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Amy Yip Transformational Coaching empowers you to discover the power within yourself to show up, find that spark and bridge the gap between where you are now and where you want to be (even if that destination isn’t totally clear just yet).

08/19/2025

Last week, I facilitated a session on trust and psychological safety with a leadership team.

Here’s what struck me most 👇🏽

The leader admitted she doesn’t always get the full truth from her team. Things feel sugarcoated. And when she isn’t fully informed with clients, it reflects badly on her.

I’ve seen moments like this trigger teams to shut down, leading to defensiveness or silence.

Not this time. Because of the way she shared her truth.

👉🏽 No blame. No judgment. Just honesty.

Then, she invited reflections and just listened to understand.

There was a moment of awkward silence.

But in that silence, the team opened up. Perspectives surfaced. And the beginnings of open dialogue emerged.

This is what trust looks like in action.

Not a grand speech.

Not a big initiative.

But the daily practice of👇🏽

✨ Speaking your truth without blame

✨ Listening to understand

✨ Staying open, curious, and respectful in conversation

Trust isn’t built in one big moment.

It’s earned in the small moments, over and over again.

💭 Leaders, your team is watching the small moments.

👉🏽 What will you do this week to earn their trust?

Xo

Amy

07/28/2025

🐺 We saw wolves chase bison. 💨 We stood in awe before steaming geysers. 🌊 We marveled at thundering waterfalls.

Last week, I took time off to celebrate my birthday in Yellowstone with my husband and two boys. The natural beauty was nothing short of magical.

But you know what the real magic was?

🌿 The small, ordinary moments.

👉🏽 The backseat belly laughs as my boys made silly noises at each other

👉🏽 My toddler’s joy shouting “The trees!” every time he told me to 'spy' something green 🌳

👉🏽 My baby’s giggles while “driving” from Daddy’s lap at a rest stop 🚗💛

Too often, we chase awe in the extraordinary: the big events. the grand achievements. the epic moments.

But the truth?

It's often the simple, small, often overlooked moments that truly stay with us.

💡 And that’s a truth I bring into the work I do with leaders.

We think transformation has to be bold:

📊 The 5-year plan

🏗️ The reorg

🎯 The sweeping initiatives

But real impact?

It often starts with something small:

👂🏼 Listening with intention

💞 Leading with empathy

🙏🏼 Showing up with presence

🌟 Great leadership is built on small moments, repeated daily.

Just like great memories. Just like great lives.

So whether you’re hiking through Yellowstone or leading a team meeting, don’t miss the magic in the small.

👇🏼

What small moment can you create today?

Xo

Amy

07/17/2025

Change will never be this slow again within any organization. It'll only move faster.

Whether it's

👉🏽 A new office location

👉🏽 A reorg

👉🏽 A new federal mandate

👉🏽 An AI driven shift

It's not the change itself that's hard.

It's the emotional transition people go through (or what I call, the human side of change) that's hard.

When change happens, people fear loss. Loss of

🔒 Security & control

💬 Relationships

📉 Competence

🧭 Sense of direction

Even a 'good' change like moving to a beautiful new home, can bring up a sense of loss for the memories and familiarity of the old one.

We all move through this emotional transition, starting with letting go of what was.

🧠 In a recent program I led for a leadership team on Leading Through Change, a big “aha” moment was this:

In marathons, the elite runners at the front are already off and running when the starting gun goes off…

But way in the back, thousands of runners don’t even move yet.

By the time those in the back cross the starting line, the leaders are miles ahead.

📌 That's exactly what happens during change in organizations.

By the time a change is announced, leaders have already been talking about it for weeks and months.

The team? They’re hearing it for the first time.

They're just stepping up to the starting line.

💡 Remember: We're all starting from different places when change hits.

✨ As a leader:

What are you doing to give your team the space and support to catch up?

Xo

Amy

06/18/2025

This morning as we headed out the door for daycare drop-off before I went to speak at ASAE The Center for Association Leadership , little Logan asked me, "Where are you going?"

He knew something was up. I was more dressed up than most mornings.

"I'm going to speak to people," I told him.

"To who? I want to see!"

So the amazing women in the room indulged me with this selfie so Logan could see exactly who I spoke to. 💛📸

And to my surprise, I was even quoted in someone else's presentation! 🤯🙌

Later, when I picked Logan up and showed him the selfie, he pointed to every person in the picture and asked, "Who's that?" 😂

💖 Thank you to the phenomenal women who truly showed up with heart and authenticity today.

🌟 What completed my day?

During a break, a woman came up to me and said,
👇🏽
"I struggled to understand how there could be any good in horrible situations. But something clicked for me today when you spoke. You really helped me to see that even what seems like a horrific situation can have a gift. That has helped lighten the heaviness I've been carrying. Thank you."

Confession: I don't LOVE speaking. But I do love helping people to shift their mindset, release what feels heavy and reconnect to a new way of being. And it's moments like this that remind me why I keep doing what I do.

Now off to play with Logan! :)

XO
Amy

06/04/2025

The scene this morning: Little Logan burst into tears when I told him to change out of pajamas for daycare.

He fell to the floor and sobbed.

This wasn't a tantrum sob.

It was an "I'm carrying emotions I don't have words for" sob.

As a Mental Fitness expert and Somatic Coach, this is familiar territory that I've witnessed in many adults too. A small, unrelated moment opens the floodgates for an emotion that’s been unprocessed.

Logan wasn't upset about the pajamas.

He was carrying leftover, unprocessed emotions from the day before. The pajama incident was the little nudge that gave him permission to let the emotions run.

I sat down next to him, opened up my arms, and without a word, he crawled into my lap and sobbed. As I held him and rocked, his body slowly began to regulate.

45 minutes later...

Logan smiled up at me and squealed: "Let's play!"

That’s the magic of letting emotions run their course.

They move through our bodies and exit. They don’t stay stuck.

Thing is, most of us don't allow ourselves to process our emotions.

We suppress.

We power through.

We numb out.

And all that emotion? They stay stuck in the body. And show up in bursts. Or worse, as ailments.

So today, I invite you to pause. Take notice of what you're feeling. And ask yourself, "What might this be telling me?"

Remember: emotions aren't good or bad. They don't need to be fixed. They're merely bits of information that need to be heard so we better understand ourselves.

Xo

Amy

05/30/2025

We spend so much energy stuck in the past. We drag yesterday into today. We:

👉🏼 Replay conversations

👉🏼 Rewrite moments

👉🏼 Rewind mistakes

Thing is: The past CAN NOT change no matter how many times we revisit it. The only thing that CAN change… is us.

And that change only happens when we shift our energy forward.

✨ The next time you catch yourself reliving what went wrong, pause and ask:

What do I want to create from this?

Not fix. Not explain. Not regret.

Create.

That’s where your power lives — not in what happened, but in what happens next.

👇🏼 Share in comments

What’s one thing you’re choosing to focus on creating instead of reliving?

XO

Amy

05/30/2025

🎉 I'm pretty excited!! I'm heading to Montreal 🇨🇦 in June to speak at the ASAE The Center for Association Leadership: Executive Leadership Forum! ✨

I’ll be leading a session on “Mastering the Art of Celebrating Yourself” — because when you're a leader, you're so busy taking care of others that it can be easy to forget to pour into your own cup. Let’s change that.

Can’t wait to connect with incredible association leaders and explore this year’s theme: Wellness + Purpose = Leadership 💫

Will I see you there? 🙌

05/23/2025

Why does change feel so hard for most people? 💡 It comes down to fear—fear of losing something, fear of a “bad” outcome.

Earlier this week, I keynoted Medline Industries, LP's AAPI Heritage Month on this exact topic: Taking Charge of Change.

And what I shared is that:
Fear and faith are the same thing. Both are a belief in something that hasn’t happened yet.

👉🏼 Fear = belief in a bad outcome.
👉🏼 Faith = belief that things will work out.

With so much shifting in today’s workplace, I help teams strengthen their mindset—so they can meet change with faith over fear. ✨

And lately, my own reminder to lean into faith has come from Logan, who's been softly singing Bob Marley's classic on repeat:

🎶 “Don’t worry about a thing… ’cause every little thing is gonna be alright.” 🎶

His little voice reminds me daily: let go of what's not in my control, focus on what is, and lean into faith.

Whether you're leading a team, parenting through exhaustion, or just trying to make it through the day remember:

Every little thing is gonna be all right.

🌈 How might you lean into faith today?

XO,
Amy

05/14/2025

Wanna know what I love? Bringing Mental Fitness to life with organizations, teams and groups— and that’s exactly what we did at Burns & McDonnell's AAPI Heritage Month event!

With watch parties across the U.S. and a packed room at their HQ, we laughed, we engaged, and even did a little role-play (shoutout to the gentleman who role-played my husband!).

Here are three Mental Fitness takeaways I shared:

💡 "Who knows what is good, who knows what is bad?" – Oftentimes, a 'bad' thing in our life is what made a 'good' thing possible.

👉What 'good' thing was made possible because of a seemingly 'bad' thing?

🎯 "Where focus goes, energy flows." – Don't think about the monkey. What are you thinking about? Monkeys.

👉So, what do you tend to focus on?

🏋️ "Mental fitness is training proactively for whatever life brings." - Just like you train ahead of your marathon.

👉 So, if you're feeling:
Overwhelmed
Stuck in negative thought patterns
Or your team is struggling with each other…

🚨 Those are signs that your Mental Fitness could use a boost.

Grateful for the chance to inspire, connect, and grow together.

🙏 Thank you, to Kayla Reed, Nikki Lazarus, Joseph Chan, Ellehcyn Hallock, Qilin Heaton, Duy Nguyen and Marian Nguyen for the invitation to speak!

05/02/2025

✨ YAY! I can't wait for ASAE: The Center for Association Leadership's The Exchange: A Women's Leadership Experience on June 17, 2025 in DC!

I'll be speaking about: "Building Mental Fitness: Overcoming Saboteurs to Thrive" – helping women quiet their saboteurs and lead with clarity, confidence, and calm. 🧠💫

So honored to be part of this powerful day of growth, connection, and community with incredible association leaders from around the country.

It’s going to be a powerful day of connection, community, and growth! 💪

Want to join me? I’d love to see you there! Check out comments for registration link.

04/21/2025

JOY: a feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

At 8.5 months of age, Baby Julian has been teaching me what it means to feel joy, even on not-so-great days.

Julian woke up with a high fever. His little body was hot and flushed. He cried from discomfort.

And yet…

He still smiled. 😊

In the middle of the discomfort, he’d giggle.

Flash a gummy grin.

Play peek-a-boo like nothing was wrong.

As adults, we often forget:

We can feel pain and still experience joy.

We can struggle and still find light.

We can cry and still laugh.

Baby Julian didn’t pretend he wasn’t hurting—he let it out, fully.

But he didn’t let the discomfort take away his ability to feel love, warmth, or connection.

✨ He reminded me: "We can experience joy, even on not-so-great days."

What small joy might you let in, even if today feels hard? 💛

XO

Amy (and Baby Julian)

04/17/2025

WOW!! Just spoke at the HR Virginia SHRM State Council Annual Conference on: Building Mental Fitness: Thriving as a Leader in Challenging Times 🧠 and the energy in the room was 🔥🔥🔥

✨ There was laughter

✨ There was connection

✨ There were aha moments

✨ And one of my favorite parts of any session: There were real, human stories.

We explored
😬 How to quiet the sneaky Saboteurs in our heads
💡 And how to tap into our Sage mindset (the part of us that sees the gift or opportunity, even when it’s not obvious).

The best part? During our share-out, someone said:"

“I’m going to ask my wife how she’d like me to load the dishwasher.” 😂👏

Growth isn’t always big, dramatic stuff. It’s the small, intentional moments that matter.

👇🏼
Share in comments: What is a small step YOU can take today to strengthen your Mental Fitness?

XO
Amy

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