Koren MotekaitisKoren Motekaitis host of How She Really Does It, provides the place where inspiration + possibility meet. Each week Koren interviews a special guest: thought leader, best selling author, researcher, someone with a story to provide the glimmer of possibilities for you. The show is about living more fully in yourself. We talk about health, mindset, money, weight loss, entrepreneurship, family, parenting, compassion, career to help you create the life you want.
We’re taught that birthdays only count when they’re culturally considered milestones. Forty. Fifty. Fifty-five. Sixty. Anything in between, you are supposed to let quietly pass. ound numbers. Forty. Fifty. Sixty. Anything in between, you are supposed to let quietly pass. This year, at fifty-four, I did something different. Not because of my age, but because […]
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Twenty-one years ago, Trudi Roth stood on my lawn + told me I needed to write a book. I didn’t write the book. I started this show instead. Trudi + I have been friends through all of it. Raising kids. Building businesses. Supporting our spouses. Living full, complicated lives. There were seasons we were deep […]
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I’m back. After more than two years away, I’m returning to the podcast I’ve been hosting since 2006. What I thought would be a two-month pause became a much longer journey through frustration, perfectionism, identity shifts, and learning how to let go of who I thought I was supposed to be. This episode is an […]
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Last year, I found myself on a retreat utterly exhausted. I knew I was craving more space in my life and business, which sounds counterintuitive for a go-getter and high achiever like me, but sometimes, even the most driven individuals need to hit the pause button and allow themselves the luxury of space. So in […]
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As children, we had parents, teachers and other authoritative figures to lead the way. But as we make our move into adulthood, it can become difficult to step into leadership roles – in any aspect of our lives. In fact, this is a topic I discuss with my clients regularly. So I’d like to emphasize […]
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As a leadership coach, one of the things I do a lot of coaching on is communication. Communication can be scary and intimidating. Maybe it’s something you think you should know how to do, but let me tell you, it’s a learnable skill. And one of the things I talk a lot about with my […]
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Pursuing things that you want and work hard for can evoke fear when the outcome is uncertain. That feeling also resonates with people awaiting a diagnosis, whether it’s for themselves or their loved ones. Sometimes, when you become so anxious about what’s going to happen, you may start to under-function, allowing the unknown to manage […]
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Are any of your expectations influenced by fear, shame, or magical thinking? These are called stealth expectations and they usually are overlooked and unexpressed. They will go unnoticed until they resurface when challenges occur. It’s crucial to be aware of them and to know how to recognize if you have stealth expectations. In this episode, […]
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How amazing would it be to go back in time and change the way you did things? Recently, during multiple sessions with clients, the topic of how wonderful it would be to be a freshman in college again came up. It made me think about the fantasy of going back in time with the knowledge […]
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