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By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Increasing Your Success Isn't As Hard As You Think It Is

As a career coach and researcher of working women's work-life issues, I've embarked on a national research study on Women Succeeding Abundantly, in order to learn first-hand the essential ingredients in thinking, beliefs, choices, and behaviors that create and maintai "knock-your-socks-off success" in women. I'm learning from women who have the courage to raise their hands today and say, "Yes! I feel tremendously successful on my terms, and I have found the way to live life joyfully and with great gusto." Why is this topic important?

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,677 views★ 3.4 (5)

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

The 5 “M’s” Necessary for Entrepreneurial Women’s Success

In launching my new Breakthrough Vision Marketing division that offers women entrepreneurs, consultants, writers, and practitioners marketing support to achieve success in their ventures, I’ve discovered some telling statistics about the success entrepreneurial women have achieved thus far, and the challenges women continue to face in creating financial success in their endeavors. Some key stats on women entrepreneurs: • Between 1997 and 2006, women-owned firms grew nearly twice the rate of all U.S. firms

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,969 views★ 2.2 (5)

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Are You Disempowered at Work? 10 Strategies to Gain Rock-Solid Confidence

“Professional women have made tremendous strides in terms of drawing on our strengths, abilities, and confidence in the workplace in recent years, but it’s clear that we have a long way to go before we are using our female power with self-assurance and ease,” says Kathy Caprino, MA, personal and ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

5,205 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

6 Essential Steps to Career Breakthrough: Navigating Through Change Successfully

There are so many people today in dramatic career and life transition, and also thousands of coaches and consultants offering help. I’ve discovered, however, that recommending simple, straightforward tactics and strategies does not work unless there has been a true breakthrough in the individual’s thinking and behavior that allows them to become unstuck, and to embrace new possibilities where constraints and limitations were seen before. What do you need to do to create your own breakthrough, and make your goals and visions in life and work a reality? Here are 6 essential steps to

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

3,373 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Empathic Parenting: Fostering Self-Confidence and Self-Reliance in Your Child

Have you ever had difficulty determining when “enough is enough” with your child? Or questioned when you should draw the line, rather than be flexible and give in to his requests? Have you ever experienced the pain and confusion of knowing your child wants softness from you, but feared that ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,965 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Breakdown, Breakthrough: Overcoming The 12 Common Professional Crises Working Women Face Today

Thousands of professional women today are discovering a startling and deeply disturbing truth – that their professional lives are no longer working. Often this realization hits a woman smack between the eyes in midlife, and is experienced as a full-blown crisis. In fact, there are 12 common ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,911 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

How Career Coaching Gets It Wrong: Tips For Choosing a Career Coach Who Won’t Waste Your Money

What are the easiest ways to spot an ineffective career coach who won’t be helpful in moving you forward? This week I heard from a lovely woman in another state who shared with me a story about a career coach she hired this year. This coach, in the end, was of no help at all. I have to say, if I’ve heard this once, I’ve heard it one hundred times.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,684 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Naming and Claiming Your True Niche: What to Release – and Embrace – to Success in Your Sweet Spot

Part I: What to Release I’ve had a long, bumpy journey on the road to finding my true niche as a professional. From years of inauthentic (and unappealing) corporate work, to becoming a psychotherapist and coach yearning to find my true “sweet spot,” my path has been fraught with blocks and fears about “naming and claiming” who I am as a professional in this world. Finally, I can say I’ve discovered exactly what I love to do and for whom, at least for the present. In overcoming many challenges in finding my true niche, I am now focused on helping others do the same.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,500 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

The Top 10 Things Coaching Marketers and Training Schools Won’t Tell You

This week, I had a fabulous conversation with Starla Sireno – Founder of www.Fearlessnessinc.com and the Fearless Women Entrepreneur Network – an empowering forum for women entrepreneurs in San Francisco and beyond, providing the knowledge and support women need to become fearless entrepreneurs. Starla and I both found so much validation and confirmation in sharing our honest and frank views about the coaching business, entrepreneurship, women’s challenges in launching their ventures to great success, and the onslaught of false information that is damaging to thousands of women today.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,483 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

7 Reasons You Hate Marketing – And How to Learn to Love It

In ramping up my marketing consulting work with women consultants, practitioners, and entrepreneurs these past months, I’ve heard these words over and over: “I hate marketing.” or, more specifically… “I hate promoting myself.” It’s an amazing thing to observe – that so many women today view marketing as sleazy, embarrassing, scary, or simply overwhelming. Women tell me that marketing and networking are deeply challenging (and scare the pants off of them) for the following reasons (these are exact quotes): “I just feel like that sleazy used car salesma I hate.”

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,475 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

6 Essential Steps to Career Breakthrough: Make Your Visions a Reality

There are so many people today in dramatic career and life transition, and also so many coaches and consultants offering help. I’ve discovered that giving people simple tactics and strategies does not work unless there has been a true breakthrough in their thinking and behavior that allows ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,454 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

The 7 Signs of an Empowered Life – Are You Living One?

Empowerment -- the act of investing oneself with more authority and control over one’s path -- is a vitally important process that I teach and explore every day as a career transformation coach. I’ve personally witnessed the transformative effect it can have, when an individual takes control of the reins of her life and decides to no longer be a victim. Yet many still say to me that “empowerment” is a cliché, an overused term that’s new-agey and silly.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,436 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Are You Empowered in Your Career? 12 Strategies to Gain Strength, Confidence, and Clarity

Professional women have made tremendous strides in terms of drawing on our strengths, abilities, and confidence in the workplace in recent years, but it’s clear that we have a long way to go before we are using our female power with self-assurance and ease. Based on my national in-depth research study Women Overcoming Crisis: Finding New Meaning in Life and Work, and my work with hundreds of professional women each year, I have found that even high-level, high-achieving professional women report battling insecurity and discomfort in using their voices to lead powerfully and say “no” o

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,422 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Can You Make a Good Living Being a Life Coach?

Running a coaching and consulting company dedicated to helping women achieve breakthrough in their lives and work, I meet thousands of folks each year who want to reinvent, many of whom are considering launching a coaching or consulting practice, or other small business of their own. They long to transition into coaching for solid reasons, and many come with great, top-level experience.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,404 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Decoding "The Secret"

As the idea of manifesting what we want in life has been a topic at the forefront of the media, talk shows, and public conversations of late, I'd like to address some aspects of the book The Secret that I believe have been misinterpreted or misunderstood based on the "sensationalized" ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,395 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Why Million-Dollar Coaching Promises Should Make You Leery

“It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.” – Winston Churchill These past few years I’ve been connected with literally dozens of coaches who promise that, if you follow their work and their model, you’ll be a millionaire. Really?

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,371 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

What Do You Really Want - a Job or a "Calling"?

Knowing what you want in your life and career is the most important step to achieving it.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,289 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

7 Signs You’re In Denial About Money

In the past several years, I’ve worked with hundreds of women entrepreneurs, executives, consultants and small business owners who are, as I was at one time, in complete denial about their money situation. They know they’re not earning nearly enough or they’re spending too much, and money is slipping through their hands, but that’s as far as their understanding of the problem goes. In short, their heads are deep in the sand about their money relationship. They’re working hard to ignore the obvious - the inevitable misery that will come unless they change directions, and fast.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,285 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Breaking Down - It Makes Breakthrough Possible

Are you a professional woman longing for a change? You're not alone. Seven out of 10 women today are facing a major turning point. After devoting years to building successful careers, they feel that their lives and identities no longer work. As a result, most are facing at least one of 12 hidden work-life crises, including chronic health problems, financial bondage, and painful losses of the "real me." A professional crisis-or breakdown -is sounding an important wake-up call that, when answered, can lead to lasting change in how you work and live.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,273 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Getting Support in Times of Change

As a coach and a psychotherapist, I’ve worked with hundreds of people each year who are going through dramatic change of some kind or another, and are in need of support from their families, friends, colleagues and others. We often discuss what healthy support is, and how it feels when we receive support that gives us the strength and confidence to persevere. What does helpful support look like? From my perspective, positive support shows up in many ways, and is expressed verbally and non-verbally, through language, beliefs, attitudes, and behavior.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,267 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Are You Receiving A Wake-Up Call?

A wake-up call is a resounding signal received that change is necessary in your life. Often we get this type of call when a crisis or deeply challenging situation has emerged. n Clients ask me, "What is crisis in our lives? How can we tell we're heading into crisis, versus simply going ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,250 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

What My Five Careers Have Taught Me: Top 10 Lessons of Career Reinvention

I’ve significantly revised my career numerous times over my 25 years of working, and each time, I’ve learned some powerful, surprising lessons -- about myself, my capabilities, perceptions, misconceptions, and about what it takes for me to attain what I want. Each career shift led me down a new path, and often, the destination wasn’t at all what I’d hoped or planned. Huge mistakes were made, certainly, but what I’ve learned has been of great value and utility, allowing me to focus ever more closely on what matters to me.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,233 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

The 12 Hidden Crises of Entrepreneurial Women

Several years ago I conducted a yearlong research study with over 100 working women across the country about professional crises in women and how we can reclaim our lives to overcome them. I was astounded by the findings, and felt they were so universal and important for women, I wrote a book called Breakdown Breakthrough about these 12 crises, offering a three-step holistic model to break through these challenges once and for all.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,228 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Breakdown Breakthrough

Are you a professional woman longing for a radical change? You are not alone. According to my research—a yearlong national study in partnership with the Esteemed Womanr Foundation—seven out of 10 women today, particularly those in their middle years, say they are facing a major turning point in their professional lives. After devoting years to building successful careers, they feel that their professional lives and identities no longer work.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,173 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Has Your Wake-Up Call Arrived?

A wake-up call is a resounding signal received that change is necessary in your life. Often we get this type of call when a crisis or deeply challenging situation has emerged. Clients ask me, "What is crisis in our lives?

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,161 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Taking Back Power Back Tips For Restoring Balance and Focus

Since my book published this Fall, I've been inundated by activity around launching it, publicizing it, and speaking about it. I enjoy much of this activity, as it involves marketing and promotion, which I'm comfortable with (it was my professional specialization in my corporate life, and also it fits my "socializer" personality). I also believe in the book's messages, so it's a joy to speak about it.

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,157 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

3 Steps To Powerful Marketing

When I work with individuals wishing to create new marketing materials for their new practice or business, I ask them to take three steps with me in the process of creating powerful messages and materials about who they are and what they offer to the world. Not coincidentally, these are the ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,155 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Breakdown, Breakthrough: Overcoming The Twelve Common Crises Working Women Face

Thousands of professional women today are discovering a startling and deeply disturbing truth – that their professional lives are no longer working. Often this realization hits a woman smack between the eyes in midlife, and is experienced as a full-blown crisis. In fact, there are twelve common ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,144 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

6 Essential Steps to Career Breakthrough: Navigating Through Change Successfully

There are so many people today in dramatic career and life transition, and also thousands of coaches and consultants offering help. I’ve discovered, however, that recommending simple, straightforward tactics and strategies does not work unless there has been a true breakthrough in the ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,094 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Are You Accessing Your Creative Well? Tips for Tapping Your Creativity

Today I’d like to explore the concept of creativity, and how it shapes and enriches our lives to access our own individual wells of creativity. What is "creativity?" The typical colloquial definitions of creativity involve:n - Producing or bringing about something partly or wholly newnn- ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,076 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Getting Support in Times of Change

As a coach and a therapist, I work with hundreds of people each year who are going through dramatic change of some kind or another, and are in need of support from their families, friends, colleagues and others. We often discuss what healthy support is, and how it feels when we receive support ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,073 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

Breakdown, Breakthrough: Overcoming the 12 Hidden Crises of Professional Women

Are you a professional woman longing for a radical change? You are not alone. According to my research—a yearlong national study in partnership with the Esteemed Woman Foundation—seven out of 10 women today, particularly those in their middle years, say they are facing a major ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,042 views

By Kathy CaprinoRecently published1 topic

De-Stressing And Enjoying Your Holiday Times

As the chill of Autumn arrives, we know that busy times are ahead -- complete with ghosts and goblins, turkey trots, Christmas, Hanukah, New Year's and other beautiful celebrations fast approaching. Along with the bustle of excitement often come stress, worry, exhaustion, and over-load, ...

Primary topic: Personal Development

Personal Development

1,008 views

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