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Hard to believe it’s December and the holidays a

Hard to believe it’s December and the holidays are here!

Watch this short video I filmed yesterday for 2 Magical phrases to help you survive the festivities and respect everyone’s sensitivities.

Might we all agree the holidays are better without tension?!

Huge hugs,
AmyK

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That won’t do… a Magical way of saying, “I’m on your side.” It’s a phrase I teach my Clients in Customer Service training.

This phrase is not about defensiveness, but rather, conveys the intention of “I’m with you - I’m here to problem-solve with you.”

Suppose a customer calls and is understandably upset that the merchandise they ordered is nowhere to be found.

Rather than getting defensive and saying, “I filled out the form, it’s not my fault!” your first response is, “That won’t do! Let’s figure out what’s going on!”

All of the sudden instead of being the enemy, you’re now the trusted partner, helping them get what they need.

To serving others by creating alignment and helping them get more of what they want.

Hugs,
AmyK

For more tips on how to help others get more of what they want, grab my book, Get It! 📘

⭐Link in Bio⭐

Too often we’re quick to label & put people in b

Too often we’re quick to label & put people in boxes.

Why?

Because it’s easier.

And lazier.

And it definitely makes some folks way more comfortable.

“Ah, you’re an XYZer. “

Or…

“Ah, you like XYZ.”

“Now I can file you away as an XYZ type.”

This frees up the body and brain to move on… BUT.

Yeah, big BUT.

Most of the time the label is misguided, wrong or shallow.

Often very shallow -- skimming the surface of the true depths of another human being.

HOWEVER…

We can choose to replace assumptions with questions.

We can choose to replace labels with listening.

To being in the practice of curiosity.

Hugs,
AmyK

I’m 50 today! Woohoo & Wow! Just wow. LOL.

AND… there have been SO MANY GIFTS along the way.

I’ve received so much love & laughter in this life o’ mine. I’m especially blessed with an incredible family and the finest of fine friends.

Yes, there have been highs and lows. Lots of AmyK iterations. And I’m so grateful that the through-line since I was 16 is that I’ve been lucky enough to do what I love my entire career, which is teach.

Today, I’m filled with blissful peace and intense delight -- knowing there’s so much goodness ahead that’s just beginning to unfold.

There’s also a very near future filled with champagne and cake!

If you’re reading this YOU have been a part of my journey, and I extend heartfelt thanks and love for your presence on my path.

Cheers to another 50!

Hugs,
AmyK

P.S.

Two insightful questions to ask yourself whether today is your birthday or not:

1. Who are the people who most add to the depth and vibrancy of your life, and/or who’s had the biggest positive impact on your life in this past year?

2. How might you prioritize more time with them in the coming year?

As Mary Oliver would say, “It’s your one wild and precious life.”

My heart is full today. As our kitchens fill wit

My heart is full today.

As our kitchens fill with great smells over this long Thanksgiving holiday in the USA, I encourage all of you, no matter where you reside in the world, to take a look around and savor the blessings you have.

It’s been a tough two years for the majority of us – for the majority of the world.

Too many people I know lost loved ones, lost jobs, lost a part of themselves or understandably lost their way.

Take a moment over the next few days, whether you’re celebrating Thanksgiving or not, to savor the goodness in your life that exists right now. Look up. Look around. Look within. Note that through all the frustration and pain, you’re here, choosing daily, to be in the practice of showing up for yourself.

Blessings to you and yours, and fierce cyber safe hugs.

AmyK

We are all energetic creators. When we restore &

We are all energetic creators.

When we restore & refuel our energy it’s not selfish – it can actually be quite generous.

How might you best fuel up to expand your impact?

Hugs,
AmyK

For more tips on how to restore and refuel your energy, grab my book, Get It!📘

⭐️Link in Bio⭐️

Thanksgiving in the United States is just days awa

Thanksgiving in the United States is just days away, and while gratitude is a hot topic and practice year round, it gets special attention this week.

Sometimes there’s a lot of confusion around the practice of gratitude.

High-achievers and go-getters get stymied between being grateful for their blessings and wanting more.

1. You can be grateful for all the good blessings in your life and still want to reach a new goal or fulfill a new desire. It doesn’t make you ungrateful.

2. Wanting to live a life of even greater pleasure and purpose doesn’t compete with your ability to notice and name your current blessings.

Recognizing your longing to maximize your human journey will simply free you up to both appreciate your present existence and honor your desire to continue to create a life of even greater joy and meaning.

Hugs,
AmyK

Who’s your work companion today? 💛🐶💛 Ha

Who’s your work companion today?
💛🐶💛
Happy Friday!

Hugs,
AmyK

You. Were. Born. To. Express. Yourself. Yesterday

You. Were. Born. To. Express. Yourself.

Yesterday, we had a brilliant class on The Arts and how important it is to our personal health, societal health and global health to invite art into our lives as well as to create it.

When we creatively channel our energies we all benefit.

So here’s one of the FABULOUS questions we pondered yesterday and it ignited such engagement, I’m sharing it here:

Where in your life might you pry off the lid and stir the paint?

To buzzin’ your brain as you noodle on this self-leadership nugget.

And if you’re curious about our upcoming classes in 2022, I encourage you to check out https://shegetsit.com/classes.

These classes are chock full of self-leadership goodness to help you honor your worth and confidently own your brilliance!

Hugs,

AmyK

What’s THE best thing you can do before you have

What’s THE best thing you can do before you have a tough conversation over the holidays?

PREP. PREP. PREP.

Navigating a tough conversation successfully is a skill.

AND… your toughest conversations can be your most important ones.

Grab my FREE Conversation Prep Planner and learn how to successfully navigate your next tough conversation.

👉Link in Bio👈

To getting the life you desire… one. conversation. at. a. time. [And to surviving the holidays!]

Cyber safe hugs,
AmyK

None of us are getting younger. As my dear friend

None of us are getting younger. As my dear friend Jenny teases, “We are in a slow and steady state of decline.”

But age is just a number… that comes with a lot of cultural conditioning and limiting beliefs.

And it’s still just a number.

Instead of focusing on the label of your years today, focus on your liveliness — your joie de vivre.

As I’ve shared before, self-leadership is being in the practice of consciously actualizing your highest potential. It’s choosing a life of pleasure & purpose and sustaining the subsequent behaviors needed to live it and live it well.

How energetically are you living your life? As energetically & exuberantly as you want to be?

If not, what’s one micro-shift you could make this week toward incorporating more of the pleasure & purpose that energizes & fuels you up?

Just one micro shift toward liveliness and away from an arbitrary label. Your choice. And the impact, well, it could be expansive.

To living a lively life.

Hugs,
AmyK

Does art ever trigger you? As a little girl I lo

Does art ever trigger you?

As a little girl I loved looking at paintings of water. Shorelines, vast oceans, still boats on a lake, ocean waves. These serene images brought me peace and calmed my being in an environment made up of mainly highways, high rises and brick houses.

Years later, I still gravitate toward pictures of waves and coastlines. These paintings can sometimes trigger the smell of salt air - they remind me of our human depth and that I’m fundamentally grounded in nature.

The Arts are a huge part of our lives: emotionally, socially, culturally, geographically, politically… and probably a few more words ending in ally. 😉

I invite you to join me for tomorrow’s class. It’s going to be a beautiful and brilliant conversation. Grab a cup of coffee or a cocktail and make “art-full” conversation and connections with us.

🌸Sign up link in bio🌸

Hugs,
AmyK

Maya Angelou once shared, “You Can't Use Up Crea

Maya Angelou once shared, “You Can't Use Up Creativity. The More You Use the More You Have."

I’m with Maya. Creativity begets creativity.

And we’re often way more creative than we realize.

Expressing creativity isn’t limited to painting & drawing.

Think how we design our lives – everywhere.

Think cooking, clothes, how we share ideas, heck, how we do just about everything.

Creating connects us to our Essential Self. When we’re creating we’re learning more about who we are at our core: what drives us, what we’re passionate about, the impact we want to have, what we care most about and the longings and desires that reside deep inside us.

When we’re creating, we’re in a state of discovery.

And that’s a very cool state to be in.

I invite you to join me for this Wednesday’s class. You can learn more at www.shegetsit.com

Hugs,
AmyK

🐶 Moose and I are Zennin’ into the weekend wi

🐶 Moose and I are Zennin’ into the weekend with our new yoga🧘🏼‍♀️ mat.

✨Have a peaceful one. ✨

🙏 Namaste & hugs 🤗,

AmyK and Moose
😊 🐾

“I needed to ‘get’ this.” These are the w

“I needed to ‘get’ this.”

These are the words I often think when I hear, read or see something that widens my perspective and deepens my understanding.

So often we need to expand the optics of our limited viewpoint.

And the Arts help us to do so.

Art gives meaning to our lives and helps us understand our world. It can reflect a deeper understanding of our own emotions and the experiences and emotions of another. Art, in a myriad of forms, from creative writing, to painting, to composing, to sculpting, to film, to dance and more, encourages us to be open to new ideas and perspectives.

When our thinking changes, our feelings change.

When our feelings change, our actions change.

When our actions change, the results change.

And it often begins with art.

As Alice Walker once shared, “Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.”

I invite you to join me on November 17th for an eye-opening and meaningful self-leadership conversation ion the topic: Life in Art & Art in Life.

You can register at www.shegetsit.com.

Hugs,
AmyK

Let’s talk toast – as in some of the most impo

Let’s talk toast – as in some of the most important toasts in a leader’s life.

While you may be a fan of your multi-grain or gluten free, I’m a fan of champagne and the toast we have in honoring another’s EFFORTS in reaching a milestone.

When was the last time you acknowledged & praised the efforts of your peeps? How far they’ve come? What it took of them to get here?

When was the last time you raised a glass because a milestone was reached and you recognized the hard work, determination, perseverance and grit that was put forth into making it happen?

[Not just the milestone itself…but the EFFORT and ENERGY that went into making it happen.]

Whether you’re into champagne, sparkling cider or seltzer water, it matters not. Taking the time to honor everyone’s efforts — the mini-milestones along the way — communicates, “I see you. I honor you.”

What a great message to send.

AND… you can toast to yourself. Taking the time to acknowledge your efforts, to recognize your hard work and how far you’ve come [even when there have been setbacks] is a sure sign of strong Self-leadership and Self-awareness.

And if you’re worried about drinking alone, reach out… I’ll be happy to pour! ?

So cheers to you and all YOU’VE done to survive these past eighteen months. I see you. I honor you. I really do.

Hugs,

AmyK

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