On a cold February night in 2008, I ran away from the South Slope apartment I'd been sharing with my husband like my life depended on it. In a full-blown panic, I ran down 4th Avenue shrieking, "JUST GO AWAY!" to the man I'd shared a life with for the last three years.

What results would you need to create for the coaching to pay for itself?

What if, as a result of coaching, you negotiated a pay bump?

And what would it be worth in the long run to have the mindset and strategies of confident self-advocacy become second nature to you? 

As an executive coach, I help smart women who hate office politics get promoted and better paid without throwing anyone under the bus.

If you're thinking, "I'm no fan of office politics myself, so how do you advance your career without playing games?" here's THE secret sauce.

A loving connection with yourself. Lemme explain.

Have you ever felt like there were unwritten rules of leveling up and getting ahead in the workplace that NO ONE TOLD YOU ABOUT?

If you're reading this, then you've probably already wised to the truth that keeping your head down and silently doing good work DON'T get you promoted. It's not the fast track to promotion; it's the fast track to exhaustion.

Being strategic with your long-term goals, however, will help you navigate the unwritten rules.

Asking in a smart way, I've found, always works.