Kim Ravida, owner and founder of Kim Ravida Coaching, is a Certified Professional Coach and a personal and professional motivation mentor. Kim works with women who want to reach both career success and a happy, balanced home life. Kim helps women make quick decisions, take steps to move forward, and communicate openly and effectively. In essence, she motivates people to stop beating themselves up and helps them get off their butts so that they maximize their time and energy to quickly get what they want in their lives… and love their reflection!

By minding my own business -- taking care of my needs and wants -- I jumped-started my new career based on making choices for myself and for my business.  I am leading myself to success by no longer f...

Do you ever feel like not getting out of bed in the morning?  Are you exhausted because you have so much to do?  What about what others want from you?  Do you look around and say "This is my life?  Re...

Here are seven steps that will help you deal with it, begin to make decisions and then follow through so you can move on.  Because I know -- really, I do -- that you do not want to be or stay where yo...

I had been looking for answers and discovered I already had them within me. How often do we not give our self a chance to try something new? Reach out to a friend, colleague or coach to help you look ...

One thing I know is that we are all able to march forward, yet we often hold ourselves back for many reasons like time, energy, or other people.  

Fear - I know it well. It has been a part of my life since... well, since I can remember! Sometimes it has served me and other times not. So what's it got to do with anything?

There is a saying "jump and the net will appear".  Yes, that takes a lot of faith, doesn’t it?  You're probably thinking, "If only it were that easy, I would have jumped years ago."  Well, those years...

Where are you not letting yourself do something?  Where are you not allowing yourself to shine?  Where are you holding yourself back by not giving yourself permission, agreeing to step forward, or all...

The word success means different things to different people. Simply by shifting your thoughts of what success means to you, how you go about reaching your goals, and whether or not you recognize yours...

What if you set about reaching goals with easy-to-accomplish inspired actions? Might your results at the end of this year be more favorable?  It all starts with the determination to achieve your goals...

One thing I have experienced and trust is that once you do make the decision, doors will magically open – maybe even fly open.  So make the decision to get what you want, and trust that you'll get it ...

You have determination, made your decisions and laid out a plan for your success -- and you can't wait until you see and experience those results!  But wait; there is something else to think about.  O...

Without a plan, essentially you have no map of where you are going and that makes the journey more of a challenge than it needs to be. We have all heard the Proverb quote: "When you fail to plan, you ...