Introduction • Big Changes • Our Results • Clients & Revenues • Lifetime Stats • Continuing Education • Charitable Giving • And Personally Introduction As we bring this decade to a close, I feel especially compelled to reflect. What have I accomplished? How have I grown? What challenges have I overcome? Who have I supported? [Keep Reading…]
Six Years of Coaching
Are you or is someone you know in need of a life boost? I’m now accepting clients as part of my coaching certification. Please get in touch! — Whitney Hess (@whitneyhess) November 3, 2013 Wow, I can’t believe it’s been 6 years! So much has changed since then. These posts drew in my first [Keep Reading…]
Using our energy as a force for good
Every day I learn something new about the work I do. Today, while staring at the ocean, I realized something that moved me. I help leaders to manage their energy and be a force for good. Society tries to teach us that nature doesn’t exist; because for its survival, it needs us to care more [Keep Reading…]
Where Have I Been?
Enough. I am tired of doing nothing but reading the news all day, hiding and eating ice cream, waiting for the pain to stop. I have decided to fully commit to using my business as a force for good in the world, more than I ever have before. That means evolving the coaching practice I’ve [Keep Reading…]
The Staggering Story of My Past Year Plus
By June 2015, we knew we needed a change. It was already a year since I’d become a certified coach. It was almost a year since Fredrick had become a professional chef. I had built a full-time coaching practice. He had been promoted twice. We were bored. We’d been living on our sailboat Jenny for [Keep Reading…]
Designing a More Self Aware Life
It was such an honor to be interviewed by Srini Rao for The Unmistakable Creative podcast in an episode titled, Designing a More Self Aware Life. He asked such deep and thought-provoking questions, it enabled me to give my deepest, truest, most authentic answers. It may have been my best interview yet! Thank you so [Keep Reading…]
Is today getting you closer to your ideal tomorrow?
Do you sense there’s so much more you could be doing, but you don’t know what it is? I’ve been there. I’ve experienced the dread that comes when your day begins and the work ahead no longer feels like it’s enough. And I bet you have too. If you could do anything in the world, [Keep Reading…]
Practice UX on Your Home Turf
Give yourself permission to practice UX every day Progress takes practice. You have to work at it every single day. Regardless of your circumstances, when you practice UX every day, you: Build empathy with your colleagues Better meet your customers’ needs Become more strategic in your approach Make more informed design decisions Resolve conflicts with [Keep Reading…]
Three Key Ingredients to Giving Yourself Permission
The thing about giving yourself permission is that it’s a process. You don’t just do it once and then live in freedom forever. You have to say Yes to yourself over, and over, and over again. Every day, I coach people through the process of giving themselves permission. They got tired of waiting for things [Keep Reading…]
Do You Give Yourself Permission?
Whether you’re my best friend or we’ve never even met, I know a secret about you: you’re capable of more than you realize. How can I be so sure? Because the 70+ people I’ve coached over the last 14 months have proven it to be true. Over and over and over again, I watch people [Keep Reading…]
