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06/09/2026

The tool & concept of “Observe, don’t Absorb” has come up in my work with college bound high schools students, executive leadership clients and personally. I made this coloring 🎨🖼️ image starring my purrsonel assistants Mel & Meeko to take time to mindfully absorb and intergeate this way of choosing to be.

Feel free to use and share with whomever may enjoy & benefit from this exercise.✨

I am expanding my private practice specializing in:

🎯 Early College Planning
🎯 College Counseling (2 spots left for rising seniors!)
🎯 Career Consulting
🎯 Executive Leadership Coaching
🎯 Organizational Enhancement Consulting

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02/04/2026

Mid application season this yes I was forced into learning AI to best serve my students as they were using it and the colleges now have AI detectors as part of the college admissions process. We had to strike a balance between using the technology and not losing the students authentic voice and narrative.

Through this process, because I get to know my student so well, I became a human AI detector. I very easily can tell if a student wrote it or someone else or AI did.

I’m diligently working on my AI skill set and thought this was a great exercise to share. I love how it captured my two assistants. 🐾

ChatGPT Prompt: “Create a caricature of me and my job based on everything you know about me”

Here was the response:

- You as a solopreneur + coach (college career + L&D + exec coaching
- AI & futurist energy (Read AI, AI curriculum, Tony Robbins summit vibes)
- Warm, smart, slightly magical aesthetic (this fits you perfectly, honestly)

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I work 1:1 specializing in:

🎯 Early College Planning
🎯 College Counseling
🎯 Career Consulting
🎯 Executive Leadership Coaching

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02/03/2026

One of my newer connections on linked in thoughtfully defined exactly what I mean when I say “Shine Bright”.

Amber shared:

"Shine Bright" is the perfect mantra to encapsulate this mindset – a radiant beacon guiding us through the journey of life. ✨ Keep embracing the ebb and flow, finding harmony in the balance between gratitude and aspiration.”

May I add, one of the most profound lessons I’ve learned from the darkest times, is that light can come from within once we learn how to self ignite. That is when we are truly free. 🌟

Keep Shining Bright right where you are 💫✨

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🎯 College Planning & Counseling
🎯 Career Consulting

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01/16/2026

I’m truly in my zone of genius when I am executive leadership coaching. This sharpens my professional skill set, which in turn empowers me to better support my college bound students and career consulting clients. ✨

Pay attention to what truly lights 🔥 you up.



Shine Bright💫

I work 1:1 specializing in:

🎯 Executive Leadership Coaching
🎯 Organizational Effectiveness Design
🎯 College Counseling
🎯 Career Consulting
🎯 Early College Planning

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01/07/2026

Here is an insightful look at UC’s finding after implementing test optional admissions policies. I agree the issue is the students readiness and ability to be successful at the collegiate level specifically in math by no fault of the students. This supports the need to pour into the K-12 system.

I have stood strong that one test does not determine how a student will do over a course of an entire year. However, I now see the value of it testing some sort of level of competency and ability, particularly with math.

As a College consultant I have seen a trend since the pandemic that some students are struggling with social skills and suffering from grade inflation and being passed through. It only hurts the students in the long run when they get to the collegiate level unprepared.

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https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2026/01/05/ucs-test-free-experiment-isnt-going-well-opinion

It’s become all too apparent that high school grades are insufficient in signaling college preparedness.

12/23/2025

I have been working with and studying crystal healing since I started my journey in 2016. I then began integrating my knowledge and applications of crystal allies into my college, career, and executive leadership coaching. I’ve been very mindful of who I learned from.

I am proud to now be an official “Crystal Oracle Practitioner” trained by my most esteemed crystal master, oracle, teacher, healer & friend Karina Del Pezo of Terra Nova Crystals. This has been a magnificent and immersive experience delving deep into crystal healing.

The best is yet to come ✨💫💎🔮

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08/17/2025

After spending three years on the admissions and scholarship committee as Assistant Dean of undergraduate admissions NYU Tandon School of Engineering, I thoughtfully chose to go into the independent space in 2012 to better serve the students.

Each year has gotten more intense. During our process, I put additional emphasis on the students mental and emotional well-being through the admissions process. They will inevitably get rejected. Do they have they the mindset to handle it?

I coach them on authenticity and that if their application design is aligned around who they truly are, the right schools will celebrate and accept them The others that choose to deny them, it’s their loss not the students. It’s one thing to say all this. It’s quite another to have the student believe in themselves and to believe this to be true.

I’m often asked when is the best time to start the admissions process?

10th grade. To truly impact their mindset and give them enough time to be curious and explore it’s 10th grade. The reality is some students aren’t ready for it and that’s OK too.

It’s always about meeting the student where they are .

I am expanding my private practice specializing in:

🎯 Early College exploring
🎯 College Admissions Counseling
🎯 Career Coaching
🎯 Executive Leadership Coaching
🎯 Organizational Effectiviness Consulting
🎯 Talent Acquisition & Development

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https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/08/15/health/college-admissions-wellnessg v

A recent high school graduate reflects on the emotional toll the college admissions process had on her senior class.

07/31/2025

So many people I know are silently going through “lifequakes” its actually daunting.

Be Kind.

Everyone is fighting a battle you likely know little to nothing about. The actual magnitude of how they are truly impacted, often times is minimized.

That being said, advocate for yourself and prioritize your needs as you do for others.

We can not pour from an empty ☕️

And a reminder:

“The only people who get angry about your boundaries are those who benefited from you not having them”.

And to the that I firmly say TFB.

Keep growing 🌱, Keep Glowing 💫

I am expanding my private practice specializing in 1:1 sessions in:

🎯 College Admissions Counseling
🎯 Career Coaching

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05/08/2025

This resonates deeply. Growing up in Port Chester, NY being out on the water has provided a few key 🔑 guiding principles.

1. Never turn your back on the ocean, or you can easily be knocked down by a wave. 🌊

2. Pay attention 👀 to your surroundings and be adaptive.

3. When things start to get rough as they always will, go inward and throw your anchor. ⚓️

4. Look for the eye 👁 of the storm, there is always peace there (and something to be learned).

5. Keep your boat⛵️ balanced ⚖️ or things break.

6. Communication with your seamates is imperative, honor those relationships with those closest to you.

7. Be present 💝, when you do have those days of no wind 💨, clear blue sky’s and a warm sun ☀️ enjoy it.

8. A day outside on the water (even a cloudy ⛅️ one) is better than being inside.

9. Choose carefully who you allow on your boat🛥 (those closest to you). You are the sum of the 5 people you spend the most time with.

10. Keep in mind during every storm ☔️ there is always a chance for a rainbow 🌈 when it’s over, even if you have to create it yourself. ✨

I am expanding my private practice specializing in 1:1 sessions in:

🎯 College Admissions Counseling
🎯 Career Coaching

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04/25/2025

In sales we reference the 9 “No’s” to get to the “Yes”.

Reading the quote “Confidently embrace the “No” and step forward to your yes.” made me realize how very true this is in life as well.

Rejection 🚫 is simply redirection🔁. You have to try different things until you can confidently say what is right for you.

Keep learning from all experiences, that’s how you define who you are. Keep Growing 🌱

I am expanding my private practice specializing in 1:1 sessions:

🎯 Early College Planning
🎯 College Admissions Counseling
🎯 Career Coaching

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