For many accomplished individuals, “Am I enough?” quietly collapses into “Do I have enough?” It is the Worth vs. Wealth Paradox, where self-regard rises and falls with a balance sheet. And the real question goes unasked: Who am I, independent of the number? This session creates space to sit with that question honestly. Together, we examine the money stories that have shaped your sense of self and notice the scarcity patterns that persist even in abundance. This begins a journey of separating who you are from what you have. Along the way, your wealth can serve your vision rather than define your worth.
You can picture the next chapter. It might be growing the business, shaping a philanthropic legacy, or designing a retirement that actually feels like joy. And yet something keeps capping the move. Most of us operate under an invisible ceiling built from beliefs we never consciously chose. Absorbed from family, culture, and early experiences, those beliefs quietly shape what we’ll reach for and what we’ll call unrealistic. This session makes the ceiling visible. Through guided workshop exercises, you’ll locate where it’s showing up in real decisions you’re facing right now, trace where it came from, and open room for the choices it has been holding back.
A session for the fundraisers, advancement leaders, and nonprofit executives who sit across the table from donors.
Development officers and nonprofit leaders are trained to understand donors—their interests, their capacity, their giving history. Far less often are we trained to understand ourselves in the exchange. Yet every solicitation is a conversation between two people carrying money stories, and the fundraiser’s story is quietly shaping the ask long before it is made. Maybe it is a hesitation to name a larger number. A rush to fill silence. An assumption about what is “reasonable” for this donor. A discomfort that the donor can feel, even when the words are right.
This session invites development professionals to examine their own relationship with worth and wealth, and to recognize how it is showing up in donor meetings. We also explore what donors are often navigating on their side of the table: questions of enoughness, legacy, and identity that rarely get spoken aloud but always affect the gift. The result is a more grounded, more honest presence in the conversations that matter most to your mission.
Her work guides accomplished individuals to reclaim their worthiness, align with what matters most, and shape the next chapter of their lives with a mindset of abundance over scarcity. She guides people to recognize their worth is inherent, their vision creates change, and holding boundaries sets them free.
Kathleen brings a rare combination of experience to the conversation about worth and wealth. Over a 35-year career in university alumni and development, including 18 years at Stanford as an Assistant Vice President for Development, she served on leadership teams for two multi-billion-dollar campaigns and sat with scores of donors navigating questions of purpose and impact. She is a featured author in the bestselling anthology Infinite Impact: Stories of Alignment and a Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler’s training.
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