Shiftive, Nashville, TN (2026)

08/18/2025

When you’re caught in a spiral of stress or self-judgment, it’s easy to think the only solution is to push harder or “fix” something about yourself.

But often, what you really need is a shift in mindset.

In Positive Intelligence coaching, we help people move from the mental habits of their Saboteurs (think: judgment, perfectionism, avoidance, control) into their inner Sage—the part of them that leads with empathy, creativity, clarity, and purpose.

These 5 questions are designed to help you make that shift, in real-time. Swipe through and try them out the next time you feel stuck or stressed.

Our next PQ Foundations group is forming now. If you're looking for a way to live and work with more ease, we'd love to have you in our group. Book a discovery call at www.shiftive.com/pq to explore if it’s a fit!

08/13/2025

Are you ready for it?

If your team sounds a little like...

- “I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser”
- “It’s me. Hi. I’m the problem, it’s me.”
- “You need to calm down. You're being too loud.”
- "Now we got problems. And I don't think we can solve 'em."

Maybe it's time to change the record.

Imagine what it would be like if you could go from seeing Red, kept up at Midnights worrying about the growth and cohesion of your team and your reputation as a leader.

What if instead you could create new team folklore where everyone can freely Speak Now in a way that is Fearless and evermore feel as at ease and free as you did in 1989, while still being highly productive.

Think of the potential your team would have going from skulking around like The Tortured Poet's Society and every colleague could feel like a...Lover, and not a hater? (Okay we may have overshot the attempt of using all the TS album titles with that one).

Let's us help you write best bridge ever into a new way of working.

Positive Intelligence for Teams helps organizations decrease stress and increase productivity through keynotes, interactive workshops and 6-month targeted growth programs designed to build a high-performing and low-burnout culture. Everything we deliver is customized, high-touch and backed-by science.

It's time for your PQ era - book a discovery call at www.shiftive.com to learn more

🧡This post is obviously inspired by our favorite showgirl, marketing genius and top-tier businesswoman: Taylor Swift

08/06/2025

Career growth sometimes looks like building your own ladder while you're climbing.

One of my clients is doing exactly that: continuing to shine in her career *and* building a strategy to start her own business. Together, we’re mapping a plan that supports both paths, so she can grow without burning out and build a long-term career plan that maxes out her fulfillment, not her energy.

If you're clear on what you want, but also need to keep working where you are for the time being, there is a way to keep growing and building in both spaces. With the right focus, a solid plan and well-thought out systems, you can leverage the resources currently available to you to keep growing, while also establishing the value you'll bring to a new endeavor.

The good news is that it's definitely possible to build a new way forward, without burning any bridges - you might just need a little help.

If you’re carrying more than one vision for your future but also are looking for a way to grow, book a discovery call explore what it could look like to do both with greater clarity. www.shiftive.com

07/11/2025

In addition to the Positive Intelligence coaching & programs we've been facilitating for clients, my partner in PQ, Caroline Cochran, and I decided we wanted to expand on that work to make some of these tools more accessible for everyone.

So we've created a series of virtual events to share some of the mental fitness tools that help our clients (and us) stay calm, clear, connected and energized, even in spite of the chaos that our lives and the world throw our way.

Part of our series will be for families - so if you're looking for a way to create more connection with your people - we hope you'll join our guided conversations to help you grow together.

Nothing formal. Just real talk, practical tools, and dedicated time to grow as individuals or a unit to make the second half of the 2025 more meaningful in the way you connect, live and work.

Scroll through the images here for more details and if you're interested, head over to www.shiftive.com/PQ to be added to our invite list. Don't want to do all that? You can just shoot us a message too.

We look forward to having you join us!

06/06/2025

just some things ai will never be able to replace

04/22/2025

Tomorrow over on LinkedIn I’m joining my friend Sarah Johnston, owner of The Briefcase Coach, to talk about managing mindset in the job search process. If if you’re thinking about making a job change or are in the process already, you know that managing your mindset is critical to success. Join us for the conversation tomorrow - the link to the event is in our stories!

04/16/2025

Join us Tuesday, April 29 at 11AM CST for a live Zoom session that helps you:
✨ Understand your Saboteurs
💪 Strengthen your mental fitness
🌿 Shift into a calmer, more powerful mindset

You don’t have to stay stuck in self-doubt, stress, or overwhelm.

RSVP now and get ready to retrain your brain by signing up at: https://bit.ly/pqpreview429

04/14/2025

Uncertainty isn’t just uncomfortable.
It’s biologically stressful.

Research shared by Harvard Business Review shows the brain reacts more strongly to uncertainty than to actual bad news. If you’re in transition, it makes sense that it feels hard, and it’s not your fault.

But here’s the good news: your mindset is trainable. Here are three quick things you can try right now to help combat the stress of uncertainty:

1. Take 3 to 5 minutes to meditate or ground yourself. has great "quick" meditations that target a multitude of negative emotions working against you. Taking time to ground yourself through meditation increases the mental fortitude you have to operate sagely when feeling stressed.

2. Reframe and do it quickly. Give yourself 60 seconds or less to feel the negative emotion, then immediately focus on a bigger, more positive one. This exercise rewires neural pathways to be more likely to respond or switch to positive/productive use of our brains more quickly in the future, while cutting short negative thoughts now.

3. Get it out of your head and onto paper. Take a few moments to write everything down that you're thinking about onto a piece of paper - you may have heard this called a brain dump. Moving from thinking about something to putting it on paper, forces our brain from rumination to action and increases the likelihood you can balance both part of your brain to operate more optimally.

These 3 things are funk busters, not total problem solvers. If anxiety and stress from uncertainty and transition are overwhelming your ability to perform at a high-level, our Positive Intelligence program might be a right fit for you to build your mental fitness. Check out the link in our bio or DM us to learn more.

What shift are you working on right now?

04/09/2025

Negative self-talk doesn’t just make you feel worse, it also makes your brain less effective.
Studies show it triggers the same neural pathways as fear. 😳

Let’s start interrupting those patterns by using a simple 3-step practice to reframe:
1) Take a beat to notice when you realize you're using negative self-talk.

2) Label it. In Positive Intelligence we call that The Judge "Okay, that's The Judge talking, not me."

3) Reframe and shift into a positive, growth mindset by asking your self a positive question like "What if I'm exactly where I need to be for what's next?"

Three simple steps that take less than 2 seconds to process, but can begin to rewire those neural pathways to the positive.

How have you seen reframing help your mindset and growth?

03/17/2025

A little Irish blessing for you, from one of my favorite travel views in Fanore, Ireland, looking west/southwest out over the Atlantic toward the Aran Islands. Can you see the car zipping by down on the Wild Atlantic Way?

This video taken at an incredible little cottage we booked last minute after a VERY long day driving around the ring of Kerry and learning that I had booked our intended stay for the wrong year. 🙃

Thinking we had booked in Ennis, we drove to a grocer there to snag some food for breakfast then entered the cottage address - which was 40 km (25 miles) away.

We started on city roads but it seemed like each kilometer the road got more narrow, steep, windy and with less to no signage at all. And as we traveled on, somehow the ETA on our GPS kept suspiciously increasing. At one point I actually said "I think we're on a bike path" - if you've been to Ireland and driven in the countryside, I'm sure you can picture it.

As the daylight was dwindling and the roads became more narrow and confusing to us foreigners, I said, "if we don't see an indication that we are in the right place within the next 5 minutes, I think we need to turn around." And before I could finish my sentence, we crested a hill to the most gorgeous sunset over Galway Bay, with the homes and buildings of Fanore below dotting the coastline.

There's nothing like travel to remind you - just keep going. And no one like the Irish, to welcome you in and help you have mighty craic after a long day of travel. Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️

02/05/2025

Feeling anxious? Try this 3-step reset in under a minute and let’s know in the comments how you feel when you’re done!

1️⃣ Breathe with the waves – Inhale deeply for 4 seconds, hold for 4, exhale for 6. Sync your breath with the rhythm of the ocean. 🌬️

2️⃣ Ground yourself – Engage your senses. What can you see, hear, feel? Notice the present moment instead of spiraling in “what ifs.” 🌊

3️⃣ Reframe your thoughts – Anxiety tricks your brain into worst-case scenarios. Ask yourself: “What if the best happens instead?” 💭

Your nervous system responds to what you give attention to. The more you practice, the easier it becomes to shift from stress to calm. 💙

Try this now as you watch the waves—did you feel a difference?

02/03/2025

That feeling when something *actually* works and you realize it's because of the work you did.

If you're feeling the stress and chaos of the start of the year, but are also committed to finding peace and hitting your goals, you might benefit from strengthening your Positive Intelligence.

I know, I know....nothing like helping to reduce stress and anxiety by adding *another thing* to your plate. But as a the Queen of Biting Off More Than I Can Chew and Suffering the Consequences, I also know that getting your mind right has to be a top priority in order to find that flow state we all deserve to be in.

Get the link in our comments if you'd like to learn more - no strings attached!

You can even take our free sabotuer assessment to get specific ways you might be making life harder for yourself *gasp*! But don't worry, we can help you fix it faster than you can say "Cowboy Carter!"

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