Much Ado About Passion

The Good, The Bad and The Balance

RORY KELLY CONNOR: Passion. A powerful little word used to describe all sorts of emotions: love, hate, desire, lust, sexual urges, joy, ardent affection, wild enthusiasm, enthrallment. What differentiates passion into a category unto itself is the focused intensity associated with it.

The Art of Conscious Perception

Being Aware of Our Boundaries

RORY KELLY CONNOR: Part of becoming a master at the art of conscious perception is to search for the truth. Realize that anyone, anywhere with an agenda is using the power of PR to convince you of their message, to motivate you to feel something, buy something, behave in a certain way.

It’s Never Too Late to Bloom: You Can Do It!

RORY KELLY CONNOR: Whatever it is - this thing you want to become or make happen - I am here to tell you, “Anything is possible.” Really. You simply have to choose it and begin. Head in the right direction. It’s that simple.

Begin a Love Affair with Yourself

RORY KELLY CONNOR: Lovable is defined as having a nature that attracts love, deserves love, is amiable and endearing. Get out of your own way and learn how to love yourself by choosing thoughts and actions that are self-loving choices. Then do the same, always, with others. You will find that you are, and have always been, quite lovable.

We’re in Deep: Yet Skin-Deep Is Never Enough

RORY KELLY CONNOR: We live in a superficial society. We have become obsessed with the surface, searching for a feeling of being worthy, being lovable, based on what we look like, how we appear - a standard set by people who are fully dedicated to taking our money and convincing us that they have the answers to happiness.

Joy Happens

RORY KELLY CONNOR: Through our individual and collective search for our highest selves, in the manifestation of our most loving selves, and in the embodiment of our most giving selves, joy happens.

When You Stop to Ask for Directions
Pay Attention for the Answers

 RORY KELLY CONNOR: Recently, I was working with a client (let's call her Chris) who was grappling with a branding issue. She had come to me as a Coach and Strategic Advisor to provide clarity and direction. 

If You Can Imagine, You Can Make it Real

RORY KELLY CONNOR: After almost two decades as a public relations and branding strategy expert, I added Certified Coach to my areas of expertise. 

The Power of Nice is a Beautiful
and Powerful Way to Live

RORY KELLY CONNOR: How many times have you heard it said "Nice guys finish last." or "No good deed goes unpunished." over the course of your life? These cliches, born out of an ever-increasing and competitive business environment, have helped to propagate Darwin's theory of survival of the fittest, a model in which the last man standing or the one with more is the winner, no matter what he had to do to get to that position. Read more >>>

Shutting Out the Noise
So You Can Hear Your Own Inner Rhythm

RORY KELLY CONNOR: "What? I can't hear you! There's too much noise around here! I can't focus! How am I supposed to hear myself think?" Read more >>>

Strengthening Our Relationship to Money

The secret is aligning it with what we value.

RORY KELLY CONNOR: I was a woman on a mission. I had money in my wallet that I had personally earned. I felt very powerful. As I passed by one luxury-goods' store after another on Fifth Avenue, I wasn't even tempted to go inside to check out that sexy orange leather bag with the totally cool design displayed in a store window. Didn't pause in my stride to ogle the high-heeled black sandals with the little metal bangles adorning the front strap. Read more >>>