Activate Your Best

Activate Your Best We offer workbooks, journals and courses to help people activate their true potential. I look forward to working with you!!

Activate Your Best is an internationally recognized leader that provides on-boarding, recruiting, customized coaching, training, and journals to help emerging leaders lead in a changing and diverse workforce. Developing greater emotional intelligence, self-awareness and interpersonal skills will help emerging leaders lead with greater impact. As a result, emerging leaders will increase group cohe

siveness and achieve measurable results and sustainable change. Check out my website (books, blog, certification program and leadership program) to learn more about the services and products I offer.

Not everyone deserves the same level of access to you. That is not harsh. That is wisdom. In the Whole-Person Leadership...
06/16/2026

Not everyone deserves the same level of access to you. That is not harsh. That is wisdom. In the Whole-Person Leadership framework I teach the concept of Social Circles of Influence. Your Inner Circle is your most trusted most intimate relationships. Your Middle Circle is close friends and trusted colleagues. Your Outer Circle is acquaintances and broader connections. Your Extended Circle is everyone else. When you understand which circle someone belongs in you stop over-giving to the wrong relationships and start protecting the ones that matter most. Which circle do you find hardest to manage? Drop it in the comments.

Before your week starts, take a moment to reflect on last week. I use these two questions with every leader and learner ...
06/14/2026

Before your week starts, take a moment to reflect on last week.

I use these two questions with every leader and learner I work with because I believe in the power of looking back before you move forward.

My progress for the week: ___________
My lapse for the week: ___________

Then set 1 or 2 simple goals for the week ahead. What do you want to accomplish? Keep it small and focused.

Small, consistent steps will always take you further than a big overwhelming plan that never gets started.

Growth doesn't come from the weeks where everything goes perfectly. It comes from the weeks where you're willing to look honestly at both your wins and your stumbles.

Drop your answers in the comments if you feel comfortable sharing. Learn more about us at activateyourbest.com

Whether you are buying for yourself, for your team or for your school these resources were designed to meet you exactly ...
06/13/2026

Whether you are buying for yourself, for your team or for your school these resources were designed to meet you exactly where you are.

They are not standalone books. They are part of a complete leadership development program built around the Whole Person Leadership Framework.

Every page, every reflection, every exercise works together as one connected system because real development does not happen by accident and it does not happen in isolation.

Visit activateyourbestself.com to explore the full library and find the resource that is right for you.

Your behavior is not random. It is the end result of a very specific internal process. An experience happens. Your brain...
06/09/2026

Your behavior is not random. It is the end result of a very specific internal process.

An experience happens. Your brain generates a thought. That thought produces a feeling. That feeling shapes a belief. And that belief drives what you do next.

This is the Internal Processing Pathway and it is the foundation of everything I teach.

Most leadership programs try to change behavior directly.

That is why most leadership programs do not stick. If you want lasting change you have to go upstream and look at the belief. Save this and share it with a leader in your life who needs to hear it.

Learn about our whole person video series for people of all ages at activateyourbest.com

Normalize failure. Two words that can completely change the culture of a team, a classroom, or an organization. One of t...
06/02/2026

Normalize failure. Two words that can completely change the culture of a team, a classroom, or an organization.

One of the most damaging things in high-performing environments is the silent message that failure is not an option. Because when failure is not an option learning stops. Risk-taking stops.

Honesty stops. People start protecting their image instead of pursuing growth. I talk about this in the context of the growth mindset critical practice because you cannot maintain a genuine growth mindset in an environment that punishes mistakes.

If you lead a team or a school ask yourself today what does failure actually cost here? The answer will tell you everything about your culture.

Learn more about our leadership programs for people of all ages at activateyourbest.com

05/26/2026

The world is shifting in ways we have never seen before. Global crises, new generations entering the workforce, rapidly evolving technology and so much more are changing the way we lead, learn and show up every day. Which means the way we develop people has to change too.

This video walks you through the Whole Person Leadership Framework, the research-informed model at the heart of everything we do at Activate Your Best Self.

It is belief-based, which means we start from the inside out. Your experiences shape your thoughts. Your thoughts shape your feelings. Your feelings shape your beliefs. And your beliefs drive everything you do. This is where real growth begins, not from the outside in, but from the inside out.

Watch the video and then tell me in the comments which part of the framework resonates most with where you are right now. I would love to hear from you.
activateyourbestself.com/our-framework/

The leaders I work with who are hardest on themselves are rarely the most effective ones. Self-compassion is not weaknes...
05/21/2026

The leaders I work with who are hardest on themselves are rarely the most effective ones.

Self-compassion is not weakness. It is not an excuse. It is what allows you to recover from mistakes quickly, learn from failure without being paralyzed by it, and model the kind of grace for your team that actually builds psychological safety.

You cannot pour from an empty cup. And you cannot lead well when you are using all your energy beating yourself up.

Practicing self-compassion is one of the 10 Critical Practices of Whole-Person Leadership. Are you practicing it?

Learn more about our leadership programs at activateyourbest.com

Leadership starts within. Not with a title. Not with authority. Not with anyone giving you permission. It starts with th...
05/20/2026

Leadership starts within. Not with a title. Not with authority. Not with anyone giving you permission. It starts with the decision to understand yourself deeply enough to show up intentionally for the people around you.

That is the foundation of everything I do at Activate Your Best Self. Whether I am working with a second grader learning to name her feelings or a senior executive examining the beliefs that are keeping her team stuck, the starting point is always the same. It starts within. Share this with someone who needs to hear it today.

Learn more about our leadership programs for all ages.

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