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The pace of change is faster than the pace of learning!

We need to develop new mindsets to keep up.

Whether you are an entrepreneur who wants to make more money and experience more success, an individual looking for professional development program or an organization interested in giving your employees new skills and tools to work more effectively, the THRIVE program has the content to help everyone become more resilient.

For Professional Development
Are You…

  • An Entrepreneur who wants to make more money and experience more success
  • Feeling stuck, lost or afraid
  • In a stressful job
  • Can’t seem to get everything done
  • Dealing with a major transition in your life
  • Unable to set or meet goals, life seems to always get in the way

For Corporate Leaders
Do you have…

  • Employees who are frustrated, stressed and overwhelmed
  • A decrease in employee engagement
  • Communication breakdowns
  • An increase in customer complaints
  • Too many missed deadlines

If you answered YES to any of the above questions then the THRIVE: The Keys to Lasting Resilience is the solution!!!

Through my THRIVE program and one-on-one coaching I help clients move through their immediate challenges and build personal resilience to thrive through the next challenges life presents.



Clients say it best…

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You have coached me on many occasions where I have felt stuck in different aspects of my life. After each coaching session I have had with you I have been able to release the issue that I was dealing with and move forward. More importantly, I always leave the session inspired and empowered. Thank you so much for all your wisdom and support.

Claire S. Entrepreneur June 3, 2015

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Great tools ; great instructor; great webinar!!! Wonderful trainer with lots of thought-provoking ideas and strategies. Really looking forward to the next class! A wonderful series! So many practical tips! Loved this course! Jennifer Fitzgerald

Jennifer Fitzgerald June 13, 2021

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I found Cindy's THRIVE program to be valuable and will use many of the strategies to stay and become even more resilient to what life throws at us.

 

Connie King January 5, 2025

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Cindy was a wonderful instructor who not only provided great insight into our minds but also gave prime examples of how to apply these in every day life.

It is a great course for everyone even if you feel you have a good head on you already Cindy encourages us to reflect on our thoughts and actions. This course truly felt like therapy and I found it extremely useful in applying to every day life whether it be work or personal.

It will provide you with a tool set that you will use every day even after the course is completed. Anonymous

 

THRIVE Online January 5, 2025

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For me the biggest benefit I’m getting from coaching is that it keeps me accountable and has kept me on track even when in the past I would have given up.

C.S. Sales Manager June 3, 2015

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These workshops were really interesting as well as helpful. The breakout sessions really helped connect participants and it was great hearing how others are utilizing what we learned from Cindy.  Doreen Lynch

 

Doreen Lynch June 30, 2024

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THRIVE helps me to be more specific with my goals and how important is give me time for my self.
Thank you Cindy!

Eti Pazos December 29, 2024

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Cindy offered an online sales training that went above and beyond my expectations. She was clear, concise, personable, and helpful in understanding the sales process and the messaging. She has great training skills and was able to easily tailor the training to my needs and my line of work. I highly recommend her Aligned Sales group for sales training and accountability. Working with her was a joy and she made things so easy and accomplish-able. Cindy offered an online sales training that went above and beyond my expectations. She was clear, concise, personable, and helpful in understanding the sales process and the messaging. She has great training skills and was able to easily tailor the training to my needs and my line of work. I highly recommend her Aligned Sales group for sales training and accountability. Working with her was a joy and she made things so easy and accomplish-able.

Gwen Brehm September 8, 2025

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Working with Cindy is an absolute pleasure.  She is warm, kind, supportive, and always sounds genuinely happy to be on the call with me – it’s such a fabulous to start the morning on the days I work with Cindy!  She’s also very good at pointing out limiting language and the moments I get in my own way which is great because she catches things I would never see on my own.  I’ve grown a lot since we started working together, and I’ve been able to push through fears and take on challenges I wouldn’t have been able to overcome on my own.  I’m now building a website I believe in, have taken huge strides in getting over my fear of talking to strangers on the phone, and am now in greater alignment with my authentic self than I could have imagined a few months ago.  And the good news is that it’s only getting better from here.

Ainsley G, 29 Salaried Entrepreneur June 3, 2015

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In my first 8 weeks of working with Cindy I achieved more major business goals than in the previous 8 months. (And lots of minor ones too. Which affect my business-bottom-line less, but satisfy my soul.) It doesn’t hurt that Cindy has one of the most giving natures of anyone on the planet. She takes more genuine satisfaction in my achievements than anyone I’ve ever met.

I really appreciate the expert and attentive counseling Cindy gives. And the wealth of practical tips she has to offer. But the excitement and happiness she shows as I leap hurdles and move forward? I’m not sure how to express what that has meant to me. Or how much it motivates me. And how much it makes me believe that I can, and will, accomplish things I’d never believed I could do.  Marcia Ross, Author; presenter; workshop leader

Marcia Ross February 16, 2025

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