At around dinnertime on a recent work trip in Columbus Ohio to deliver a presentation and communication training program, I faced the “Big Dilemma” of traveling alone: Should I eat alone at a [...]

I get that this blog generally isn’t the place to share gardening photos. But hear me out… In past years, I would always plant a small garden in my backyard. I would plant “a [...]

It was a pleasure to have a conversation with Jen DeTracey, Elevate Results Coach and Strategist. In this short but valuable discussion, we talked about elevating your influence and impact. On my [...]

  What do you do when work and ‘parent guilt’ collide? A few weeks ago, after the summer months of staying pretty local, I headed off on my first post-summer work engagement in [...]

Have you ever gotten to a point in your life that you wish things were different, or that you were brought up differently…because maybe THEN you would be someone braver, more confident, and [...]

Do you ever get so nervous about your presentation that you get hyper-focused on WHAT to say and HOW to say it that you don’t give much attention to other things you need the day-of? [...]

Have you ever had a meeting, let it be with a client or a potential client and you gave them so much information and great insight to help them, but they didn’t take action? Structuring our [...]

With so many of us having to get our point across virtually — and without the benefit of the small communication cues that often are more readily available when you’re in person [...]

Several months ago (pre-COVID, in the good old days when you used to be able to have face-to-face conversations with your colleagues) I had the opportunity to sit down with the amazing Heather [...]

Suzannah interviews Teri Kingston, TEDx Speaker Coach, and soon-to-be TEDx Ottawa speaker in April, of Real Impact Speaking. In this video, Teri shares some incredible tips on how to: Set [...]