My main mission with my coaching work is to help people think better. When you think better, you feel better. When you feel better, you behave better. When you behave better, you get better results in your life. So, let me ask you: Are you paying attention to the inner coach who's talking compassionately and inspiringly to you OR are you paying attention to the inner critic who's doubting and sabotaging you? Unfortunately the odds are stacked against us humans. Our brain is p

Are you still running around for last minute Christmas gifts? Me too. I thought I was saving time by purchasing online and doing a store pick up, but I soon found out everyone else had the same idea too...above photo. Standing in line for 30 minutes without moving, I began to get extremely irritated. My mind started racing with all the other things I needed to do. In that moment I realized I didn't have to feel that way. In that moment I decided that getting irritated did not

Did you know that everyday you get to wake up and choose how you want to feel? I remember hearing this for the first time and thinking "wait - what?" Yes, you do and yes you can. So now I've made a game of it. I wake up and ask myself: "How do you want to feel today Patty?" I listen to hear 3 feelings that come to mind. Then I go to work to create thoughts that make me feel that way. During the day I remind myself consistently of those thoughts I want to think so I can contin

Do you go to the gym once and expect a toned buffed body? I highly doubt it. You know that committing to going all the time is what will get you that result. Mental fitness is no different than any other practice you do to better yourself. Deciding how you want to feel, generating the thoughts that make you feel that way and practicing using those new intentional thoughts is how we shape our brain. So when you're feeling overwhelmed, stressed and anxious, stop and notice what

This week I want to ask you 4 questions: ** Who do you want to show up as in 2019? ** How do you want to feel in 2019? ** On December 31, 2019 how do you want to feel about yourself and how the year went? ** If everything could go magically perfect - what would your year look like? Those four questions are part of an intentional exercise I use with my clients. It's super powerful. It guides you to decide ahead of time. It allows you to set yourself up in your mind so that if

As a coach, I help people get from where they are to where they want to be. I teach mindset strategies and self care tools to help my clients give themselves permission to shift their perspective. My work centers around the idea that your perspective is an inside job, hence your positivity is an inside job. I believe in positive psychology and all the contributions it's made to the self help and mental health industry. But my message is not to be construed with "think posit

So you have a great idea? Don't let you head talk you out of it! I can't tell you how many times I've thought of something that would have been an amazing product or service but I let my head talk me out of it. How do I know it was a great idea? Months later, someone else was doing it. Do you do that???... Not listen to what you really want and instead listen to the loud voice in your head that's calculating the money it's going to cost or the amount of time you're going to