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Mindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersCultivating an Intentional Community: The Shifts that Create Deeper Connection and Belonging with Nancy and Amy HarringtonSend me a text!Cultivating an intentional community is a powerful and critical antidote to the disconnection fed by our current societal structures and now is the time to cultivate. I say that because we’re living in a time where those structures are breaking down. Our individualistic, hierarchical culture is hitting its limits, and it feels rather like it’s composting itself. But compost makes great soil, and with intention, we can use that breakdown to grow something new.In this episode of Unlimited, I invited sisters Nancy and Amy...2025-05-0747 minMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersWhat Is Draining My Energy? Inside an Energy Leadership Index Assessment Debrief [coaching]Send me a text!What’s really draining your energy isn’t solely the stressors in your life but the patterns you’ve learned to deal with them. If you’re feeling emotionally drained, constantly second-guessing yourself, or stuck in a cycle of over-responsibility and burnout—you’re not alone, and there’s nothing wrong with you. The ways your unconscious has learned to help you may no longer support the life you want. While the state of the world is undeniably overwhelming, many of the most persistent energy drains come from within—especially in how we respond to stres...2025-04-1658 minMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersUnlocking Your Leadership Energy: How to Shift from Stress Response to Intentional ActionSend me a text!Unlocking your leadership energy isn't just for executives—it's for anyone navigating life's complex challenges. In this episode, I dive deep into how we can shift from reactive stress responses to intentional, powerful action. Whether you're feeling overwhelmed by uncertainty or stuck in unproductive patterns, I'll share transformative insights from the Energy Leadership Index (ELI) that can help you understand your inner dynamics, break free from limiting beliefs, and step into a more empowered version of yourself. Join me as we explore practical strategies to lead more effectively, both in your personal life an...2025-04-0237 minMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersIdentifying Your True Goals: Finding and Leading from Your Truth Center with Amy PonsSend me a text!Identifying your true goals is the starting point to transforming your life from the inside out. In this powerful episode of Mindset Unlimited, I sit down with fellow Chicago-based life coach, Amy Pons, to unpack the powerful journey of breaking through learned limitations and discovering your authentic path. We explore how to lead from your truth center, navigate uncertainty, and create meaningful shifts in your life by embracing gratitude, curiosity, and self-discovery. If you're feeling stuck, yearning for authentic growth, or ready to unlearn societal conditioning, this conversation offers practical insights and inspiring...2025-03-1950 minMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersPlanting Seeds of Hope: Mindset Strategies for Women Leaders in a Time of UncertaintySend me a text!Planting seeds of hope is a radical act of resilience during times of uncertainty and upheaval. When fear threatens to paralyze us, hope becomes our most powerful tool. Spring invites us into the sacred work of seeding dreams—not for immediate gratification, but with generational wisdom. We may not personally witness the full bloom of our efforts, but there is profound joy in tending to what matters most, knowing our actions create pathways for future generations. In this episode of Your Mindset Unlimited, I explore how we start pla...2025-03-0537 minMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersNavigating Change in the New YearSend me a text!Navigating change in the new year without the overwhelm can feel like a lot—especially when life feels messy, uncertain, or heavy. Real change starts with understanding the waters we swim in (ie the pressures of our social norms) and engaging our internalized patterns as well as the emotions and discomfort of stepping into the unknown. We must unhook from perfectionism, certainty and results, and lean into the experience of an emergent process. When we take time to understand why change feels so challenging and what support we need to move through it, we...2024-12-1835 minMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersSupporting Changes in Your LifeSend me a text!Supporting Changes in your life means reconnecting to your power in your relationship to change. It allows you to transform the patterns that aren’t serving you during the transition period, rather than carrying them with you into a new space. Unfortunately, what often happens is that changes in our life feel in some way like they're imposed upon us, even when they're ones that we choose because the ripple effect of those changes are typically things that we get carried along by, rather than ones we intentionally curate.In th...2024-09-0430 minMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersRealigning Your Core ValuesSend me a text!Realigning your core values requires exploring both what is consciously important to you AND your societal conditioning. Your values, both conscious and subconscious, shape your decisions and motivate our behavior. If you find yourself feeling stuck, drained, or sabotaging what you say you want, it’s likely you have a subconscious values conflict. There are 5 values that I regularly find creating conflict within my high-achieving clients. They are responsibility, reliability, respect, achievement, and discipline. During a period of change, particularly societal change, it is both crucial and powerful to examen these driving forces wi...2024-07-2441 minMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women LeadersMindset Unlimited: Tips, Tools, and Inspiration for Women Leaders3 Essentials to Maximize Your Experience at an EventSend me a text!“Three Essentials to Maximize Your Experience at an Event” provides a strategy to keep your planning simple and ensure you get the most out of your investment of time, money, and energy.  Some of the obstacles to event ROI include overwhelm, self-doubt, shiny object, peer pressure, FOMO, and other such distractions. Additionally, the so called “mom guilt” is a common struggle for high-achieving women with children at home. With these kinds of challenges, you need something simple to support both strategic pre-event planning and at event discernment.In this episode I explore...2024-06-2630 min