Cathy Rodgers, Ph.D. spends her time bringing love, laughter and light into a world of transitions. Cathy shares "I am inspired by people who give of themselves to others. I am surrounded by people who take on making a difference in the world. That can take any form from working with one person to help them over a tough time to addressing world hunger. People who understand that when we look beyond ourselves to the needs of others we find the greatest joy and satisfaction, inspire me."As founder and coach of Women Living with Power and Passion provides coaching and development for women taking on changes in their lives with new relationships, divorces, career changes or other life events.
Cathy describes herself as nourishing because every relationship she has, whether one on one or with groups, is grounded in ensuring that the people around her see their greatness and have the internal resources to act on it.
As an entrepreneur for close to 20 years, she went out on her own because she wanted to create my own environment and live my own values. For most of the time as an entrepreneur, she ran highly successful business creating training programs for corporations. Since that time, she has been creating coaching business as well as teaching psychology at the university level. The learning has been great fun as has working with the women who hire her.
Cathy gives Tips for Lives in transition:
1. Give yourself some leeway. Making a transition takes some time for figuring out both where you want to go and how to get there. If you are not flexible, you may miss terrific opportunities that you didn’t see because they did not initially look like the image you had created.
2. Talk to everyone. No matter what you are trying to accomplish, there are people who have valuable ideas, connections and experiences you may benefit from. It is particularly important to talk with others when you are not making the progress you want to make. You never know whose contact’s contact will be the perfect person to help you get over a hump.
3. See yourself through the eyes of others. Most of us have a voice in our head that speaks to us all the time talking about what we did wrong, how foolish we are or other negative assessments. The voice is particularly apparent when trying to fall asleep and some of us actually have whole committees talking to and at us. Do not listen to that voice! If you want to know how great you are and how much you have to offer—especially important in times of transition—see how other people respond to you. They are the ones who really know what you can accomplish.
4. Take care of yourself. Recognize that, while exciting, times of transition can also be stressful. What are you going to do to keep yourself moving forward? What about when you need some TLC? You are your greatest asset but you must be in good shape to utilize that asset.
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