by Mary Beth Shewan | Dec 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
There are moments in life when we naturally feel called to pause. The beginning of a new year is one of them, but it is not the only one. A birthday, a career transition, the end of a relationship, the completion of an important project, or simply the quiet...
by Mary Beth Shewan | Sep 2, 2013 | Career, Success
The coaching relationship has a richness and depth unmatched by any other profession. Who else in your life will champion your best self and love you along the way? Who else is willing to tell you the hard truth and give you honest feedback when you are getting in...
by Mary Beth Shewan | Feb 11, 2013 | Success
Getting more clients is rarely about discovering one perfect marketing strategy. It is about clarifying the work you do, helping the right people understand its value, and building relationships rooted in trust. Many coaches and service-based business owners assume...
by Mary Beth Shewan | May 28, 2012 | Career, Success
Most of us think about our careers as a series of jobs, qualifications, promotions and transitions. But beneath that visible résumé is another story. It is the story of what you learned about work long before you chose a profession. It includes the messages you...
by Mary Beth Shewan | Apr 6, 2012 | Career, Success
In 1997, I was deeply unhappy in what appeared to be a perfectly safe and sensible career. I was working as a public-school counselor. I had meaningful qualifications, a respectable position and the security I thought I was supposed to want. But something inside me...
by Mary Beth Shewan | Jul 12, 2011 | Uncategorized
Step 1: What is your purpose at this time in your life? Life purpose is the phrase that identifies the path we are on in life. It is what gives us power over all the internal and external voices trying to tell us what to do, that grounded and centered truth that...
by Mary Beth Shewan | Oct 4, 2010 | Career
Many people reach a point in their working lives when success no longer feels like enough. They may have built a respectable career, developed valuable expertise, and achieved many of the goals they once believed would make them happy. Yet beneath the accomplishments,...
by Mary Beth Shewan | Jun 23, 2010 | Imagination, Success
We are all so busy we miss deepening the relationship we have with the most important person in the world, SELF. I challenge you to schedule sacred time to be with you, a weekly date night. This time can be spent to create your dreams as long as it is all by...
by Mary Beth Shewan | May 31, 2010 | Career, Imagination, Success
The only constant in life is change, how many time have you heard that? No longer do we live in a predictable society; just look at recent world events from a global perspective and you’ll know this to be true. So how do we find meaning and feel safe in the midst of...
by Mary Beth Shewan | May 13, 2010 | Career, Imagination, Success
I was talking to a very special individual earlier this week who described ‘coaching’ as being for people who had big dreams, (i.e., who are clearly after things that they envision), but can not yet touch. Many people believe that the path to accomplish...
