Honoring Your Voice

08/19/2024

Unapologetically 💓

07/30/2024

Well Done, Stephen! Well Said, Whitney! Congrats Team USA!
" There is no one way to success, there is no one way to do this life, and there is no one way to find your purpose.
Be unapologetically and unabashedly you in every way possible, and you might end up the hero of your story as well."

Sometimes, the world needs a Simone Biles to blow us away with raw talent, and sometimes, we need someone like Stephen Nedoroscik to remind us that a nerdy (his words), bespectacled engineer who can solve a Rubik's Cube in under 10 seconds can be a hero (Spoiler alert if you haven't watched the Men's gymnastics final yet.)

I love his story.

When he didn't progress in gymnastics like he wanted to, he threw himself into the one event he excelled at: the pommel horse. He's won all sorts of competitions as an event specialist, and literally was put on the team because he scores so big on this one apparatus.

During today's team finals, he spent the day bringing his teammates water, giving high fives, and cheering on every performance with incredible enthusiasm. And then it was his turn.

Nedoroscik was the last athlete to compete on the team's last rotation. He needed to hit his routine for the Americans to end a 16-year medal drought. No pressure.

It was a build-up right out of an iconic sports movie (Do you believe in miracles?)

While the pressure kept building in the gym, he meditated. A slight smile crept onto his face when he heard the cheers for his teammate's score. And then, like Clark Kent turning into Superman, he took off his jacket, removed his glasses, and puffed out his chest--and HE KILLED IT!

Nedoroscik took an untraditional path to get to the pinnacle of his sport and it paid off with an Olympic Bronze medal.

There is no one way to success, there is no one way to do this life, and there is no one way to find your purpose.

Be unapologetically and unabashedly you in every way possible, and you might end up the hero of your story as well.

Every member of the team had a role today, and they all delivered.

Congrats to the U.S. Men's Gymnastics team and to Stephen Nedoroscik.

Well done.

05/25/2024

“A berm overlooking a pond in Vermont. The lip of the Grand Canyon at sunset. A seat on the subway. And something bad will have happened: You will have lost someone you loved, or failed at something at which you badly wanted to succeed. And sitting there, you will fall into the center of yourself. You will look for some core to sustain you. And if you have been perfect all your life and have managed to meet all the expectations of your family, your friends, your community, your society, chances are excellent that there will be a black hole where that core ought to be. I don’t want anyone I know to take that terrible chance. And the only way to avoid it is to listen to that small voice inside you that tells you to make mischief, to have fun, to be contrarian, to go another way. George Eliot wrote, ‘It is never too late to be what you might have been.’ It is never too early, either.”

—Anna Quindlen

09/18/2022

How often do you tailor your words towards things you can’t control? Do you adjust what you say based on the opinion of others? When speaking, have you tried to manipulate a desired future outcome instead of setting a clear boundary? These are disempowering and often lead to disappointment. If you consciously speak from personal responsibility, what you can control, your message has clarity, authenticity and is imbued with power. Now YOU’RE talking!

03/08/2022

Honoring Your Voice in challenging times. 💜 ☮️

The Voice of Compassion in the Midst of Suffering Posted on 03/08/2022 by KKelly This is my first blog in two years. Covid, the tragic loss of a beloved family member and moving back to Maine to be closer to my daughter have all resulted in a period of relative silence. Not uncommon in times of grie...

01/30/2022

Honoring your voice by listening to your unique eternal song 💜

You are an eternal being now on the pathway of endless unfoldment, never less but always more yourself.
Life is not static. It is forever dynamic , forever creating not something done and finished, but something alive, awake and aware.
There is something within you that sings the song of eternity. Listen to it ..

~ Ernest Holmes ~

Artist Janice Rogers

01/19/2022

"There’s a second reason hearing a recording of your voice can be so disconcerting. It really is a new voice – one that exposes a difference between your self-perception and reality. Because your voice is unique and an important component of self-identity, this mismatch can be jarring."
I teach my clients to love their unique, authentic voice. Call or message
me for a free consultation.

If you’ve ever cringed after hearing a recording of yourself, you’re not alone.