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Success and Leadership Coach, Heather Vickery talks about building powerful habits for success.

Positive Habits for Success

You hear it all the time – “We all have the same number of hours in a day.” So think about that for a second… Beyoncé has the same number of hours in a day that you do. Ok, so most of us don't have Beyoncé money or her staff but neither did she in the beginning. Building success is about mindset and habit building is a mindset decision! While this is totally true, we all definitely do not use those hours in the same way. Honestly, the way in which hours are spent is the main difference between those who live fulfilling lives (and run successful businesses) and those who don’t. My mentor, Aaron Anastasi, used to say to me, “How you do

Commit to 2019!

Here we are at the end of January already. Changes are good. You have reflected on the past year, created some type of vision board and maybe even set a Word of The Year for yourself. I’m willing to bet you also set some goals for yourself. Guess what? Those goals are not likely to happen without some serious intention and planning behind them. Personal Commitment When I work with clients 1:1, or even in a group setting, I always ask them to make a firm commitment to the things they agree to do. If you are going to write a blog post, I want to know what day and time you intend to sit down and write. Then, I want you to promptly

Success and Leadership coach, Heather Vickery, announces word of the year for 2019: EXPLORE

2019 Word of The Year: Explore

I have been identifying a “Word of The Year” for the last several years. This is a word that inspires, motives and connects me. It’s a word that I employee into every element of my life and work on a daily basis to manifest into reality. Think of your Word of The Year as one big, overarching goal you set for yourself. But it isn’t a “thing” to be accomplished or checked off your to-do list. It’s a feeling, an energy that you want to bring into all aspects of your life. Essentially it’s a guiding word to carry with you throughout the year. My Word of The Year for 2019 is … Now, you may be thinking this word means I want

A Year of supporting Charities, The Brave Files Podcast, Heather Vickery, Success and Leadership Coach

Celebrating a Year's Worth of “Charities of The Week”

As 2018 comes to a close, I can’t help but reflect on all the wonderful things that have happened over the past year. Honestly, it has been an amazing year for me personally, despite the stress and difficulties we are facing worldwide. This has been a year of tremendous growth for me personally, my family, my friends, and my amazing clients. One new thing that entered my life in 2018 was The Brave Files Podcast. As I was creating the show I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted to share with the world and how I could be part of making the world a more loving, beautiful and joyful place. Do all things with great care. One of

Success Coach, Heather Vickery, talks about the importance of reflection and reassessment before setting new goals.

Reflect before setting new goals!

December Already? Here I sit, a little in shock that it is December already. This year has flown by! I have celebrated the last of my four daughters’ birthdays and my own, breezed past a beautiful summer, started a new school year, coached many amazing clients, spoke to many amazing crowds, and created a powerful program to help corporate employees discover how leading from authenticity allows them to be more successful. I published 39 amazing episodes of The Brave Files Podcast and became a published co-author of Lose The Cape: The Mom’s Guide to Becoming Socially & Politically Engaged (& How to Raise Tiny Activists). I even participated in NaNoWriMo (trust me, that level of commitment to writing is intense but exciting!), began producing my

Success and Leadership Coach, Heather Vickery tells you how boundaries are your key to freedom and how to implement them today. Free Download!

Boundaries – Your Key to Freedom!

A Love Affair… The most successful people out there, the ones who appear to have it all together, are in on an amazing secret. They know of something that basically guarantees their potential for greatness and they make it a daily habit. Guess what, so do I! One might consider it a secret love affair. (That’s how amazing this is!) but I don’t want to keep this a secret! You should know about this awesome, life-changing habit. You deserve to be in on it. So, are you dying to know what my love affair is? It’s a love affair…with boundaries. Yep, boundaries. Boundaries are the secret to success. Defining strong, healthy boundaries is the most empowering action you will take as

Expressing gratitude allows you to cultivate what is best within your life and enhance all experiences.

The Impact of Gratitude

Being grateful all the time isn’t easy. But it’s when you least feel thankful that you are most in need of what gratitude can give you: perspective. Gratitude can transform any situation. It alters your vibration, moving you from negative energy to positive. It’s the quickest, easiest most powerful way to effect change in your life – This I know for sure.” – Oprah Over the last several years I have learned a lot about what it means to be grateful and how to make it a top priority in my life. Expressing gratitude towards myself and others has probably been the single most significant change I have implemented (and let’s be honest, in the last 5 years there have been a lot of

Prioritize your actions for best results. How do you want to be spending your time? Success Coach, Heather Vickery

For Best Results, Prioritize Your Actions

I am not proud of this story … This week, I caught myself underprepared and stressed because there is no freaking way I am going to get “it all” done in time! For me this week brings an online course launch, a new podcast episode, the beginning stages of two new books and, of course, taking care of my 1:1 clients and raising four little girls (and the list goes on)! If you are anything like me, you want to do a good job with everything you do, but when your plate is this full, that seems nearly impossible. When things get this crazy it is easy to let overwhelm take over and just shut down. And you know what? Sometimes I do just

Real success comes from deeply understanding why you want something.

Lacking Motivation? Think again.

You may be searching for motivation, but that’s not where you should be looking. No matter who you are or what your job is, consistent output is important. You may even say it’s crucial to success. The challenge, however, is that it doesn’t always come easy! I wish someone would give me $1 for every time I have lacked motivation. I’d be sitting on a beach with a cocktail and a personal chef! Like most people, I spent a good period of my life thinking I was fighting for motivation. That “lack of motivation” was the root of my problems. But through a tremendous amount of hard work (and, funny enough, personal motivation), I have put a great deal of effort into managing

Heather Vickery reminds us that change is the only constant.

Everything Changes

There is one thing I know for sure, everything changes. In fact, as I sit here, I am overwhelmed by the extreme amount of change surrounding me right now. There are some obvious and fabulous ones like this brand-new website. I hope you love it because this sucker was one hell of a project. Big thanks to Crystal from Marketing Queen for putting up with me. One thing is very clear, I'm never ever going to be a web developer. Nothing stresses me out more than working on the back end of a website. Thank the universe for delegation! This past year has been fraught with changes, most of them good. I am excited to say, I have an established and successful