Alpha Consulting & Coaching, LLC

Alpha Consulting & Coaching, LLC With over 10 years of experience in the Coaching arena working with executives helping them to find a way forward and achieve high performance.

We empower individuals to find solutions to their problems, discover their purpose and identity to thrive, eliminate self-sabotage, overcome low self-esteem, rebuild their confidence, and ultimately become the best version of themselves. Dr. K has now decided to also focus her efforts on helping women in their 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond to reinvent themselves, build their confidence, and find their purpose in the second spring of their lives, where they can thrive and not just survive. She uses her Positive Intelligence – Mindset Reset program that challenges them to shift their thinking, live happier lives, destroy fear, and build strong mental muscles using new Neuroscience breakthroughs to live the life they imagined.

Excellence is not measured in motion.Leadership isn’t about doing more, it’s about being present.There was a season when...
02/19/2026

Excellence is not measured in motion.

Leadership isn’t about doing more, it’s about being present.

There was a season when my calendar defined me. Meetings stacked back-to-back, emails answered before they arrived, achievements tallied like trophies. I thought my worth as a leader came from my speed, my hustle, my visible output. I mistook exhaustion for excellence, and presence for passivity.

One morning, I paused mid-rush, notebook in hand, and realized I was leading everyone but myself. Clarity came not in action, but in stillness. The power of influence doesn’t shout. It lands quietly, like a room that shifts the moment you enter, not because of your volume, but because of your alignment.

Today, my mornings start with intention, not inboxes. I ground myself with a 5-minute Executive Energy Reset, affirm my values, and center my presence before the day begins. Boundaries are sacred; meetings, delegated; energy, protected. Leadership isn’t crammed between tasks, it radiates from alignment, breath, and intentional pause.

I lead rooms without raising my voice. I move minds without moving frantically. My influence is measured in presence, not performance.

When have you mistaken exhaustion for excellence? How have you reclaimed stillness to lead with clarity?

Sharing this pause gives other women permission to slow down—and lead fully, without apology.





There was a time when I overexplained my ideas so no one could question them. I apologized before asking direct question...
02/18/2026

There was a time when I overexplained my ideas so no one could question them. I apologized before asking direct questions. I said yes quickly to prove I was collaborative. I absorbed the emotional weight of the room because I thought that’s what strong women did.

It looked like leadership.
It felt like depletion.

The pivot came when I realized this:
Confidence isn’t convincing.
It’s containment.

The women with real authority weren’t working harder to be understood. They were regulated. Clear. Done when they were done speaking.

That’s when I stopped shrinking.

Leadership today feels different.

I pause before committing.
I let silence hold after I speak.
I delegate the emotion that isn’t mine to carry.
My mornings begin with alignment—not reaction.
My nervous system enters rooms before my voice does.

I no longer perform capability.
I embody it.

That’s gravitas.
Not force. Not proving.
Just grounded authority.

I’m curious..
Where have you been shrinking in the name of professionalism?
And what shifted when you chose intention over approval?

When one woman stops shrinking, it recalibrates the room for others.
If this resonates, stay in this conversation.





I used to think leadership meant responding quickly.I’ve learned it means responding deliberately.Early in my career, I ...
02/17/2026

I used to think leadership meant responding quickly.
I’ve learned it means responding deliberately.

Early in my career, I equated motion with mastery. I stayed “on,” filled every silence, carried more than was mine, and softened my language to keep the room comfortable. It looked like competence. It felt like overextension.

The shift didn’t come from failure.
It came from noticing who the room followed.

The leaders with gravitas weren’t the loudest or the busiest.
They were regulated. Precise. Unrushed.
They let the moment meet them.

That pause changed everything.

A few executive truths I lead by now:

→ Presence sharpens authority
→ Calm organizes complexity
→ Clarity travels farther than charisma

Today, leadership is embodied.
I prepare my nervous system before I prepare my slides.
My calendar protects space for thinking, not just doing.
I delegate cleanly and trust the system I’ve built.

I don’t rush conversations anymore.
I let my presence signal what matters.

That’s quiet authority.
The kind that steadies rooms instead of working them.

I’m curious..
Where did you confuse speed with leadership?
And what shifted when you stopped filling the silence?

When one woman leads with grounded presence, it gives others permission to do the same.
If this resonates, linger here.





I stopped believing that power comes from position.It doesn’t. Power is presence.There was a time when my leadership was...
02/16/2026

I stopped believing that power comes from position.
It doesn’t. Power is presence.

There was a time when my leadership was measured by momentum, how much I carried, how fast I moved, how indispensable I appeared. Full calendar. Back-to-back decisions. Constant output. I called it excellence. My body called it overextension.

The realization came in a pause I didn’t earn, it arrived anyway.
In the stillness, I noticed something undeniable:
The leaders who shaped the room weren’t the busiest.
They were the most grounded.

That’s when my definition of power changed.

The executive truths beneath them are simple, and uncompromising:

-Presence outperforms performance
-Quiet creates clarity faster than force
-You lead best when you listen first

Today, leadership looks different.
Mornings begin with alignment before interaction.
My calendar protects space as fiercely as it protects priorities.
I enter rooms regulated, clear, and unhurried.

I no longer try to command attention.
I let presence do the work.

That’s quiet authority.
The kind that shifts rooms without raising a voice.

I’m curious..
Where did you confuse exhaustion with excellence?
And what changed when you let stillness lead?

When one woman leads from grounded presence, it widens the field for others to do the same.
If this resonates, stay close. We’re redefining power together.





02/13/2026

Emotional intelligence isn’t about being nice.
It’s about being aware.

The most emotionally intelligent leaders I work with don’t dominate rooms.
They read them.
They don’t react first.
They regulate first.

What looks like calm is actually competence.
What feels like softness is precision.
And what many still call a “soft skill” is the very thing that builds trust, influence, and lasting authority.

These signs aren’t personality traits.
They’re practiced presence.

Notice what resonates.
Then ask yourself, where could your leadership land more powerfully if you led from here?

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I used to believe leadership was proven by motion.If I was moving fast, I must be leading well.There was a season when m...
02/12/2026

I used to believe leadership was proven by motion.
If I was moving fast, I must be leading well.

There was a season when my calendar was full, my inbox never slept, and my body stayed braced. I mistook overextension for excellence. Productivity became my proof. Exhaustion, my evidence.

The shift didn’t come from burnout.
It came from a pause I didn’t plan.

In the quiet, I realized this:
The rooms I wanted to lead didn’t need more of my effort.
They needed my presence.

That’s when my leadership elevated, not by doing more, but by moving differently.

Today, my leadership is slower and sharper.
Mornings begin with alignment, not urgency.
My calendar protects white space.
My body enters rooms grounded before my voice does.

I don’t rush to lead conversations anymore.
I let the room meet me where I already am.

That’s quiet authority.
Not volume. Not proving.
Just embodiment.

I’m curious..
Where did you confuse exhaustion with excellence?
And what changed when you reclaimed stillness?

When one woman leads from presence, it gives others permission to do the same.





I noticed her before she spoke.Not because she demanded attention, but because the room adjusted when she arrived.She di...
02/11/2026

I noticed her before she spoke.

Not because she demanded attention, but because the room adjusted when she arrived.

She didn’t rush to claim space.
Didn’t scan faces for approval.
Didn’t perform confidence.

She was already settled.

When questions came, she answered cleanly.
No padding. No justification.
Just clarity that didn’t need reinforcement.

When tension surfaced, she didn’t flinch.
She listened longer than most people were comfortable with.
And in that space, everything unnecessary fell away.

No emotional leakage.
No urgency masquerading as leadership.

At one point, someone pushed back - expecting explanation, maybe permission.

She paused.
Held eye contact.
And decided.

That was the moment you could feel it:
this wasn’t someone waiting to be chosen.

She trusted herself first.
The room followed.

That’s what unshakeable executive presence looks like in real life.
Not loud.
Not rushed.
Not borrowed.

Just grounded authority that doesn’t ask to be validated.

If you recognize this woman, or you’re becoming her, pay attention.
That awareness is often the next threshold.






I remember the moment the room changed.Nothing dramatic happened.No raised voices.No decisive statement.Just a pause.Eve...
02/10/2026

I remember the moment the room changed.

Nothing dramatic happened.
No raised voices.
No decisive statement.

Just a pause.

Everyone else was busy reacting, filling space, defending positions, rushing to be heard. And then one leader leaned back, took a breath, and waited.

That’s when the real information surfaced.

Not in words, but in energy.
In who stopped talking.
In who suddenly needed approval.
In where the tension actually lived.

She didn’t interrupt it.
She didn’t correct it.
She noticed it.

And when pressure followed - as it always does - she didn’t speed up.
Didn’t harden.
Didn’t perform certainty.

She stayed grounded.

The room adjusted before she ever spoke.

What she did next wasn’t emotional management.
It was directional.

The pace shifted.
The conversation narrowed.
Decisions became possible.

Power didn’t get louder.
It got clearer.

That’s when I understood something most leadership conversations miss:

The leaders who move rooms aren’t reacting to what’s happening.
They’re navigating what’s underneath it.

They don’t chase control.
They set tone.

And once you see that, you can’t unsee it.

You don’t react.
You direct.

That’s leadership.
Not noise - navigation.

If this resonates, notice where you’re already leading this way.
Sometimes awareness is the first quiet upgrade.

Before you say a word, the room has already decided how much weight your voice will carry.Not consciously.Not intellectu...
02/09/2026

Before you say a word, the room has already decided how much weight your voice will carry.

Not consciously.
Not intellectually.
But instinctively.

𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗱.

People read how regulated you are long before they process what you’re saying.
They sense whether you’re grounded—or bracing.
Centered or performing.

I’ve watched rooms shift the moment a leader walked in.
No announcement.
No authority flex.

𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.

She didn’t rush to fill the silence.
She didn’t scan the room for approval.
She didn’t need to prove she belonged there.

Her nervous system was settled—and the room followed.

That’s the part no one teaches in leadership training.

𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲.
I𝘁’𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

It’s how you hold silence without rushing to rescue it.
How you enter a room without shrinking or posturing.
How your body signals safety, clarity, and command before your mouth opens.

This isn’t pressure.
This is power.

Because when your system is regulated, your decisions are trusted.
Your pauses are respected.
Your words land differently.

𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸.
I𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲.

And the leaders who understand this don’t chase attention.
They set the tone.

The room reads you before it listens to you.
That’s not pressure—it’s embodied authority.

Power isn’t confidence.Confidence can be rehearsed.𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁.It shows up when:• your nervous system is regulated• yo...
02/06/2026

Power isn’t confidence.
Confidence can be rehearsed.

𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝘁.

It shows up when:
• your nervous system is regulated
• your language is clean
• your energy isn’t chasing approval

That’s why the most impactful leaders don’t rush to speak.
They don’t fill space to prove value.
They let the room come to them.

Because presence doesn’t perform.
It settles.

And when you’re grounded, clear, and internally aligned—
your leadership lands before your words do.

If you’ve ever mistaken urgency for authority, you’re not alone.
Most women were taught to earn space instead of embody it.

The shift isn’t louder confidence.
It’s quieter power.

Where in your leadership could less effort create more impact?

Authority isn’t announced.It’s encoded in language.The words you choose signal how you see yourself before anyone else d...
02/05/2026

Authority isn’t announced.
It’s encoded in language.

The words you choose signal how you see yourself before anyone else decides how to see you.
Many high-performing women soften their language unconsciously.
Not because they lack confidence - but because they were conditioned to be agreeable before being authoritative.

Here’s the truth most leadership advice misses:
Presence isn’t just posture or poise. It’s precision.
When your language is clear, grounded, and intentional:
• your ideas land faster
• your leadership feels settled, not tentative
• your voice doesn’t ask for permission

This isn’t about sounding harsh or overcorrecting.
It’s about removing unnecessary friction between your insight and its impact.
Small shifts. Significant recalibration.

Which phrase have you outgrown? even if it still slips out sometimes?
That awareness is where executive presence begins.

For a long time, we were taught a lie that sounded responsible.Work harder.Keep your head down.Let your results speak fo...
02/05/2026

For a long time, we were taught a lie that sounded responsible.

Work harder.
Keep your head down.
Let your results speak for themselves.

And yes, hard work builds credibility. It earns trust. It proves competence.

But here’s the truth most high-achieving women learn the hard way:

Credibility alone doesn’t get promoted.
𝗣𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀.

I’ve coached women who were the backbone of their teams.
The fixers.
The ones leadership relied on when things went sideways.

They were always prepared. Always delivering. Always holding things together.

And yet—when decisions were made about advancement, visibility, or influence?
They weren’t in the conversation.

Not because they lacked effort.
But because effort isn’t what organizations advance.

They advance influence.
They advance visibility.
They advance leaders who feel decision-ready in the room.

And decision-ready energy isn’t about doing more.
It’s about being seen clearly.

How you enter a room.
How you speak when it counts.
How grounded you are when stakes are high.
How others experience your leadership—not just benefit from your labor.

Being excellent quietly is still being invisible.

And invisibility is expensive.

This is why 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 matters more than productivity at the next level.
Why 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 outpaces hustle.
Why 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁 shows up as authority long before a title does.

You don’t need to prove yourself again.
You need to be perceived accurately.

Because when you’re seen clearly, advancement becomes inevitable.

💬 Comment “𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆” if this named something you’ve been carrying.

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