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TO ALL THE COACHES AND MENTORS I’VE HIRED BEFORE

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To the coaches who taught me to create lead magnets, email campaigns, and funnels, I created countless dozens.

To the coach who was all about NLP and Instagram, you helped me see who I am not.

To the coach who was about releasing negative energy using her book of muscle testing tricks, that negative energy continued to stick around. 

To the coach who told me it was all about alchemizing my shadow and activating the dark, it didn’t work for me.

To the coach who told me I had to divorce my family and remove them from my life forever, I’m glad I didn’t listen to you. 

To the coach who told me to network, create a low-priced membership, and keep my fees low, you didn’t really see me.

To the coach who told me to tap and do 3-day challenges and then told me she was glad when our mentorship was over because she didn’t look forward to our calls, you showed me the kind of coach I will never be.

To the coach who said it was about clearing money blocks and using her crystal method of manifestation, this only reinforces money blocks.

To the coach who was all about law of attraction, I discovered it requires more than being high-vibe.

To the mentor who helped me clarify my message, this reinforced the belief that it takes a long time to sell and there are a lot of hoops to jump through. 

To the mentor who was all about acceptance, forgiveness, and permission, you helped me see myself differently.

To the mentor who was all about play and creativity, you helped me see the importance of cultivating joy.

To the mentor who showed me my gift in relationships, you helped me shift my perception of me.

To the mentor who helped me see transformation doesn’t have to take a long time, you helped set me free from old, deeply rooted beliefs about change and I was able to shift my business in ways I never had before so that sales were fun, easy, and empowering.

You all led me on a path to clarifying who was the right mentor for me and to seeing the type of mentor I desire to be.

You must be what you desire to attract because you attract what you are.

I can see who I was with each of you from playing the victim to hiding to breaking free from victim mentality and owning my power, worth, and truth to claim and realize all I desire. 

I am grateful I continued to evolve in who I was and who I desired to work with. 

I want to thank all of you for all the lessons that led me to where I am now and to being the woman, coach, and business owner I am meant to be and will continue to evolve into.

Love,

Kori

The path to what you desire is not what you think it is.

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What if I told you that all that you desire – awesome relationships, amazing health, and incredible wealth – is yours when you deeply and completely know, respect, and love yourself?

 

What if I told you that the path of self-discovery is THE way to everything and anything that you want?

 

It is the truth. It is THE path to success – in business, relationships, and health.

 

How do I know? Because I took that path. Not always eagerly, I must admit, as it is not the work for the weary. It takes incredible strength, resilience, vulnerability, and grit. It is the most worthwhile work you will ever engage in.

 

I believe we all crave authentic self-expression. We all want to be our authentic selves because we have lost it somewhere along the way (through social conditioning, societal pressures, etc.)

 

When I first started on the path of coaching, my goal was to help people truly, deeply, and authentically know themselves so that they could get their true work into the world. I called my practice, Core Connection, as my vision was to help people connect to the core of who they are because I had found that when you do that, everything comes into alignment – your true work, financial success, great health, and strong relationships.

 

When I would tell the coaches I was working with that I believed self-knowledge was the path to optimal health, incredible relationships, and extraordinary career and business success, I was told that no one would buy that, that I needed to package it differently. People only buy for reasons of health, wealth, and relationships – they don’t buy self-discovery. BUT, I insisted, self-discovery is THE path to health, wealth, and relationships.

 

I knew the impact this could have not only on one’s business, but also on their health, relationships, and happiness. It is at the core of what I believe.

 

I greatly value authenticity. I want to be real. I’m tired of all the get rich quick, $10,000 in a weekend talk that is prevalent in the coaching industry. For me, money is a tool that allows us further self-expression – it is not the end-goal. The inner work creates the outer expression and reward of that work.

 

And that is what I want to work on with you. Yes, I  want to help you achieve financial success and financial freedom (I will also ask you how it connects to your mission and vision) BECAUSE it provides you with access to many things as well as the ability to increase your reach and broaden your impact. AND while you are doing that, I want to help you build a life of meaning that includes a rich community, deep relationships, daily practices that support your continued growth and contribute to incredible mental and physical health. It is all connected.

I believe the financial success comes when you are being true to who you are and are connected with your mission and vision, not the other way around.

 

I want you to see yourself as your most powerful self. I want you to be living the most amazing story of your life – one in which you are contributing your unique gifts to the world, having an impact, owning your power, being real and authentic, being free to be truly you and expressing your true self in every situation. You at your best.

 

That is my mission. That is what I am here to do.

 

I would love to help you do that – be fully, authentically you, live life as you desire, build a business that is a true reflection of you – all while having financial success, strong relationships, a supportive community, incredible health, and a deep sense of satisfaction that pervades every aspect of your life.

 

What do you say, friend, are you ready to live the most incredible story of your life?

 

That is exactly what you will do when you invest in yourself, your personal growth, and the growth of your business and career.

 

Making that one decision – the decision to stop going at it alone and to instead enroll in getting the support you need to progress more quickly – changes everything. Your energy changes as you shift into what would be possible for you, what would be amazing, and you start to paint the picture of the incredible life you want to create.

 

It’s moving out of analysis and into action. Putting skin in the game. Declaring this is your time, this is your life, and nothing is going to stop you. That is powerful.

 

Book your call with me and let’s get started on building your incredible business and life.

 

P.S. The Dream Desire Determination Mastermind is kicking off on October 9. Apply today to get in on this kick-ass program!

Life Lessons from Running with a Fourteen-year-old who Doesn’t Like to Run

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How is your week? Did you celebrate Valentine’s Day? Did you do something you love with someone you love? I worked out with one of my nephews – I love being active and I love spending time with family – it was a perfect Valentine’s activity.

As we were working out, I started reflecting on how this came to be, as my nephew, Evan, does not enjoy working out. He would much prefer to watch Netflix and play video games, yet for over a year now, we’ve been working out together almost every week. I wanted to share my thoughts with you on this as they relate to work and life.

First and foremost, there is power in personal accountability. When I show up to work out with my nephew, he doesn’t try to get out of it or make excuses why he can’t do it, he puts on his gear and we head out the door. He may not WANT to do it necessarily, but having me there ready and waiting, there’s no other option but to do it. Then, when we get out the door, we break our workout into segments. We do a circuit at three different parks, running between each. Each leg of the run also gets broken down. We run towards a specific landmark. We usually end up running faster when we do this vs. if we had said let’s run for five minutes.

The lesson? When you make it accessible, it is easier to start. Along the way, when you choose points along the route as goals (i.e., the green sign) you actually perform better than if you say let’s run for a mile. It’s visually approaching the goal vs. being unaware of how many seconds or minutes towards your mile have passed that makes it easier to keep going. You know exactly where you are headed and you know when you have arrived and achieved your goal.

So how can we apply this to life?

When you are working on a big project or desire to achieve a certain level of success in your career or business, or in your fitness or finances, give yourself guideposts (the more visual, the better). When I complete this section, I’ll grab a cup of coffee. After I make that phone call, I’ll take a short walk.

Set up an accountability system. Ask a friend or colleague to be your accountability partner for a specific project. You can offer to support them in sticking to a certain goal in return.

Hire a coach. This has been, in my experience, the most powerful way to move forward. Investing in yourself and your personal and professional development signals to yourself and the universe that you mean business. Working with a coach gives you not only have high-level accountability and expert support, you also have a constant guide, helping you break down your vision into a clear strategy. The strategy is then broken down into small actionable items with a clear measurable outcome attached. The beauty of working with a coach as your mentor is you have someone to check in with as you make progress and come up against obstacles, so you are constantly refining your process to make it more effective and efficient. The growth obtained from working with a coach, not only in your business, but also personally, is incredible.

If you’ve struggling moving your business forward or transitioning into a new business, let’s talk. We can jump on the phone or Skype for a quick 10-minute call to see what it would look like to work together and look into what areas you want to grow your business and move to the next level both professionally and personally.

So what’s the moral of the story? Keep your sights on the next landmark, keep moving forward, one step at a time, and don’t do it alone.

Rooting for you.

Kori

P.S. Schedule your Business Breakthrough Session here. I look forward to connecting with you!