Tag: life

Happy Father’s Day!

Today tends to be a bit of an emotional day for many, and I want to acknowledge that. Still, there are several men who have been proud fathers that I want to affirm and encourage today, including mine!

The last time I posted here, it was Mother’s Day, and I had just shared at an event: the “Fearless Women’s Summit” in the Charlotte area (Concord, NC).

For me, preparing for that event was a bit challenging, as it had been years since I stood on a stage to speak to an audience. I am so grateful that I was able to complete my assignment well.

The challenge to show up repeatedly, regardless of whether there is an immediate ROI or not, is to be acknowledged. Sometimes we would rather not – because we’ve already decided that it won’t help us much.

Pushing past negative thoughts to continue doing what you’ve been doing – and perfecting/amplifying/maximizing it – is a skill that many tend to push into the background, or even deny that it’s a thing.

In the same way that I pushed through to deliver my speech to an intimate group in Concord NC, I want to encourage you as a father. The daily task of nurturing and providing for a child may be daunting, boring, or rigorous – but if done with love, patience, and care, you will reap your rewards.

Keep going.

SPECIAL NOTE: If you want to work with me as you draft your book, get it edited and released to the world via the independent publishing space, I can help you with all of that! Visit bit.ly/authorconsults to schedule a consultation call with me at Embolden Media Group. The company has a lot of great packages to offer you, and I’d like to help you get started!

In the meantime, enjoy some of the photos from my event in May.

Speak to you soon!

More Updates!

Hello,

Thank you for following me on my journey.

So far, I am:

  • Enjoying my weekly moments on WDRB Radio every Friday at 9:30am ET (located in Charlotte, but syndicated globally – www.WDRBmedia.com) I will be hosting interviews to air on the show shortly.
  • Preparing to speak to a room filled with women from different walks of life at the Fearless Women’s Summit Tour on Saturday, May 10th at The Collective in Concord NC. I speak at 9am ET! (Visit https://bit.ly/mgcfearless for tickets.)
  • Sharing the amazing 3-day online summit that I participated in, hosted by Clifford Manning. I am on Day 2! https://launchyournichesummit.org/access
  • Inviting new authors who want to prepare for writing powerful books to my next virtual VIP Day on Saturday, May 17th from 10am to 2pm ET. Visit https://bit.ly/bookretreatmay2025 to register. Limited slots available.
  • Continuing to accept new clients at https://bit.ly/authorconsults – Embolden Media Group!

As I prepare to settle in another area of North Carolina soon, I have had the privilege to sit down with several of my supporters and friends to share final goodbyes over some great meals. Thank you for sharing these wins with me. I am grateful for every person who has made sacrifices to show up for me in person and otherwise. For every person who has worked with me, or will work with me in the future, thank you. For everyone who has referred others to me for work, thank you.

I am thankful that God has allowed me to enjoy some of the fruits of my labor now, and I know that there’s more to come later.

Stay tuned!

Speaking in Charlotte!

Excited to speak in Charlotte on Saturday, May 10!

Hello!

I am stopping by to share that my speaking engagement is not too far away – only 3 weeks on Saturday, May 10!

I am excited to have been invited to be a part of a special international effort to encourage and empower women via speaking.

One Woman CA was founded by Sharla Brown in Canada. Her organization has spread globally, with speaking tour stops all the way in Bali, to Atlanta – and Charlotte!

Click on the image below to register. See you there!

Also – don’t forget to tune in tomorrow at 9:30am ET on www.WDRBmedia.com for a special Good Friday edition of “Love Worth Reading” on WDRB Radio!

Speak to you soon!

Sharing My Show – April 11, 2025

Hello!

I hope you are still doing well and you’re continuing to embrace your gifts, and making room for what’s next.

I want to share one of my shows with you! Click HERE to listen (scroll down to graphic, click on musical note lower right of graphic for volume), and let me know your thoughts!

Join me on Fridays at 9:30am ET on www.WDRBmedia.com and scroll down to click on “LISTEN LIVE” or “Listen to Live Radio.”

I am open to interviewing you as a special guest, even if you are not in the Charlotte area. Reply and let me know your interest. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor for the show, let me know that as well!

Thank you for your continued support in each endeavor.

MORE GREAT NEWS!

Something NEW!

Hello!

Tomorrow (Friday, March 21) is my birthday! To celebrate this year, I am doing something new! I launched my radio show “Love Worth Reading” on WDRB Radio, a nationally syndicated non-profit radio station based in Charlotte NC. 

My debut show airs tomorrow (March 21) at 9:30am on www.WDRBmedia.com  I will air every Friday at 9:30am ET. Tune in to listen for 15 minutes! It is my desire to host a longer show in the future, but this is a worthwhile start.

Click on their website page photo below to listen in! 

I plan to interview authors, book publishers, literary agents, etc. as well, so if you want to be interviewed and get a copy of the fully produced show for future use, let me know! There will be a fee for the produced show recording. 

And…we are inviting sponsors to feature your company on the show! Let me know if you want to be featured in a 30-second commercial during our airtime. There will be a fee for advertising. 

This is the NEXT NEW THING! I am determined to walk through every single door that swings open for me, and find the time to manage it all! 

Listen tomorrow, and come back here and share what you think about it! 

Fight Self-Doubt and Win!

Hello,

I just hosted our first mini writing retreat for 2025 yesterday, and so many things were swirling around in my mind before, during, and after our retreat.

One thing that came to me at full force was this message:

This may sound self-explanatory or simple, but we rarely think of self-doubt as being equivalent to unbelief.

If we are authors who feel that pull or nudge to write, and we doubt ourselves, we are saying that:

  • our message doesn’t matter.
  • we don’t write well enough to share it.
  • no-one can be helped by our message.
  • we’re not the right person to share this message.
  • our way of telling our story is unrelatable, so people just won’t get it.
  • Maybe we’ve even said, “They’ve talked about this already. Why should I bother?”

If you KNOW that you were nudged or pulled on to write, then that is your green light to move towards your goal. Don’t look around and compare; your story is unique to you and your circumstances.

I gave this example yesterday: even if you and your friend had the same home situation: two-parent home, two older brothers, went to the same schools and lived in the same neighborhood – your lives may look the same externally (say, in a statistics or data set), but each person is living a unique life. No two lives are the same. No experience is lived the same. Even if a lot of the external factors match, each person’s internal thought pattern or processing of events will still be different.

I’m saying all of this to say: GET OUT OF YOUR OWN WAY! Look inward, look heavenward, and let’s get your book out!

So – you are invited to join us for The Writer’s Experience Book Challenge! We are challenging YOU to finish your book in just SIX weeks! I will prepare you and share vital information along the way. We will meet four times out of the six-week period (to give you time to write). We will have our kickoff on Feb 5, then we will meet on Feb 19, Mar 5 and wrap up on Mar 19. These sessions are all on Wednesdays at 7pm ET for ONE HOUR.

Your work will be reviewed by me in-between our sessions, so you must complete and email each assignment back to me for review to keep up.

I am EXCITED to see who will WIN this challenge! Let’s DO IT! I hosted my first book challenge in 2020 – it was so much fun, and several authors completed their books.

You can register now for $295; the price willincrease to $395 on February 1st.

I cannot wait to have you in class next week – Wednesday, February 5!

Register today; see you there! Space is reserved for TWELVE people.

Some spots are still left! https://bit.ly/mgcbookchallenge

My Career Journey…

The journey has been long…but I’ve learned so much along the way!

This past week I decided to share my career journey. There were so many ups and downs….a lot of disappointments too. I remember moments of fear and worry. I wanted to give up often.

I am sharing it here so you too can see and relate. Very few people’s story is a straight line. If it is, that person is indeed blessed. Read below….

Here are a few things that you may not know about me:
1. My original plan was to be a doctor.
2. Becoming a teacher was my alternative plan.
3. I was not willing to teach, so after college, I went back to retail, then banking.
4. My lifelong career in Quality started as a contractor for one of my favorite companies. I stayed for 18 years.
5. My experiences there have been the engine behind a lot of what I know and do today as an entrepreneur and as a Quality professional.
6. I’ve trained executives and staff, launched software at companies to manage Quality documents and participated in external agency inspections.
7. I had the privilege of training trainers while launching a document management software in 12 locations around the world- including Australia and India. All done virtually with screen shares – working at a Fortune 500 company.
8. I developed a simple template to track training in my company’s department and by the time I left that company, it became an adaptable template that the entire site used to track training. I was never acknowledged for it. I published my first 2 books while working in this location.
9. I fought through slander, being ignored by management and other things over the years to now being sought out for my expertise in the Quality Assurance field.
10. I published 5 books (actually 6, but one has a crazy story linked to it and it can’t be sold). One is an ebook to help authors.
11. I am preparing to write again.
12. Now, my passion is to see my clients soar! Their books are changing lives, and I want to be their biggest cheerleader.
13. The impact, the lessons, and the experiences are all part of who I am today. Quality, patience, generosity, encouragement and high expectations are all hallmarks of what I do every day for my clients.

I want you to review my list and sit back in a quiet space and create your own list journey. Everyone has one. Remind yourself of how far you’ve come, and how much it took to get you to where you are now.

And….your journey is not yet over! There’s so much more to accomplish.

Don’t you ever minimize your “list” anymore. It’s what grit and accolades are made of!