Lana Marcus, CPC, ELI MP

05/10/2022

One of the main things that comes up over and over with clients and other career moms is “where do I find more time”?

Whether it’s for yourself, for the family or for work goals, we all face choices every single day and wish we could find just a little more time. I love this 10min Ted Talk by Laura Vanderkam that talks about the “secret” to finding more time and putting first things first:

Build the life you want and time saves itself.

I would love to hear what you thought about the video and one take away you can implement today…

There are 168 hours in each week. How do we find time for what matters most? Time management expert Laura Vanderkam studies how busy people spend their lives...

12/18/2021

Is part of that Holiday stress 😵‍💫 trying to figure out what to do with that dang elf you committed to out of guilt to create great childhood memories for the kids 😫??? Check out the site below for some fun ideas🎅

Attention Scout Elves: Elf ideas for the 2021 season are made simple with these free, printable Elf on the Shelf Planning Calendars. If you're seeking a

12/13/2021

Who needs some pre-Holiday coaching???

With the Holidays comes calendar 🗓 and family STRESS 🥴as well as the time old tradition of OVERSPENDING💳💰💵!

I want to help a few extra people this season with a free 1:1 coaching consult.

Interested? DM 📝 me so we can find a time to connect and get you through to the New Year in one piece 🎉

01/01/2020

🎊🎉Happy New Year🎉🎊

Get yourself excited about more than New Year’s Resolutions, set yourself up for success to make real change by following a few steps to get you started right...

I would love to hear from you in the comment section, what did you accomplish in 2019 and what’s next on your list for 2020?


We charge into the new year with excitement and all good intentions of making big life changes.  Then by mid-year we forgot what we even wanted to do this year and get carried away by life and all that happens to us during the year….

08/12/2019

Fail until you can’t fail any more. Fail so hard that you grow into that person you need to be to succeed.

Don’t go to bed wondering “what if I hadn’t quit...”

04/14/2017

A new take on a glass half full/half empty:

Happiness isn't about looking at a glass as half full, it's appreciating what's in the glass and asking if you can accept it as is and if not...what are you going to do about it?

02/03/2017

How can you live a life with no regrets?

After becoming a new mom I struggled with work life balance, spending more time in my car and at work than at home and I was miserable. When faced with the decision to leave it was scary. Do I play it safe and stay with people I enjoy working with and work that I know or take a leap and open myself up to bigger and better? Bigger and better meant not knowing who I would work with, not knowing if I'd like my work, not knowing if it was actually bigger and better. Which decision would I regret not making? I would have regret not knowing if life could have been better if I just chose to make a change even as scary as it was. Several years later and many more scary choices since, I have no regrets. I have a flexible schedule that allows time with family and allowed me to pursue my greater passion... a coaching certification which has brought me here to you.

The hardest part of change is making the decision that you want better for yourself.

Over 100 women were brought together to collaborate and inspire with 365 questions that will empower and guide you along on your self love journey.

I appreciate the opportunity to be part of the : A Year of Empowerment book project by Life Coach Elle Da Silva and honored that I can share this tool so that more women can also live a life with no regret.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1539359379/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_yqVFybB9A1457

10/25/2016

Can we speak about the numbness that can happen when we are overloaded with so much stress, rushing, working and hustling to be Wonder Woman taking on anything and everything that comes our way? When we numb something we may not feel the cuts or damage, but there is still something there that does need to be healed, needs to be nurtured and needs to be taken care of.

Being numb to life and pretending we are functional in the end may break us more.

What happens when we walk on a broken foot even if we can't feel it? It creates more damage.

Something to think about as we rush around telling ourselves we don't have time for self care and "I'm ok, I just need to get through X".

“Can you speak about emptiness?” a young woman asked at my talk. As those words came out, she circled her hands in front of her stomach, as if she was rubbing a hollow belly.

“Is it numbness or emptiness that you’re feeling?” I asked. A key distinction. Numbness is the result of being overloaded—too much pain, too much information, too much medication. Emptiness is very different.

Her response was poetic. She wasn’t stressed, or heavy about it, she was truly curious about her experience, “I feel this emptiness when I walk through the world, like the wind is blowing right through me.” Ohhh. I know that gusting.

“Well, I could be wrong, and this may sound perverse, but I’m excited for you. Because this…” and I waved my hands around my torso, “THIS is spaciousness. And it’s a powerful thing."


"Sunyata" is a Sanskrit term for emptiness. It speaks to the concept of not having a "self”, the voidness of being. You could say it’s one of the aims of enlightenment itself, a supremely big deal. But most of us are terrified of going there.

Much of our personal and global (same thing) problems are a result of trying to stuff our emptiness—with food, power, noise, gadgets. We cram our lives with people—virtual, in-person, strangers on screens, so we don’t have to be alone. We’re raised to fill the void. Like little robots. Fill void, fill void.

But what if we rocked our emptiness? Felt the perimeter of ourselves. Relished the silence. Made friends with the peace that’s always waiting for us. What if we got off on the discomfort of our emptiness and let it be creative tension?

Maybe we’re just one mental reframe away from turning our universal emptiness into personal power.

"Because, you’re not empty. You’re full of space,” I said to the girl who was feeling the elements of life moving through her core. “Which means that you can walk around feeling like anything is possible.”

“Ohhh. I like that,” she said. “Empty, but full of possibility.”

SO full.

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10/18/2016

This is a fantastic watch and awakened me today as I've been rushing through the past two months, busy and lost with doing and not being. It touches on showing up as yourself, would someone, anyone miss what you do or who you are and finding your daily learnables through acts of kindness and failures.

My out of balance isn't just about not having time for the important things, I make that time, I select those priorities. My out of balance is when I focus and prioritize the doing and not the being. Focus on the product and not how I am making others feel in the wake of my presence. The stress ball that is twitching and cranky me that I turn into. Is not the same kind, loving, strong and inspiring me when I be and not do. I'm thankful for these reminders.

Now about you....

What if you could be proactive and offer a gift of a learnable or leave people feeling a certain way after interacting with you? What would that learnable or feeling be?

What changes can you make in this moment so that your leave your gift with those you meet today?

http://www.marieforleo.com/2016/10/seth-godin/?utm_campaign=TheTruthAboutYourCallingwithSethGodin&utm_medium=Broadcast&utm_source=Email&utm_term=NewsletterList&utm_content=SethGodin

Seth Godin explains why you should stop waiting for the right moment & start something now, why he doesn’t believe in your ‘calling’, & so much more.

10/06/2016

You can't miss your own boat...let go and take care of everything you have going on now. It's all about now:)

I am a mama of five (three kids, two dogs) and they need my attention. I’m also a writer, so ideas need my attention, too. Everyday ideas pull on my shirt and insist that I put them onto paper right away – but I usually can’t because Chase needs me to watch him on his skateboard or Tish needs help with her book report or Theo needs a walk. So ninety percent of the time I have to ignore these insistent ideas and allow them to slip away and pass on to someone more available. I suppose that could drive me nuts, but it doesn’t. How lucky am I to be needed by ideas and children and animals? How blessed am I to love writing and motherhood so much that I’m constantly lovesick for one or the other?

If your hands are too full to grab that idea out of the air- let it go. To have your hands full is a ludicrous blessing. So if you must- if you must let go of the urgent to tend to the important thendo it, you lucky dog. Let it go- smile and let that idea or opportunity pass onto another sister knowing that more will come. There is always more on its way – more opportunities, more ideas, more love. Think abundance- always think abundance. Belief in abundance is the source of all generosity and peace. Know that there is enough. Know that you are enough. Know that you have enough. Enough time, enough talent, enough love.

You can’t miss your boat. It’s yours. It stays docked till you’re ready. The only boat you can miss is someone else’s. Let them have theirs while you wait for the boat made for you. God’s never early and never late. And know that love and life are patient. And that God and life is forever tries.