I want YOU to think about the principles of YOUR power. Where do you feel powerful versus powerLESS? What is your source of power - do you think it comes from inside or out? As you listen to my coaching conversation with Kristi - ponder where you most need a power shift to create impact and momentum. I hope you walk away today with some fresh insights and ideas about you and power. MY GUEST: Kristi Bergeron THE SCOOP: It’s all about power today! The very nature of power - the principles or underlying components. This is an opportunity for YOU to consider where you get your power and how you choose to use it.  My guest is Kristie - an executive leader and committed grower. Kristie is one of those deep thinkers. She is a voracious learner - sucking in tools, philosophies and paradigms - free ranging between strategy & tactics. This episode is a combo of coaching and just a cool conversation - my happy place! We explore all kinds of power from parenting to professional with the goal of better leveraging Kristie’s energy and hence impact and momentum in the world. As always, there is no one right answer or formula. Power can come from silence and giving someone space. It can come from passion & persuasion. It can come from intelligence and confidence! Or humility and compassion. The bottom line, all that matters is YOUR principles of power - what enables you to be at your MOST powerful - to have incredible impact & momentum. Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

There is a time and place to point out what’s wrong, unfair, to vent, dwell, worry or commiserate. No doubt, you don't need my help to do more of that. So, today I’m focusing on action - moving past the talking & thinking and what others need to do & be. Instead we will focus 100% on you. To DO. BE. the change YOU want to see in the world. If you are in the mood for stepping up, owning, leading - let’s go!  SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: This episode is less of a tool - more of an invocation or call to action. I’m calling on you to step up. To use & leverage the power you DO have for what matters most to you. Bottom line, to BE THE CHANGE you want to see in the world. Contemplate, how much of YOUR precious energy & time do you spend ruminating, talking, gossiping, complaining, blaming or shaming people or situations that you don’t like. Now, contemplate how much time, attention & focus do you spend on BEING the change?  What’s your ratio between talking/thinking versus doing/being?  Here’s the deal. I am challenging you to tip the balance into more BEING less thinking/talking. Especially for what matters most to you. Embody the change. Live it. Radiate it. Wholeheartedly. Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

It’s my birthday month! And I have a gift for me & for you. We are going to fully OWN our age & stage. As my birthday approaches, it’s tempting to try to ‘get back.’ Get back to my previous weight, energy, strength, looks, capacity, etc. I see this all the time with clients - a desire to either be farther ahead or farther back to some previous self version. Basically anywhere but HERE. Now. The point of YOUR power is in the present. So get ready to free up some energy by owning your age & stage. SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: What would it look like to fully claim your age & stage? What would you stop doing or thinking? What would you start? Are there obstacles to embracing your age & stage? Maybe cultural or societal norms that don’t match up. Not to mention your own expectations & judgment. What might you do with the energy release that comes with truly accepting who & where you BE at this moment? This age & stage issue is not confined to any particular number. It can happen at 20 something, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70 and beyond. Some people hit 30 years old & think that they should have achieved MORE - I should be married already, or have a certain income, promotion, house, fame & recognition. Some folks hit 40 and have or do all the things but lament that they missed out on living loose, having fun, exploring, taking risks. Maybe someone hits 50 and spends an inordinate amount of effort trying to recreate their younger appearance and abilities. And on it goes. A whole pile of coulda, shoulda, wouldas. Basically we can get caught in either trying to speed up or to slow down & go back.  OWNING means taking your life back from other people’s or society’s models. Defining what your age & stage is for YOU. Don’t waste your NOW experience. THIS is the birthday gift available every day. Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

Where are you using the excuse “I don’t know” to stay in your comfort zone? To block your growth, to coast, to hold back? Maybe it’s around career or money, a family situation, a tricky relationship conflict or an important decision. Be stuck no longer! Today you get to find what you DO know so that you are free to move forward. Grab your own question/situation/challenge and let’s GO! SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: The truth is, YOU know so much more than you realize! It happens all the time, I ask clients a question and they say - I don’t know. But, if I just wait a beat & ask “but what DO you know?’ inevitably the answers and wisdom flow.  “I don’t know” is a cop out, a dodge. It lets us off the hook so we can stay nice & safe in our comfort zone. The growth zone is where you say ‘what I DO know’ and stay put until you hear your thoughts. If you say you don’t know, your brain nods in agreement - YUP, I don’t know. If you say, what I DO know is … your brain is called to fill in the blank, to release the knowing. I guarantee that you ALWAYS know something. And that one knowing leads to the next. Like stepping stones to answers and action. Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

I want to liberate you with a momentum creating mindset. Get ready for Easy Breezy Accountability! Holding accountability for yourself or others is often tough. Something that makes us uncomfortable & can bring out some of our worst traits - blaming, shaming or avoidance, procrastination. Today I’m sharing one super simple tool to move from accountability policing to accountability activation!  SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: I invite you to try on the ‘easy breezy’ mindset. Think of this way - at its core, accountability is just about giving an ACCOUNT. Sharing and explaining where you are, what did or didn’t happen, where you might be getting stuck or need some help. Or asking & listening in a way that encourages someone to share & explain to YOU. With this mindset, judgment about yourself or others is not required! Just the ACCOUNTING. Open, curious, sincerely interested in collaborating on what is & isn’t happening. Feel the difference - with this approach, the first step is only & all about sharing. Not so scary or hard!  Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

The LOVE BOMB is a way to radically change the worst situations, difficult interactions and challenging emotions. It’s not a replacement for other strategic tools like clear boundaries, redirection or a mindful pause. It IS a new option that can expand your range of response. Where do YOU need a fresh take? What situations or people are making you crazy, pissing you off or leaving you at a loss? Get ready to shake it all up by launching a LOVE BOMB. SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: In this episode you get to add the Love Bomb to your growth toolkit. How to use a moment of unconditional love to transform the toughest of situations & interactions. You will need to pick a difficult scenario, person or situation. It could be your partner. Your boss or a co-worker. Your child. A challenging business issue. Even a road rage moment. Maybe something that happened recently that really confounded you or was super shitty. Or perhaps a time when your Inner Critic was on fire - blaming & shaming. Then you will learn how to launch a Love Bomb! This is an unconventional and liberating skill. I invite you to surprise the heck out of someone and respond with love. Because in the end, LOVE is impossible to ignore. Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

Grow YOUR confidence today to CLAIM a bigger space. Whether it is an actual physical space or place, a next level career or relationship or financial space. Especially spaces that you fear, worry and wonder if you truly belong. How CAN you be as BIG as you dream? MY GUEST: Tyler Skinner @women.making.waves  connectedcommunitiesco.com women-making-waves.com podcast: mishaps, magic & mayhem THE SCOOP: Think about the bold, courageous space that you want to claim. Let’s figure out & apply YOUR growth process to claiming, creating & inhabiting that space. If there are stories that you have told yourself about why you don’t belong - change the story! Press play instead of pause. Big dreams become reality ALL the time.  My client is Tyler Skinner. Tyler is the Founder and Head Wavemaker @women.making.waves. She is a dreamer, a doer, and is building her own revolution of highly charged, passionate women. Women who value connection and community as a way to amplify their impact. Tyler curates spaces for people to make waves, to play BIG. Including a stellar podcast called Mishaps, Magic & Mayhem. As you hear me coach Tyler, I want YOU to consider in what spaces you might feel that you just don’t belong - for which you can’t dare to dream or lay a claim. Keep that in mind and listen for the insights & inspiration that are meant for you - so YOU can claim “I belong in ALL of the spaces!!” Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

Resolutions, intentions, goals … they are all good and worthy tools. But, sometimes what you really need is a wake up call. Or in this case, a new year’s kick in the ass. A let’s GO! Let’s build, be, DO what you really want. Don’t wait another moment, much less another year. It’s time, so get ready for an awesome, uplifting, motivating kick in the ass! SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: This episode is about some kick ass, tough love. This is your coach telling it like it is and asking the BIG questions for 2023. Such as: What will LIGHT you up this year? What CAN’T wait another year? Where do you need to call BULLSHIT? And more! Bottom line: stop worrying about what other people think. And shut down the Inner Critics. This is YOUR life. Call bullshit on yourself & anyone else who gets in your way. YOU are enough, MORE than enough. BELIEVE it … right now. You have potential you haven’t begun to tap into, but the manifestation of this potential has no room for dwelling in regret, excuses or thinking small. Drop the coulda, woulda, shoulda. Move into CAN, WILL, DONE. This IS your time. You have permission to try anything and fail. And fail again. I love you no matter what. I believe in you, always. Now YOU dial up that love & belief. Listen less to others and more to yourself. Tap into and trust your truth. Let’s build, be and DO what you really want. Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

How IS your capacity for presence? Are you a master? Or perhaps it’s more hit and miss? Presence IS a gift. The holiday season is prime time for missing out on the moment. However, presence is evergreen - good for all reasons and seasons  This episode is an invitation to grow your capacity for HERE and NOW. Use it where you most need it! SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: Presence IS a gift. The power to be HERE. Now. To connect to yourself and those around you. To put the BEING into your doing. Presence is not a given - it can be elusive and hard to maintain. It’s easy to lose sight of in the midst of a busy life and moments of stress. Think about when you are truly present in the moment. In relationships, with tasks, at home, in your job or other pursuits and passions. What is that like for you? What do you experience when you are IN the moment? AND what is it like when you are more distant & disconnected - stuck in the past or worried about the future? What might CHANGE in your life if you are able to easily dial up your presence? Let’s dial up our ability to be present together. The gift of presence for all! Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

Giving thanks is ALWAYS deeply satisfying, powerful and generally a best practice. It falls under the gratitude umbrella, but I think it has an extra, next level quality. You are GIVING thanks - you are in action, you are transferring/sharing the gratitude. Good for the giver, GREAT for the receiver and likely to lead to more. So, in honor of the tradition of Thanksgiving, I invite you to GIVE thanks! SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

Worry is insidious - it’s addictive like popcorn or potato chips. The kind of thinking that keeps you up at night. Today is about turning WORRY into WONDER. Wonder opens up a window, shifts your focus to a horizon of possibilities. Like turning a kaleidoscope to a new view. Grab all of your worries and get ready to play with wonder. SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: Check this out: I WORRY that the economy is screwed & my business might be screwed. Now for the transformation: I WONDER how I can use this economy to grow my business. Feel the difference between the fretting, brooding, stressful energy of WORRY and the eye and mind opening power of WONDER.  I LOVE turning worry into wonder. I think it was the very first jedi mind trick that I explored way back in coach training. I’m always amazed & delighted with the speed of this tool. It’s not a cure all but it is a game changer.  Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

Where do you want to LEVEL UP? The growth spotlight is on Olivia Mariani, one of my Growth Zone clients and VP Marketing at Curbio. We cover imposter syndrome, feeling out of one’s depth, moving from tactical to strategic. Think about where you want to level up. Have you just been checking the boxes and trying to ‘do it right’? Greatness & growth comes from a place of unfamiliarity and uncertainty! MY GUEST: Olivia Mariani Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliviamariani/ THE SCOOP: I am shining the spotlight on Olivia Mariani. This is one of those episodes where we are reflecting back on a client’s key growth moments - getting to the essence and leveraging the impact for the future. This episode is a retrospective on Olivia’s journey over the past two years in her first executive position. She is relatively young at 30 years old and it can be tricky as a first time executive to match pace with a rapidly expanding start-up. Olivia is candid and wholly authentic in sharing her experience. Leapfrog growth requires just as much work on your BEING, as on your DOING. USE this episode for YOUR GROWTH. Where are you hitting imposter syndrome? Feeling out of your depth, nervous to do something for the first time, something that really requires you to step up. It might be in your career or something else entirely. Entering into marriage or partnership, starting a new academic degree, becoming a parent, taking on any kind of leadership role right across your life.  Listen for the insights & ahas that YOU need today to level up. To lead your life.  Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

Where are you consumed by regret? Regret is a crazy powerful emotion. It’s like a fixed gaze in the rear view mirror, trapping your energy and derailing your momentum. Today’s tool is all about transforming regret into RESOLVE. Used properly, regret has a purpose. It’s a flag, a notification for action, an invitation for a growth moment! Move forward with RESOLVE. SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: This is one of my transformation tools. A quick hit to get a change of perspective and a shift of energy. Other transformation tools include Wonder to Worry, Guilt to Gratitude, Either/Or to Both/And, Resentment to Release.  Regret is a potent emotion. Think about it right now - what are a few of your biggest life regrets? What bubbles up immediately? As is often the case with more negative emotions, we tend to dwell, swirl and circle around regret LONG past its expiration date. It’s such a fundamental misuse of your energy. Used properly, regret has a purpose. Look at it as a stepping stone not a stopping point. Breaking free of the downward pull so something else can happen. You can choose to use regret to serve your higher purpose and full potential with RESOLVE.  Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

Where are YOU with mortality? Do you think about it? Is it an energizing force or more like fear induced paralysis? I’ve been semi obsessing about mortality the past few years and it’s freaking me out. So, I’m turning things upside down today! I brought in MY coach, the great Andrew Petty, so that I can be the client. Whatever YOU need to face - let’s do it  together! MY COACH: Andrew Petty  Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpettycoach/ Podcast: https://www.andrewpettyisdying.com/ Website: https://www.digdeepwinbig.com/ THE SCOOP: This episode and the mortality topic is not for the faint of heart. I am leaning hard into my emotional courage to take on the task of facing my mortality. I’ve been semi obsessing about mortality the past few years and it’s freaking me out. Instead of motivating me & creating a carpe diem/seize the day kind of mindset, it’s  shutting me down. I decided enough is enough & it’s high time to deal with it. So here I am, authentic, no holding back, diving into my own growth moment.  Let this session be about YOUR relationship with the inevitability of death. If this episode IS about me AND you facing & embracing our mortality - what do YOU want out of the coaching? What would be invaluable to walk away with at the end of the episode? We are in good hands with my coach Andrew. He is an all around powerful coach, but Andrew has a special expertise and focus on mortality. On his phenomenal podcast called Andrew Petty Is Dying - he interviews guests and provides thought provoking solo episodes on the great power of owning that we ALL are dying - but we aren’t dead YET, so get after it - go LIVE today. Andrew coaches 1:1 but also runs The Graveyard Groups - life changing small coaching groups. There couldn’t be anyone better to help me tackle this topic.  My wish for you is that YOU will face & embrace whatever you are avoiding and find unimaginable growth as a result. Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

Is your Inner Critic kicking your ass? Life is challenging enough. Do NOT put up with trash talking inner saboteurs or gremlins throwing up more roadblocks. Today is Inner Critic 101! I am handing over a few foundational tools - indispensable if you are just getting started OR a great refresher/reboot if you already are on the journey of freeing yourself from the Inner Critic. SOLO EPISODE: Just Amy K! THE SCOOP: I have a long standing passion for working on Inner Critic issues - my OWN & others. That’s why it was the topic of my very first episode early in 2021 - coaching my client Scotty on HIS 800 pound gorilla of an inner critic. I’ve amassed a pretty deep toolkit over the years, constantly working on my own skills & side by side with my clients on theirs. Honestly, I could do a 10 week course on managing the bullshit in your mind. But today, I am giving you two classics - the ‘must have’ tools.  Why bother? You bother because there is a HUGE return on investment in improving your ability to manage your inner critics. You bother because inner critics are relentless & ruthless - always looking for their way in. You bother because YOUR full potential is priceless.  So, if you feel stuck or the speed bumps are looking like brick walls. If you are sliding into black & white thinking or hyper focusing on why you CAN’T do something. If you have that whirlpool of second guessing yourself, comparing yourself to others and coming up short. This is YOUR episode.  Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.

The growth spotlight is shining bright on Kalyan Balaven! This episode is about the integration of MULTIPLE growth moments - seeing the thread and how it helped create Kal’s purpose & future. Use it as inspiration to do your own reflection - to map out a few of YOUR growth moments & see what you find. All so you can leverage that deep dive to fuel YOUR future.  MY GUEST: Kalyan Balaven Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalyan-balaven-443bab1a6/ Dunn School website: https://www.dunnschool.org/ Moral Courage & Irshad Manji: https://www.moralcourage.com/ THE SCOOP: I believe the process of putting a spotlight on growth moments is invaluable. So, get ready to reflect on the past, pull it into the present AND then launch into the future. The full circle. Tremendous energy is unleashed in this process. My guest is Kalyan Balaven. He is the Head of Dunn School in Los Olivos, California where my son Matthew gets to learn & grow. He also is a leader in creating connection & community. Kal is one of my inspirational bright lights - it’s his charisma, intelligence, incredible vision, passion, humanity and a bone deep ability to hold each person around him up to their possibilities & potential. So, it was a treat for ME to dive deep with Kal. Kal shares a series of moments - pivotal times where he really changed as a person. I think you will find his story & insights compelling. But, as you listen - keep coming back to YOU. Your assignment is to see what life moments start to surface - jot them down so we can get a good look. I’ll give you more ideas & direction as we go.  Are You Ready For Your Own GROWTH MOMENT? My purpose as a coach is to help unlock your full potential. Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram or visit The Growth Moment website, or email me at amyk@amykcoaching.com.  Go here to learn about all the ways to coach with me including 1:1, workshops and my transformative group coaching.