stay close to people who weren’t safe—but who you needed anyway. For some of us, lying wasn’t…

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Supporting Employee Mental Health in the Workplace 

As an entrepreneur coach, I understand the importance of supporting mental health in the workplace. Just like you wouldn’t want someone with a cold to stay in the office, sneezing…

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It’s Not Boundaries—It’s Goodbye: When to Fire a Toxic Client

You didn’t start your business to become someone’s emotional punching bag. But there they were—demanding your time, draining your energy, paying late (if at all), and still acting like they…

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How Stress Shows Up in Your Body—and Hurts Your Business

Your Body’s Not Betraying You—It’s Begging You to Listen You can be killing it in business on paper—clients booked, tasks checked, calendar full—and still feel like your body is quietly…

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Time Management in Recovery: Finding Rhythm After the Wreckage

Time can feel slippery when you’re healing. One minute, you’re trying to plan your week. The next, you’re staring at your to-do list wondering where your energy went—and why nothing…

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