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Category: Transform Your Life

How to Find Where You Belong: Meet People Who Are Your Spiritual Family

Find where you belong by finding your spiritual family or soul tribe who nourishes your soul.If you’re like many high-achieving women I work with, you’ve mastered the art of fitting in, yet you may not have truly found a group of supportive people where you belong. 

My clients know how to succeed in professional environments. They know how to support others, carry responsibility, and adapt to what is needed. They know how to be capable, dependable, and accomplished.

Yet beneath all that competence, many carry a quiet longing.

A longing to be fully known. To belong somewhere without having to earn it. To be surrounded by people who understand not just what they do, but who they are.

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A Transformative Experience That Led Me To Standing On New Ground

Mosaics speak to me because Italy, my birthplace, has some of the most beautiful mosaics in the world. It’s fascinating how artists can take millions of broken pieces of pottery to make a beautiful, cohesive piece of art. So immediately the word, Mosaic in the context of coaching spoke to me.On May 8 and 9, I had the privilege of gathering with colleagues from around the world for the 9th Annual Americas Coaching Supervision Network Conference. The theme was Mosaic, and it turned out to be much more than a conference title. It became a transformative experience for me, as a person and, as you’ll see soon, in my business.

Mosaics speak to me because Italy, my birthplace, has some of the most beautiful mosaics in the world. It’s fascinating how artists can take millions of broken pieces of pottery to make a beautiful, cohesive piece of art. So immediately the word, Mosaic in the context of coaching spoke to me. But I didn’t realize what a transformative experience it would be!

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5 Reasons Why I’d Rather Go On a Nature Retreat Than a Vacation

a nature retreat can feel so profoundly different. It creates space to step out of performance mode and reconnect with yourself beneath the roles, responsibilities, and constant mental noise.Many women don’t actually know what rest feels like anymore. Even on vacation, the nervous system often stays in motion. We pack the schedule full, trying to make the most of every moment, or we collapse completely, using food, alcohol, scrolling, or sleep to recover from the pace we’ve been keeping for far too long. But neither busyness nor numbing truly restores us.

Real restoration happens when the body finally feels safe enough to soften.

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The Myth of Closure: How To Close Out the Year With Unfinished Things

The Myth of Closure: What if you thought of unfinished things, not as problems to solve, but as space where growth is happening?December arrives with its familiar chorus: Finish strong. Wrap it up. Close out the year. Review, reflect, resolve. Everywhere you look, things promote the myth of closure. It’s as if there’s a demand to tie neat bows around the past twelve months.

But some things won't tie up neatly. There’s the relationship that's still evolving in ways you can't yet name. The career transition that's half-formed, neither here nor there. The creative project that keeps calling to you, even though you haven't figured out what it wants to become. The question you've been living with all year that still has no answer. What then?

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Your Best Year Yet Starts in November (Not January)

November offers something much more powerful. The air is quieter. The pace slows. You have time to look back and look forward without the noise of resolutions or expectationsJanuary gets all the attention for new beginnings. But by then, most of us are exhausted from the pace of the holidays and the pressure to reinvent ourselves. We start the year already behind, trying to summon energy from a place of depletion.

November offers something much more powerful. The air is quieter. The pace slows. You have time to look back and look forward without the noise of resolutions or expectations. This is your moment to begin crafting your next chapter from a place of clarity, not obligation.

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