The Guilt Free Coach: Victoria Cook

Victoria's 3 Secrets to a Guilt-Free Goals Revolution

Every year starts out the same way. It's that “fresh start feeling" that generates the desire to set some New Year's resolutions or goals. Did you set any? Did you spend January beating yourself up because they were the same resolutions / goals that were ... Read >

What's Really Important to You?

Our family recently experienced a rather unexpected and sudden loss. My husband’s 38 year old cousin suddenly passed away due to complications of pneumonia.It's never easy to lose someone, but when they are so young, vibrant, and seem to have so much ahea... Read >

Where are you Headed?

All too often when talking with business owners who are unhappy with their results, I find they haven't set many goals much less created a specific plan on how to reach them. While speaking with one owner recently, she shared that she really doesn't s... Read >

Three Strategies to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed

It starts out slowly; a missed deadline here, an unexpected project there, and then a growing pile of items needing attention. Before you know it, time and your schedule have gotten away from you. Not only does this affect your productivity, but it also b... Read >

3 Key Qualities in the Right Accountability Partner

If you've read a few of my articles you already know I'm a firm believer in having an accountability partner when working on a goal whether or not the goal is a personal or professional one. While preparing for a personal goal of my own, it was my four-ye... Read >

Does YOUR Elevator Take People Up?

Would it surprise you to know research shows that 80% of people have increased productivity after being praised for their work? Or that when children are praised for their efforts, and not their intelligence, they have improved scores on some tests by 30%... Read >

Refill and Have Fun

Are you having enough fun? Many of the clients with whom I work are high achieving professional women; women who are internally driven and already successful in many areas of their life. Often these clients come to coaching looking to raise their ... Read >

Attitude-- Pick a good one

Did you pick a good one? 5 keys to creating a more positive attitude I was reminded about the importance of choosing a good attitude at a High Tea and women's networking event I attended a couple weeks ago. The feature speaker, Laurie Nelson from Fami... Read >

Can You Take a Baby Step?

In January 2009 my colleague, Tammy Cook, and I conducted two 2-hour teleclasses on making 2009 your best year ever. It's chock-full of meaty content, simple strategies, and some terrific step-by-step information. Despite all the details, almost univers... Read >

Get More Done with a “To-Don’t� List

A colleague of mine recently sent me a link to an article written by Liz Massey of Creative Liberty on 7 Ways to Reduce Stress With a To-Don't List. As a chronic To-DO list maker from waaaaayyyyy back, I was really intrigued by the title! As a coach who ... Read >

Reclaiming Energy

Feeling Drained? Like fuel in a car, energy is the catalyst needed to keep us in the driver's seat of our life. Everything we do in life either give us energy or drains our energy. How can we ensure we have the energy needed to get done the things mo... Read >

Where are YOU a Slumdog?

Five keys for taming your inner Slumdog I recently saw the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire. It's rare that I agree with "The Academy", but this was a really terrific movie with such a moving story. As you likely have heard, it's about a young... Read >

Changing for good

I've been reading the book "Changing For Good: A Revolutionary Six-Stage Program for Overcoming Bad Habits and Moving Your Life Positively Forward" (Authors James O. Prochaska, PH.D., John C. Norcross, PH.D., and Carlo C. Diclemente, PH.D.). I first hear... Read >

Inner Strength-Is what you think true?

The other day I was driving in the car with my 3-year old son, listening to my iPod through the car radio. The song Ballroom Blitz by Sweet (circa) came on and I started jamming "old school". Aidan was singing right along! Curious what he was singing, I t... Read >

10 Tips to Reduce Stress & Guilt

Stress and guilt seem to go hand-in-hand. As a working parent, there seems to be plenty of both to go around! Below are a couple of quick tips that can greatly reduce feelings of stress and guilt creating greater life harmony. 1. Consciously choos... Read >