Skip to main content

Maria Connolly, LPC Facebook Facebook Facebook

Author: Maria Connolly

It Starts With You. How to Get What YOU Want From Life

A love letter to the magnificent women who refuse to choose between success and fulfillment

Do you desire success and fulfillment without apology? It starts with you! Discover how to design a life that aligns with who you really are.She walks into our first session with her phone buzzing, her calendar packed, and a coffee cup that’s been refilled so many times it would qualify for frequent flyer miles. She’s running three projects, managing a team of twelve, planning her daughter’s birthday party, and somehow still remembering to water the plants that her mother-in-law gave her (because letting them die would be “giving up”).

She wants it all. And honestly? I’m here for it.

“I just need better time management,” she says, scrolling through her color-coded calendar. “Maybe some stress reduction techniques. I’ve heard meditation works, but who has twenty minutes to sit still?”

I nod knowingly. Because here’s what I’ve learned after years of working with phenomenal women who run companies, lead teams, raise families, and somehow still show up for book club: the problem isn’t that they want too much. The problem is they’ve forgotten who they are underneath all that doing.

Continue reading

4 Surprising Ways Coach Supervision Helps Us See What We Can’t See Alone

Coach Supervision helps you see your coaching practice from a different perspectiveEven the most seasoned coaches have blind spots. In the sacred space we hold for others, it’s easy to forget we, too, need somewhere to bring our questions, doubts, and stirrings. Coach supervision helps us see what we’ve missed, feel what we’ve avoided, and discover what our clients might be showing us about ourselves.

 In a world that rewards speed and certainty, supervision invites us to pause, reflect, and listen for the wisdom beneath the surface. Because transformation doesn’t just happen in the coaching session, it begins with who we are becoming behind the scenes.

Continue reading

From Transition to Transformation: Embody Your New Self. It’s How Change Sticks!

he in-between place from transition to transformation is made easier when you work on integration, accepting and embodying the new you.What a process change is! First comes transition, where you’re in the in-between, liminal stage, helping your body catch up with the vision you hold for your life. Then comes Integration, which leads to transformation. Know this: Integration is a practice, not a finish line. We tend to think transformation comes from and ends with decision-making. We view it as a breakthrough. A clear “before and after.” However, nothing could be further from the truth, as Ava’s experience illustrates…

Continue reading

Why Is Change So Hard, And How to Support Your Body Through It

Discomfort, struggle, and frustration can be perceived as signals to stop,  But they may be signals of a very different sort.Your nervous system is designed to keep you safe, not necessarily to ensure success. Understanding this has been eye-opening and transformational for many of my clients. I’ve heard them say so many times, “Why is change so hard?” And that thinking throws up roadblocks because it believes that discomfort, struggle, and frustration are signals to stop. But in truth, they may be signals of a very different sort, as we’ll see in a few moments.

Continue reading


Let's get started with 30 free minutes

I invite you to learn more about me and my coaching and counseling services. Please contact me to schedule an “It starts with you!” 30-minute complimentary consultation with me, in-person, by phone or via video consultation, so we can explore our partnership.

SCHEDULE


How to Step Forward to a Future You've Created

Discover how to replace your old, self-limiting map with a new map full of possibilities for the future

DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE INTRO TO STEPPING FORWARD TODAY!