The Kickstartology Blog

By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach Choosing the Terror over Safety At 6:55pm on Saturday night, I was the most terrified I've been in a long time. I was about to step on stage to perform seven minutes of new stand-up material including some...

Self Sabotage Looks Like: Kickstartology Coaching is designed to help you stop self-sabotaging. What does that mean exactly? There are so many ways to self-sabotage, and we even have a list of the top 10 ways that women self-sabotage. But how does it show up in the...

By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach Self-Doubt Stops You From Trying Self-doubt is #4 on our list of the top 10 ways that intelligent women get in their own way. What have you never pursued only because you weren't sure if you could pull it...

By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach What causes indecision? Indecisiveness is #2 on our list of the top 10 ways that intelligent women get in their own way. Decision-making is a big deal since your current life is the result of all of your...

By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall "I Can't Stop Overthinking" You keep having spinning thoughts about something and you aren't getting anywhere new. The problem with overthinking is that: It keeps you from taking action or making a...

By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach Fastest Way To Drive New Action If you want to change something and create new results fast, the first thing to do is NOT to make a list or schedule. These things feel like "taking action," but you will...

By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach Lack of Willpower Have you ever blamed something on a lack of willpower? The willpower problem is rarely that you don't have it, it's more likely the problem is that you have too much of it. People think...

By Nadine Araksi, Toronto-based Story Coach You better not cry A pre-game primer for Festivus Here we goooooo!  You've worked hard all year. You've been reading our posts, doing the program or various workshops, and you now have more tools in your kit than one of...

By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach The Perfect Holidays in Three Easy Steps: How to enjoy the holidays as much as the people in holiday movies in three easy steps: Buy a really big house and decorate it extensively Create some family drama...

By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach Dreading the Inevitable Holiday Hustle There's a lot of Holiday Dread out there. The dread of a million things to do, complicated logistics, and not feeling appreciated. Dealing with triggering people. The...

By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall Fear of Vulnerability: Why It Feels Safer to Wait and What That Wait Is Costing You Hesitation often masquerades as logic. A decision sits unmade, not because of confusion or a lack of information,...

By Stephanie J. Marshall, Toronto-based Master Alignment Coach The Annoying Thing Coaches Say:  "You don't have to feel stressed." Stress doesn't feel like an active choice, and we can't just change our feelings on the spot because we want to. But consider this: Do...

By Nadine Araksi, Toronto-based Story Coach NO-vember: The Power of Saying No Do you say yes to everyone and every request reflexively before reviewing what you had actually committed to for yourself? What does that look like? A work request comes through, and you...

By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall What Assumptions Do You Have About Group Coaching? I help intelligent women get out of their heads so that they can start having more fun and explore what's possible, and I deliver on this through the...

By Toronto Life & Mindset Alignment Coach Stephanie J. Marshall Life Coaching Woo What do you picture? Do you think that life coaching involves women over-using the words journey and empowerment? A lot of energy and vibration talk? Reminders to charge your...