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I’ve been paying attention lately to the words I use when I talk about myself.

I mean the words I say to myself when nobody else is listening, because those words have a way of influencing how I walk into a room, make a decision, handle something difficult, or decide what’s possible for me.

I’ve been sitting with a few “I Am” statements of my own lately:

I am infectious.
I am charming.
I am winning.
I am a champion.
I am masterful.
I will not let someone else define my life.
I am taking full ownership of the results I experience.

The way we see ourselves matters. If I continually tell myself that I’m uncertain, behind, or not ready, I’m going to carry that version of myself into the choices I make. But I can also become more intentional about the words I choose and the version of myself I want to reinforce.

So I’m curious: What is one “I Am” statement you want to carry with you right now?

Maybe it’s “I am capable.” “I am ready.” “I am creative.” “I am a leader.” “I am allowed to take up space.”

Pick one that feels like you, or maybe one you’re still learning to believe. Say it out loud and then share it with me in the comments. I want to hear yours.

This is also part of what we’ll explore together inside Own Your Image on November 6. We’re going to look at the image you hold of yourself and become more intentional about making sure the woman you know yourself to be is the woman you’re bringing into your leadership, relationships, and life.

If you’re ready for that conversation, I’d love to have you join us. Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#shefirst #womeninleadership #selfleadership #coachapproachtoleadership #personalgrowth #shefirstworkshop

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I’ve been paying attention lately to the words I use when I talk about myself.

I mean the words I say to myself when nobody else is listening, because those words have a way of influencing how I walk into a room, make a decision, handle something difficult, or decide what’s possible for me.

I’ve been sitting with a few “I Am” statements of my own lately:

I am infectious.
I am charming.
I am winning.
I am a champion.
I am masterful.
I will not let someone else define my life.
I am taking full ownership of the results I experience.

The way we see ourselves matters. If I continually tell myself that I’m uncertain, behind, or not ready, I’m going to carry that version of myself into the choices I make. But I can also become more intentional about the words I choose and the version of myself I want to reinforce.

So I’m curious: What is one “I Am” statement you want to carry with you right now?

Maybe it’s “I am capable.” “I am ready.” “I am creative.” “I am a leader.” “I am allowed to take up space.”

Pick one that feels like you, or maybe one you’re still learning to believe. Say it out loud and then share it with me in the comments. I want to hear yours.

This is also part of what we’ll explore together inside Own Your Image on November 6. We’re going to look at the image you hold of yourself and become more intentional about making sure the woman you know yourself to be is the woman you’re bringing into your leadership, relationships, and life.

If you’re ready for that conversation, I’d love to have you join us. Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#shefirst #womeninleadership #selfleadership #coachapproachtoleadership #personalgrowth #shefirstworkshop

I had a situation in my own life where I spent a long time focused on what I wished the other person would do differently.

Eventually, I had to ask myself a much harder and much more useful question: What part of this belongs to me?

The honest answer was my own choices. The times I said yes when I really wanted to say no. The conversations I avoided because I didn’t want to create tension. The boundaries I hoped someone would somehow understand without me ever clearly communicating them.

That question changed the way I looked at the entire situation.

Ownership is about recognizing where you still have choice. Once I stopped focusing only on what I wished someone else would change, I could get much clearer about what I wanted to do differently myself.

Leadership works the same way.

The way people experience your time, your standards, your boundaries, and your expectations is shaped through the everyday interactions you have with them. It’s in the deadline you decide to address instead of letting it pass. It’s in the conversation you choose to have instead of hoping something changes on its own. It’s in being clear about what matters to you and giving other people the opportunity to meet you there.

Those moments may seem small, but together they communicate a lot about who you are and how you want to lead.

That’s what ownership gives us: clarity about the choices that are ours to make.

This is a big part of the work we’re going to explore inside Own Your Image on November 6. We’re going to look at how you see yourself, how others experience you, and how you can become more intentional about making sure those two things reflect the woman you know yourself to be.

If that sounds like a conversation you’re ready for, I’d love to have you in the room. Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#shefirst #womeninleadership #selfleadership #coachapproachtoleadership #executivepresence #personalgrowth

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I had a situation in my own life where I spent a long time focused on what I wished the other person would do differently.

Eventually, I had to ask myself a much harder and much more useful question: What part of this belongs to me?

The honest answer was my own choices. The times I said yes when I really wanted to say no. The conversations I avoided because I didn’t want to create tension. The boundaries I hoped someone would somehow understand without me ever clearly communicating them.

That question changed the way I looked at the entire situation.

Ownership is about recognizing where you still have choice. Once I stopped focusing only on what I wished someone else would change, I could get much clearer about what I wanted to do differently myself.

Leadership works the same way.

The way people experience your time, your standards, your boundaries, and your expectations is shaped through the everyday interactions you have with them. It’s in the deadline you decide to address instead of letting it pass. It’s in the conversation you choose to have instead of hoping something changes on its own. It’s in being clear about what matters to you and giving other people the opportunity to meet you there.

Those moments may seem small, but together they communicate a lot about who you are and how you want to lead.

That’s what ownership gives us: clarity about the choices that are ours to make.

This is a big part of the work we’re going to explore inside Own Your Image on November 6. We’re going to look at how you see yourself, how others experience you, and how you can become more intentional about making sure those two things reflect the woman you know yourself to be.

If that sounds like a conversation you’re ready for, I’d love to have you in the room. Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#shefirst #womeninleadership #selfleadership #coachapproachtoleadership #executivepresence #personalgrowth

You know that feeling when someone says something genuinely kind about you and it lands a little strange anyway?

That happened to me for years before I understood why.

I was being perceived one way and received another and I never once stopped to ask which one was actually true. The perception was that I was intimidating and someone who was no nonsense. The reception, the experience of me, was that I was warm, kind, direct, and grounded.

And underneath both of those was a third thing. What was actually true: How did I see myself? For a long time I was okay with people thinking I was intimidating because I thought that being anything other than that would mean that I was a doormat. What I came to learn is that the way I see myself is that I am loving, realistic, kind, direct, and a bottom liner. And I started to work on bridging the gap so that I could step into my own inner alignment.

That gap between those three things has a name. And once you can see it clearly, you can close it.

This is the work we go into inside Own Your Image on November 6. If you have ever been introduced as one thing and felt like something truer was sitting underneath it, this room was built for you.

Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#shefirst #womeninleadership #selfleadership #coachapproachtoleadership #executivepresence #shefirstworkshop

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You know that feeling when someone says something genuinely kind about you and it lands a little strange anyway?

That happened to me for years before I understood why.

I was being perceived one way and received another and I never once stopped to ask which one was actually true. The perception was that I was intimidating and someone who was no nonsense. The reception, the experience of me, was that I was warm, kind, direct, and grounded.

And underneath both of those was a third thing. What was actually true: How did I see myself? For a long time I was okay with people thinking I was intimidating because I thought that being anything other than that would mean that I was a doormat. What I came to learn is that the way I see myself is that I am loving, realistic, kind, direct, and a bottom liner. And I started to work on bridging the gap so that I could step into my own inner alignment.

That gap between those three things has a name. And once you can see it clearly, you can close it.

This is the work we go into inside Own Your Image on November 6. If you have ever been introduced as one thing and felt like something truer was sitting underneath it, this room was built for you.

Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#shefirst #womeninleadership #selfleadership #coachapproachtoleadership #executivepresence #shefirstworkshop

Every time you walk into a room, people are forming an impression of you.

There is perception: what people believe about you based on what they have seen, heard, and experienced. There is reception: how it actually feels to interact with you and what people carry with them after the conversation ends.

But there is a third piece that I think we skip far too often: How do you see yourself?

We spend a lot of time thinking about how other people perceive us. We wonder if we came across as confident enough, if our idea landed, if we said the right thing, or what people might be saying after we leave the room. But before we can be intentional about any of that, we have to understand the image we hold of ourselves.

Do you see yourself as someone whose voice belongs in the room? Do you trust your own expertise? Are you clear about what you stand for, what matters to you, and how you want people to experience you?

The goal is to make sure the way you’re showing up reflects who you actually know yourself to be.

That’s where this work gets really interesting. When you become clearer about how you see yourself, you can become much more intentional about how you communicate, what you allow, the boundaries you set, and what people come to know you for.

This is exactly what we’re going to explore inside Own Your Image, the final SheFirst workshop of 2026, on November 6.

If you’re heading into 2027 thinking about who you want to be, what you want to be known for, and how you want to show up in the rooms that matter to you, I’d love to have you join us. Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#coachapproachtoleadership #womeninleadership #shefirst #selfleadership #executivepresence #leadershipdevelopment

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Every time you walk into a room, people are forming an impression of you.

There is perception: what people believe about you based on what they have seen, heard, and experienced. There is reception: how it actually feels to interact with you and what people carry with them after the conversation ends.

But there is a third piece that I think we skip far too often: How do you see yourself?

We spend a lot of time thinking about how other people perceive us. We wonder if we came across as confident enough, if our idea landed, if we said the right thing, or what people might be saying after we leave the room. But before we can be intentional about any of that, we have to understand the image we hold of ourselves.

Do you see yourself as someone whose voice belongs in the room? Do you trust your own expertise? Are you clear about what you stand for, what matters to you, and how you want people to experience you?

The goal is to make sure the way you’re showing up reflects who you actually know yourself to be.

That’s where this work gets really interesting. When you become clearer about how you see yourself, you can become much more intentional about how you communicate, what you allow, the boundaries you set, and what people come to know you for.

This is exactly what we’re going to explore inside Own Your Image, the final SheFirst workshop of 2026, on November 6.

If you’re heading into 2027 thinking about who you want to be, what you want to be known for, and how you want to show up in the rooms that matter to you, I’d love to have you join us. Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#coachapproachtoleadership #womeninleadership #shefirst #selfleadership #executivepresence #leadershipdevelopment

Do you ever feel like this flower? Surrounded by mud, still showing color anyway.

I stopped on my hike today just to look at it for a minute.

So many of the women I coach are doing exactly this. They are blooming through the mud of their circumstances: financial, relational, emotional, spiritual. Their minds are full and they have a lot that they manage, consider and think about. And in the mud is where the growth occurs.

You can bloom right where you are, mud and all. Keep growing where you’re planted.

And if you are ready to look honestly at what has been keeping you in the mud and decide it is time to step into a clearer, more intentional version of yourself, Own Your Image on November 6 was built for exactly that. Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#shefirst #thecoachapproach #womeninleadership #selfleadership #personalgrowth #shefirstworkshop

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Do you ever feel like this flower? Surrounded by mud, still showing color anyway.

I stopped on my hike today just to look at it for a minute.

So many of the women I coach are doing exactly this. They are blooming through the mud of their circumstances: financial, relational, emotional, spiritual. Their minds are full and they have a lot that they manage, consider and think about. And in the mud is where the growth occurs.

You can bloom right where you are, mud and all. Keep growing where you’re planted.

And if you are ready to look honestly at what has been keeping you in the mud and decide it is time to step into a clearer, more intentional version of yourself, Own Your Image on November 6 was built for exactly that. Tap the link in my bio and choose “Own Your Image Workshop: Nov 6.”

#shefirst #thecoachapproach #womeninleadership #selfleadership #personalgrowth #shefirstworkshop

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