OFFICIAL LAUNCH: LT COACHING AND CONSULTING, LLC

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It’s here! July 1! And, while we have been soft launching LT Coaching and Consulting, LLC for a few months now, today marks the official day that we are in business. I’m happy to report that LT Coaching and Consulting, LLC has my full-time attention as I work with incredible individuals, schools, organizations, corporations, and partners to help #makethingsbetter in our communities.

If you’ve been following some of the updates over the past few months, you’ll know that my schedule is fully booked for Fall 2018 (which means, unless there are some exceptions, I’m only booking clients and speaking engagements for after January 1, 2019). While success looks pretty on the outside, getting to a place where I had collaborative trusting relationships has taken years and years. I’m proud to say that, until this launch, I have never advertised or done any marketing for the work that I do. Instead, all of the work has come from people who have trusted me to come into their homes, schools, communities and offices to do good work and who wanted to tell others about it. 

I am grateful.  Thank you for your trust.

For most of my career, I have always worked multiple jobs: mid-to-senior level administrative positions in which diversity, equity, and inclusion were integral to my role; classroom teaching; and consulting with schools and organizations who were looking to do better. Because of these three roles, I often had to limit what I could do and who I could “say yes” to partnering with in this work. I finally reached a tipping point and realized I was saying “no” far too often to people who truly wanted some help and guidance to deliver more identity-conscious and responsible leadership. I began to feel the push-and-pull of wanting to do good work and also needing to hold my responsibilities as priorities.

But, I kept ignoring the call. And that call kept getting louder. 

How did I make the decision to turn my attention full-time to coaching and consulting? Easy - I turned to a coach.  

Through coaching, I began to explore what we call “Gremlins” - those little buggers in your ear that keep telling you that you “aren’t good enough” or “not ready” or “taking too many risks.” With my coach, we spent each week exploring these fears, how these fears protected me for decades, and how these fears can be turned into motivators. Each week, we came up with goal oriented action plans, set achievable markers, and still continued to explore my fears about launching my own business. I worked hard to reframe some of my fears about owning my own business or, more specifically, not having a steady paycheck, and doubted whether anyone would call me. I had to face some ugly truths about insecurity and be reminded about what success in diversity work looks like (spoiler alert: it looks like our communities, schools, and work environments being healthy!). And, once I let go of all of the fears that kept me back, something needed to fill that space — abundance. 

And, here we are, July 1st. The official launch. 

And, I feel amazing.  

I feel proud. I feel confident. I feel ready. I feel grateful, courageous, and excited to take on this new adventure. I’m honored to reconnect with many past partners who have already booked me for this year, and I am eager to meet new partners, explore new organizations, and learn more about people all across this country.

Thank you, Kari, Joe, and Wendy, my amazing coaching partners, for getting me through some of these tough moments. I couldn’t have done it without you. 

Folks, I hope you have read some of the testimonials my partners and clients have left on my webpage about their experiences with coaching. Having a coach truly changed my life. And, I'm so fortunate to have been able to shift and change the lives of others. 

Thank you to everyone who has supported me, worked with me, and encouraged me to follow this path. Thank you for trusting me with your communities, your journey, your people, your families and friends. 

Let’s get started. Let’s #MakeThingsBetter

Peace and love,  

Liza