Aspire Consulting by Design

08/29/2026

Our real growth work!

So much can change when we become curious about ourselves instead of judging ourselves.

Why did that trigger me? What am I afraid of? Is this response coming from the present moment, or from something I learned long ago?

Self-awareness creates a pause between what happens to us and how we respond. And in that pause, we get to choose something different.

You can’t change every pattern overnight. But once you can see it clearly, it no longer has to run your life. That’s where freedom begins.

07/31/2026

Finished facilitating a vision creation session with a religious order in California. Vow renewal, jubilation celebrations from 15 years to 80 years as vowed religious, missioning ceremony in which each session receives their mission for the year. The traditions were moving to honor the longevity of Sisters. Many Senior Sisters are doing a “better balance” class and did a dance for all of using their balance skills and later led us all in a Congo line.
Sisters sure know how to have fun!
Rosie Dolan Baker

07/10/2026

Best assignment location ever… Seal Beach, closing out the outgoing leadership team of a religious order. 5 years walking with the team!

06/21/2026

Love this!

"If you talk to your children, you can help them to keep their lives together. If you talk to them skillfully, you can help them to build future dreams." — Jim Rohn

Notice the word "skillfully." Not just talking — talking with intention, asking questions that open doors, and helping young minds see a future worth building.

Read more: https://www.jimrohn.com/wisdom/articles/talk-to-your-children-how-words-build-future-dreams

05/29/2026

Honored to participate in the leadership elections of this religious order last week , electing a four Sister team for the next four years.

03/10/2026

To us and internationals women’s day!

International Women's Day (March 8th) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of all women.

The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equality.

IWD has occurred for well over a century, with the first IWD gathering in 1911 supported by over a million people.

Today, IWD belongs to all groups collectively everywhere.

IWD is not country, group or organization specific.

IWD is a movement, powered by the collective efforts of all.

https://www.un.org/en/observances/womens-day

01/26/2026

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We often hide behind the excuse of "that’s just who I am."

We treat our behavioral flaws as if they are permanent traits, like our height or eye color.

We convince ourselves that we are simply "wired" to be impatient, or that we are "too intense" to be empathetic.

You do not have an incurable genetic disease that prevents you from being a good listener.

You do not have a medical condition that forces you to interrupt people, look at your phone during meetings, or need to be right all the time.

These are behaviors. And behaviors are choices.

Great leadership is about taking responsibility for those choices.

It is realizing that your personality is not a fixed destiny.

As Emerson reminds us, the only limits on who you become are the decisions you make today.

The next time you catch yourself making an excuse for a bad habit, stop. Ask yourself: "Am I actually unable to change, or am I just unwilling to put in the effort?"

Life is good.
Marshall

01/23/2026

“Your purpose is not the thing that you do. It is the thing that happens in others when you do what you do. “