I was a “yes” woman, but did not know it. I thought I was leading from my gut and all of the degrees decorating my office wall. As a “yes” woman, I often would defer to a mentor or if my team seemed unhappy, I would take it personally and then try to please everyone. I was resentful, exhausted and sick of not trusting my own smarts! On top of this, I would say yes when I wanted to say no, because I wanted to be the perfect boss. 

All of that would be fine, as I was fortunate enough to not make any major mistakes. But, my husband got sick, and I needed to keep doing my job. I could not stop. I had less patience, and found I was getting frustrated with myself. I felt pulled in so many directions and it made me have more self-doubt. I would stay awake at night researching every possible angle of a decision for the direction the business was headed that quarter. I drove myself crazy. One day a peer sent me Tracy’s podcast, MORE: Ask for what you want. Can I just say, she saw me! She saw into my soul. I immediately connected with her and signed up for a year of 1:1 coaching. My whole life changed. Completely. I am self-assured, happy and wake up each day excited, because I believe in myself and how I lead. I have stopped being a yes woman and become a powerful, influential woman who is complete. I love myself and love Tracy too! (and my husband is fine!! Thank you God!)

By working with Tracy, I was able to finally see myself in an honest light. I realized how much I hated myself. To the outside world, no one would know, but inside I was always in turmoil.  I portrayed a very successful image to everyone, while hiding away each night listening to this voice in my head remind me I did not deserve the life and business I had built. 

I saw my perfectionist tendencies and self-doubt had actually made it difficult for me to stick with what I wanted from my employees. I would take the slightest rebuttal and stop. What has changed? I now take responsibility and commit to myself what I want. I stopped giving my power away, blaming others and finally shut the voice up in my head! As an added bonus, revenue followed these changes, reflecting this powerful and influential woman that I always was but did not know how to connect with! I am forever grateful!

I’ve worked with therapists and coaches over the past couple of decades. I was emotionally burned out with my career. My personal life was a train wreck, but more importantly at the time I found Tracy; becoming a partner at the law firm seemed to be driving me to question what I really wanted. I saw myself as responsible, great at my job (even though I was exhausted) and ready for the success I had envisioned growing up. 

My motivation and my desire were out of sync, as were my goals. I found through working with Tracy that even though I am direct, and tenacious that I was hiding out from myself. I was afraid to see the self-doubt, my insecurities and everything inside of me that woke me up in the middle of the night, fearful I could blow everything!

It was like the sun rose and I could see what I avoided. This went from not just self doubt, but how I chose to work, who I worked with and why I took on the overwhelming, crisis driven cases. I needed intensity! I needed to feel needed, as though I was the only one who could save the day! I also used this as a reason to stay single. But, guess what? In working with Tracy, I found my triggers, my resistance, my always needing a challenge and more to flip! Yes, flip! Even though I did not want to do the work, I did it! Yes I am a partner now, but on my terms. Yes, I am still direct, but in a different, more compassionate way. I feel successful, and that seemed to be impossible before now. Feeling successful is an amazing way to get out of bed each day! Thank you Tracy