I have had the honor of being a business and life coach to Cindy Dillard. I really admire how she handled the business decision of dismissing a worker. Below is her story of how she got the courage to terminate a talented employee.

I have had the honor of being a business and life coach to realtor, Alita Kalgaard.  I really admire how she worked through her resistance to change with her work situation. Below is her story of how she got out of fear of making that transition. 

Alita was struggling with a should-I-stay or should-I-go situation in her real estate business. It was nearly paralyzing but she did overcome the fear of change.

Here’s how, she…

• Took stock of where she was at. Was this a situation that she could stay in a little longer? No. She was miserable, dreaded going to work and “my clients were sensing my fear,” she said.

I have had the honor of being a business and life coach to Connie Phillips-Eary, the executive director at Sojourner Center in Phoenix, AZ.  I really admire how she achieved one of her dreams. Below is her story of how she got out of fear of failing. 
 

Connie wanted to hike the breathtaking and remote Havasupai Falls in Arizona. The 12- mile hike was not for the faint of heart with switchbacks and a steep descent.
“I’m not an outdoors type,” she said. “I’m not real athletic so it was a real challenge to do it.”

I have had the honor of being a life coach to Sonja Haller.  I really admire how she handled this situation. Below is her story of how she got out of fear of interacting with others. 

I have the honor of having Ericka Young in one of my advanced Nothing is Impossible for Business group coaching series, which is on their 26th session. I really admired how Ericka pushed through her fear to start her business. Below is her story of how she became an entrepreneur.

I have had the honor of being a business and life coach to Connie Kadansky. I really admire how she handled this situation. Below is her story of how she handled a serious illness. 
 

I have had the honor of being a business and life coach to Lucinda Lintz. I really admire how she handled this situation. Below is her story of how she got out of fear of a possible foreclosure. 
 

I have had the honor of being a business and life coach to Diane Bolden. I recently asked her to tell us how she conquered a difficult situation.  
 

 
Here’s a recap of her story of getting out of a difficult situation…
A few years ago I had the opportunity to go snow skiing which I love to do and I hadn’t done it in years. I couldn’t wait to hit the slopes and I knew I needed to start slowly because it had been a really long time. So I started off with easy runs and it wasn’t long before I said, “Too heck with this, I’m going straight for a black diamond run.”
 

I have had the honor of being a business and life coach to Ketan Patel. I recently asked him to tell us how he overcomes the fear of the unknown. I often use this approach to get rid of fear myself.  
 

Here’s a recap of his story of being afraid of the unknown…

One of my longtime career and life coaching clients is Kelly Loeffler. I have seen her in very difficult life situations step up, get out of the fear of what others will think,  and do the right thing. 
 
I recently asked Kelly to tell a story of overcoming feeling alone.
 

Here’s a recap of her story of being afraid, scared, and lonely…

I have had the honor of coaching JoAnne Musolf and to have her as my coach. I love that she calls me on my stuff.   
 
I recently asked JoAnne to tell us how she overcomes procrastination. This is her story.
 

One of my longtime life coaching clients that I admire is Kimber Lambeth.  Very seldom do I see people going through a tough time in their lives and make it the best thing that ever happened to them instead of the worst. Kimber was so determined, that she got out of the fear quickly, which changed the outcome.   
 
I recently asked Kimber to tell us how she overcame the fear with her relationship.  This is it.

One of my longtime career and life coaching clients that I admire is Margaret Burnison.  Very seldom do I see people get out of their fear, ignore what others think, and treat their career like an adventure like she did.  
 
I recently asked Margaret to tell her story of overcoming the fear with her profession. This is it.
 

After twenty-some years in the publishing and printing business, I was getting little hints (I call this my intuition or gut feelings) my career was going to change.

• The actual work became “ho mum.”

• I started running into a lot of obstacles, whether it was complications in meeting deadlines, missed communications, or playing endless phone tag with customers and vendors.

• I noticed more and more I could think of dozens of things I much rather be doing than working.

• It was hard to concentrate, which was very unusual for me.

Overview
This short video tells a step-by-step story of the process of making payments in a bad, unsuccessful, or poor way that sabotages us. How we pay bills has immediate effects.

Here’s what is thought about in this video…

“There’s never enough money!”
“I hope they don’t hit me with another late fee.”
“I hate paying bills…”
“…especially the Public Utility Company.”
“They keep raising the rates…”
“…so that the CEO can buy one more mansion.”
“How am I ever going to make ends meet?”
“This is making me sick! I’ll finish this later.”
HINT: Negative thoughts cause us to pay late and forget to turn the lights off.
 
See my upcoming blog on:
The Best Way to Pay Bills

Here’s what is talked about in this video…
 
When you think of “learn to love” most people think of learning how to love others and ourselves.
 

Here’s what is talked about in this video…
 

INTRODUCTION

My name is Vickie Champion and I am a business and life coach who helps people get out of the fear and use to their intuition or gut instincts.
 
I thought it would be fun to let you hear from one of my coaching clients who had a decision to make and used his intuition, Jeff Taylor.  He is blogging about his experiences and can be found at http://www.MyInnerJourneyToHappiness.com/. Here’s Jeff’s story.
 

I often tell this story because it reminds me how much I need others to help open my mind and how we can sometimes transform our guilt into something positive.
 

THE STORY

Just before my grandmother passed away, she made me a bright pink and raspberry red throw for the couch. If you know me, you know bright, bold colors are not my style.

Even though I was plagued with guilt, for several years I was unable to even get it out of the bag and use it. I had so much guilt, I discussed this with my life coach at the time and she said  ”If you don’t like it, it wasn’t really made for you. You’re only supposed to deliver it to the rightful owner.”  

Here’s what is talked about in this video…
 

INTRODUCTION

My name is Vickie Champion and I am a business and life coach who helps people get out of the fear and use to their intuition or gut instincts.
 
I thought it would be fun to let you hear from one of my coaching clients who had a very interesting example about using our intuition. Here is Diane Bolden who is also a leadership coach and the author of “The Pinocchio Principle” with her story.
 

As a life coach for many years, it’s clear to me that there is a direct correlation between being overweight and having financial woes.

I’m going to tell you about Sandy, one of my money coaching success stories, to show you what I mean.  Sandy came to me not because she needed more money but because she lived with a constant fear of losing what she had. This fear kept her in the habit of over saving.

I gave this affirmation to an Orange County, Calif. life coaching client of mine:  “Above all else, I want to be happy.” At her next coaching session she blurted out “Your affirmation isn’t working. I don’t feel any better.” I asked her how she was doing the affirmation. She said she was using Twitter. Several times a day, she would paste and cut the affirmation into a new tweet.

There’s the answer. When we paste and cut words, we put our minds on auto-pilot. In order to reap the positive benefits of affirmations we need to actually think about them. The more frequently we repeat our affirmations through writing or verbally --and think about them as we do this -- the quicker and more amazing the results.
 

It always fascinates me what we accept as fact, how these “facts” have power over us and why we tolerate them. We never stop to think that all we need to do is change our minds.

The Sizzling Story

The scorching summer heat in Phoenix, AZ can be absolutely miserable. Everywhere you go you hear people complaining and rearranging their whole life around the temperature.

I just put a job opening for an appointment setter out on Craigslist. A guy responded that was recently laid off from a restaurant stove cleaning service in California. He made calls to set up appointments in Orange County from his home in Phoenix. He said he did quiet well, and was let go only because this was the stove cleaning business slow season in Orange County. One thing led to another and I ended up doing a career coaching session to help him think outside the box with his job hunting search.

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I talked to two people this week who mentioned that they were tired of being nickel and dimed. This reminded me of a coaching client I had years ago.

This hard-working mother of four children felt shame that she couldn’t give her children more. So we poured over her budget and I learned that every night she was buying fast food for dinner.

Clearly she was nickel and diming her money away. And the habit was costly in other ways. She was overweight and two of her children also were getting chubby. Easy fix, right? Tell the mother to stop the nightly drive-thru runs. But she worked long hours and coming home to cook – her least favorite thing to do –wasn’t likely something she would stick with very long.

Public speaking is, by far, my greatest fear. I was completely and utterly terrified of speaking in a group. I would even forgo attending meetings and workshops if I knew I would have to announce my name to the group.

Fortunately, my intuition gave me a way to move past this fear. Each and every one of the 800 or so times I’ve done public speaking, I speak to (God, universe, source, inner guide, higher self, whatever you identify with) first. I tell God, “this is your event – let me speak your words, hear with your ears, see with your eyes, and touch with your hands and let me not judge anything that happens.” This “letting go and letting God” releases the fear every time.

I have been working with my latest client, a newly single Mom. We have only had a couple of coaching sessions, but I already recognize symptoms of several of the most common money problems:

• Overspending money on her son to relieve her guilt over her deadbeat ex
• Knows what budgeting is all about but never took it seriously
• Has a hard time controlling her impulse spending
• Nickel and dimes her money away on quick fixes instead of saving up for what she really wants and needs
• Accepts financial help from her Mom, but feels lousy about it