My SPARK Blog
The POV’s expressed on this site are mine, inspired my interpretations and/or experiences of the CliftonStrengths® Signature Themes, Access Consciousness® tools, teachings of Jennifer Butler Living Colors, and life in general. Click on the links for more information.
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CliftonStrengths®: Self-Assurance® – The built-in compass
Following your instincts Do you follow and trust your inner guidance, gut, instincts? I remember how I, as a kid, was the one in front guiding the family safely back to the hotel when traveling to new cities. I just knew where to go despite never having been there...
CliftonStrengths®: Activator® – Do you thrive on getting things started?
You love to take off Are you the one taking off in full speed once the light turns green? Or when someone asks you to do it, you're already in action the next second? When an Activator® is allowed to take action fast they thrive. Getting projects started,...
CliftonStrengths®: Futuristic® – What are you aware of?
You have a visionDo you have awarenesses of the future? It could be trends, whether it's a hit or miss, investments, maybe you’re simply fascinated in everything SciFi... tapping into an energy, having a vision, it shows up differently for us all. For me,...
CliftonStrengths®: Maximizer® – What are you improving?
You focus on StrengthsThe maximizers of the world focus on strengths as a way to stimulate personal and group excellence. Many of us love to transform people, things, processes from good to great. We just can’t help ourselves, we tend to tweak things ongoingly. To me,...
CliftonStrengths®: Positivity® – Are you the happy one?
You love living life to its fullest and are easily entertained Do you feel like the energizer bunny, that just happily keeps going and going? With the natural talent of Positivity® you look at the bright side of life and find a silver lining when others don't. You...
CliftonStrengths: Strategic® – A big picture view
Characteristics of the CliftonStrengths® Strategic® Talent Theme For many of us with the CliftonStrengths® Talent Theme of Strategic®, the questions "What if?" or "What's next?" often goes through our minds, sometimes so fast that we don't even pay attention to it...
Turning Talents into Strengths
Today I'm super stoked to announce the launch of a new collaborative book, written with a dozen other Gallup-certified Strengths Coaches! Inside, we tell our stories of how our lives have been changed, and how coaching conversations have changed the lives of others....
Guest on the Strengths Activation Show
I had so much fun being on the Strengths Activation Show today. Click below to listen, I'm on around the 30-minute mark and you'll enjoy listening to Dryia Houston Taylor too who kicked off the guest portion. Thanks to Rhonda Boyle Knight and Jason Baffrey. CLICK...
Got talents or strengths?
Yes, you do have tons of talents and some may have developed into strengths*. I'm talking about your wiring, independent of education, skills and other types of talents like sport or art, I'm talking about how you view life, your perspective, say what? Your...
Have you ever wondered
... what you would create if you tapped into even a fraction of the full potential of who you are? That is how I feel about strengths coaching. While I embarked in a slightly new direction as an independent Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach in 2016, it compliments all...
Are you looking for productivity apps that will free up your time?
In recent months I've been recommended some really cool free sites that will make any business owner a happy camper. EMAIL OVERWHELM? Are you like me in that you get way too many emails? Adding to that you may have multiple emails and that's when it's easy to get to...
What are you focusing on?
Are you focusing on what makes you feel great or do you focus on circumstances that are not? Are you using the talents that come easy for you and take actions aligned with that? What if life could be created with ease by simply focusing on what makes you feel great?...
What narrative are you buying?
I listened to a podcast the other week that reminded me of the concept of narratives aka "what are you focusing on?" In this case, the topic was around news and how many choose the negativity that much of the news today is focusing on. The choice to focus on the...
Guest on the Strengths Activation Show
I had so much fun being on the Strengths Activation Show today. Click below to listen, I'm on around the 30-minute mark and you'll enjoy listening to Dryia Houston Taylor too who kicked off the guest portion. Thanks to Rhonda Boyle Knight and Jason Baffrey. CLICK...
What’s your life purpose and what do you do?
... is a question that had me twisted for years, looking for "it" without being able to verbalize the energy of what the "it" was. And yes, while having fun has definitely been a core "purpose" in life for me, what if you can't connect to what fun would be...
Guest on Unchained with Becky
Earlier this summer I was invited to be a guest on my friend Becky's show "Unchained with Becky" on A2zen.fm (now called "Inspired Choice Network"). The topic of the day was about having more fun, in other words, "Stop being so darned serious". Wow, has this been an...
A 4th of July book launch!
Happy 4th of July! I am celebrating the launch of my second book today with a topic close to my heart - The Energy of Play! Will you check it out? Click on the link below for available purchase options. I wonder how much fun this book will contribute to our readers? 🙂...
How To Fascinate and Create Your Unique Tagline
Have you ever wondered why people are drawn to you? What makes you special? If there was a way for you to communicate that in two words, would you? I just finished reading the book How to Fascinate by Sally Hogshead and from that, I created what's referred to as your...
Guest on the Erica Glessing Show
Last week I was a guest on The Erica Glessing Show and had a fun chat with Erica Glessing on her podcast show. We had so much fun and one thing that got created out of this call was an invitation to write a chapter in a new book, which I accepted, that is being...
Happiness Telesummit
Have you heard of the Happiness Telesummit that Erica Glessing created? Yesterday was day 1 of 5, where I was interviewed as one of the co-authors of the book The Power of Releasing Judgment. To view my interview and four of my fellow authors CLICK HERE To sign up for...
Empowerment and inner fulfillment
To me, having inner fulfillment is something I prioritize every day. I generally wake up happy feeling peaceful inside, something I tend to take for granted until something happens that I can't shake. I've learned over the years that it's often not mine, simply me...
The space of inspired action – why would you take inspired action?
Do you take inspired action? If not, what is stopping you? What does inspired action mean to you? To me it's all about following my inner guidance, you know that inner knowing that has you say "yes" to exploring further. I'm a person who loves to learn new things, all...
Cha Cha Change!
Do you have those moments/periods in your life when you have a strong awareness of being in the midst of a big shift? Cha Cha Change? I'm in one of those periods, possibilities are showing up out of the blue and I'm just following the energy and choosing more of...
The choices you make
Do you have the ability to laugh at yourself and the choices you make? See the humor and ultimately have gratitude for the experience and new awarenesses? I recently closed a chapter of what at times occurred as an interesting 24/7 boot camp experience. It was one of...
How are you communicating?
Have you ever stopped long enough to look at how you communicate and how it is received on the other end? The words you speak AND the energy which you deliver your communication? Do you ask the people you are in dialogue with questions? Are you interested in hearing...
Humility, what is that?
What does humility and being humble really look like in your world and how do you express it? Is there a specific way of being that automatically has you be seen as humble? And if you are including your needs into the equation does that mean that you are not humble?...
What does it mean to be in allowance?
Being in allowance is an interesting space to be in as it’s ever-changing. It is at times mistaken for not caring, taking action or having any opinions which is not necessarily the case. And it includes the allowance of/for you! As I have explored, on the journey...
Gratitude and more
The power of gratitude never seizes to amaze me. From one moment to the next you can shift the focus of an apparent judgment by simply asking "what can I be grateful for right now?". And other times while it's an easy action you still go down the rabbit hole feeling...
Spontaneity and waiting games
Having always had a bit of a spontaneous person I gained the awareness early on that if a possibility in front of me seemed fun and I jumped on it, it tended to be a great choice for me and when I was wishy-washy it really didn't work for me. While it was easy to say...
The gift of asking questions
Today I am so present to how important it is to ask questions and how easily we can go into conclusion when we don’t. One of the gifts of the friendships I have experienced so far is all the new realities I get exposed to as I get to explore who each person is. And as...