I’m Abby Hagyard
I became a “name” in the 1980’s thanks to television.
One minute I was coaching, writing and producing stage shows.
In a blink, I was 3 cartoon heroes and an iconic TV Mom.

What I learned in those whirlwind decades is this…
Leveraging change is how we thrive while the world struggles to survive.
Happily for all of us, I sourced our unique shift-ability and learned exactly how it works!

Why You Care…
You’re exhausted and you’re out of ideas.
The training retreats aren’t working.
Your people can’t seem to focus.
Your small voice is saying, “I’m tired of doing ALL the work.

You’ve never heard of a “transmogrification coach”
but you’re pretty sure that’s what you need.

“What does it do… Why does it matter… who does it serve?”
We’ve all been told that our “why” defines the goals we choose and steps we take on the paths to lasting success. And yet…
How easily do we ALL forget that the things we learned that allowed us to grow also changed our priorities?
How often do we forge ahead without that all-important gut-check to be sure that the “why” we used to rely on still resonates?
When we see what we’ve ignored, how can we be sure we’ll always know the right path?

My Skills Portfolio is designed to serve you

Thanks to all the “to and fro” – seven countries, twelve cities, ten schools – I can do 10 solid stand-up minutes on not being able to find my house and another 10 on “I can’t tell the difference between forever and four-thirty.” After that, I can do 10 more on what it takes and why it’s so important to carve our own definitions of “joy” and “abundance” and permit ourselves to live them to the fullest.

The remarkable gift about BRAT gypsy life is the way it teaches you what you stand for. You learn really fast that nothing lasts… except your reputation. That follows you no matter where you go… because, sooner or later, you run into BRATs with memories like elephants.

That was the #1 reason why, when I worked at Playboy Magazine (gasp), I turned down their offer to pose. I didn’t want to live in the shadow of “OMG, Miss November, right?” for all eternity.

picture…
The wit of Dorothy parker
A hint of my Viking ancestors
Feather boas, Adorable shoes
annddd… YOU!!!

Woven into the threads of wit
is the “Change Wisdom” that
can newly empower you.

40 – 60 – 90 minute formats
surprise guests
Q & A’s and take-aways

My Earlier Shows

Original Scripts
Dorothy Parker
Gloves Off
I Still Miss My Man…
Get In The Truck
The Damsel Dragon
The Critics Choice

Commercial Scripts
Shirley Valentine
Love Letters
Talking With…
Born Yesterday
Barefoot In The Park

2. Talks

Picture “Ted” as a panel event
presented
with an intermission
in lively 15-minute segments

Old-fashioned conversations, back-and-forth exchanges feed our need to learn and grow.

If you want to hear someone speak, it’s because their topic matters to you. YOUR ideas on the subject deserve to be heard and shared, too. In a time when few people seem to be listening, we rediscover what shared learning can do!

Popular Talks

Dorothy Parker & equality
University of British Columbia

Teachable Moments
Ottawa University
Carleton University

Career Planning
Algonquin College

Speed Networking
Women’s Business Network

Work the Joy
Justice Department
Social Services
Industry Canada
Health Canada
United Way
Kiwanis
Rotary

15 Minutes with Abby
Ottawa Comic Con

Stage Craft
tourism Ottawa
Winterlude
Tulip Festival
Tourism Canada
Ontario Exhibition Ass’n
American Models Ass’n
Visitors & Convention Bureaus

Strategic Branding
Manotick BIA
Women’s Business Network
The Snelling Group
Canadian Truckers’ Ass’n

3. Author Mentoring

Imagine…
the book inside you
a mentor publisher
and … shazam!!
Your title on Amazon

Why DO Show Biz Folks Do More Than One thing?
Mostly, we’re trying to keep from starving!

My accidental trip-stumble-fall into show biz has kept me busier than ten normal folks put together. Playboy in New York City taught me all about marketing. Modeling in Miami taught me how to work a runway. Morning Drive radio hosting taught me how to get up at WHAT TIME IS IT??? seven days a week and like it. And an intrepid team of TV and Stage producers took me under their wings and I learned how to make audiences glad they came. I’d voiced a bunch of cartoons and documentaries while writing screenplays, TV treatments and live shows when I said, “BOOKS!!”

So I launched AH PUBLISHER – my very own boutique publishing house! In the decade+ that we’ve been in business, we’ve produced beautiful memoirs, mysteries, children’s books and romantic comedies… all available on Amazon.

I wrote the book on FAME, interviewing 20+ people who’ve lived their lives in the spotlight (published in 2017), because being famous for something is the one thing we all have in common. A documentary film crew came to our launch and we were featured in The Orange Years, a behind-the-scenes look at The Nickelodeon Network.

I created a Fame Coaching service (Now What? Strategies) for people who’ve made a name for themselves and hit a wall. After they work through the shock and disappointment, I help them get excited about their What if…? opportunities. Think about it: At some point, we’ve all been a household name, even if it was just at our house. We all wear labels of one kind or another and spend so much time trying to live them up or down.

What’s Happening Now Is Triple-A Amazing

STORY ME TV

For me, as a career entertainer and, as STORY ME TV Executive Producer, the COVID-19 pandemic was a wake-up call. For my friends in the performing arts industry, who live precariously, day by day, it was life-changing. For others, it was a sudden AHA that our craving for physical closeness is the way we cope when we’re overwhelmed by the longing to belong and the heartbreak of feeling lonely.

Out of that terrible time, an idea emerged that made me see a remarkable opportunity to design a strategic SHOW BIZ 2.0 Strategy before we need it. After a year in the making, I’ve come up with a bold new audience-interactive idea in web entertainment programming.

Story me TV is a ‘lockdown proof’ online network for creative people whose talent and passion are the magic that makes all things possible. We offer a unique menu of audience interactive shows, dynamic fan engagement and irresistible short form content (Snackable) designed for our global audience-on-the-go. We have TWO subscription categories and FIVE programming platforms with awesome shows in development and several more ready to go.  

WHEN I SHARE MY SECRET WITH YOU

NOTHING CAN STOP YOU

When you reach out to me, because you need a speaker, you get to talk to me directly. Together, we come up with the twist on your message that gives your people a brand new reason to smile. Whether I share my serious survival tales or hilarious trainwreck moments, I guarantee that I’ll have your people saying, This woman is more fun than I’ve had in a long time.

I’m offering my Celebrity Speaker and other services in conjunction with Story Me TV as a way to extend the reach of my vision. Why? Because every single one of us needs more than a reason to smile. Today, we need tangible proof that we matter … that our voices are heard … that every day we have the opportunity to choose to belong to a tribe that cherishes who we are … to make the magic that makes everything worthwhile.

A MINDSET is a point of view based on the filters we see our lives through.

A RESET is a decision we make to draw or erase a line. By the time we realize that we’ve done it, we’ve said good-bye to “It is what it is” and “It’s not that bad” because we’ve chosen to believe in us… again.

Choosing to turn our life (career) around is one of the biggest decisions we make. Given the lure of our ‘comfort’ zones, it can be one of the bravest things we do… because it feels like we’re abandoning all the things we knew and loved.

It was my father’s military career – and the gypsy life it brings – that gave me the tools and training I share with every reset client I sign, every upgrade team I’m invited to meet, every decision-maker, game-changer, CEO who knows that the time to own what’s coming is rapidly running out.

Where to start…
My strategies are designed to meet you where you are and help you navigate the path to where you want to be. We begin with a fresh look at the stories you’ve lived your life by that may hold you back. Things like… “No one in our family has ever…” “I’m just like this one or that…” In the process, we identify unhelpful language habits you may be surrounded by (or guilty of) that can drain your energy and rob you of your power to choose YOU and the joy of new beginnings.

In case you’re wondering… we all need mentors in moments like this because we cannot see ourselves with big picture objectivity. [We cannot see the forest if we are the tree.]

Once we see what is serving you and what is keeping you stuck, we replace your unhelpful auto-habits with tools and techniques that put you back in charge.

After that, we revise the origin story elements that no longer work for you. We end up with a “Pivotry Profile Blueprint” that represents you NOW. Because it captures the way YOU think and feel and who and where you want to be, it becomes the compass we can rely on to reset your vision, restore the values you see within you and re-focus your passion to serve and support the the things that matter to you.

We’re In This Together

Like you, I wear many hats…
a Serial Entrepreneur
a Military Brat
raised in more places
than most people can imagine.

While the stress of good-byes is the price I paid, my gypsy ‘normal’ taught me how to lean in to Change… Not shy away.

You are…
1. Grief-stricken healer-hero-CEOs whose drive hit a wall and stalled;

2. “I’m okay – it’s not that bad” whose comfort zone is too small.

Your issues: Your origin stories do not reflect who you are.

Using instructions not meant for you robbed you of your ability to do anything at all; Going along to get along no longer feels like a noble cause when you alone carry the ball.

Where to start before we start
…is an essential so often missed. We have to be ready and willing to welcome change because change is only hard when we didn’t think of it!

Executive Grief

The perfect “overwhelm” storm:
too many
role-responsibility hats
&
Not enough
rest-recovery “ME” time.

Your journey back
is mentored step-by-step.

We begin with private sessions.
We progress to trusted groups.
We build a tribe of survivors.
who empower you to serve, support and choose YOU.

We have things we’re known for: skills we have, hobbies we love, foods we like, etc.

We’re also known for the work we do, the career(s) we choose,

the paths we pioneer and the boundaries we set. these are the things we believe in that matter most; that we commit to; that we’re not willing to compromise for.

Taken together, these things that define us represent Our Brand. When we realize how much of our Brand has been shaped by the stories we thought we knew, it’s a game-changing day.

Re-shaping the message we share with the world is the ultimate make-over move. We begin with a deep-dive review of the origin story that placed you and your brand on the map.

We look at the growth curves you’ve navigated and the market drivers changing the landscape.

We profile your strengths AND weaknesses and craft a story that makes your place in the market come alive.

We use brand language and colour palettes that set a tone as unique as you.

Strategies get essential upgrades with new traditions that honour the old in dynamic ways.

Resets 4 Success Skills
to help you rethink
your best path

Individual & Group classes
Improv-Based Skills Training Workshops

Private and Group Consultations
In-Person Weekend Workshops
Keynote Presentations
Team-Building Retreats
Virtual Seminars

Resets 4 Success Worksheets

The Five Finger Breathing Exercise
The Origin Story Plot
The Daily WIIFM list
The Seeds of Change
The Gate Keeper
the later folder
The Time Scheduler
The Passion Purpose Map
The Pivotry Profile Blueprint

UNFORGETTABLES VIPS

uNFORGETTABLES VIPs enjoy first-look training, success tools access, VIP seating at live events, signed copies of books and exclusive resets 4 success zoom calls.
MONTHLY & annual subscription fees.

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origin Story Therapy

We give your story the spotlight it deserves on the published page. The creative process releases you from the stress you’ve carried. you enjoy the respect and recognition your journey to excellence has earned.

Training Events

“show & Tell” training displaces the Lecture-based learning model with interactive exercises. Participants witness remarkable mindset-resets in action for a cognition AHA that alters the trajectory of their lives.

F . A . Q’s .

• How is Pivotry training different?

Pivotry is our unique survival skill. Because we reset our assumptions before we act, our training mirrors this process. As we realize the power within a mindset reset, we value the time we spend learning to perfect it. our mental gears allow us to navigate our turning-points and thrive. We gain more control than models that chase external drivers.

• Can “show & tell” teach excellence?

Spectator-based training gives us theory with no hands-opportunity to experience the application in real time. We don’t get to use the tools or perfect the techniques that equip us to survive or thrive. Show & Tell training invites us to interact and react in real time, the way life does. We see the big picture in a way that makes sense.

• Why do stories matter?

Our stories tell us where we come from and who we are within our tribe. They help us see our purpose, identity and path. If our story was told to us long ago, we need to be sure the message has the power to guide us now, in the current day. If there are details that no longer serve, we get to revise and rewrite what needs to change, when it’s our story and we own the pen.

• How long is the training?

Every client is unique. You may prefer our interactive Show & Tell weekend workshop events.

You may feel more comfortable in a private consultation setting to work though issues one-on-one, or join our Diamond Club zoom calls. Once we’ve done our preliminary intake and discuss your options, the follow up is your choice.

Video Reviews

I just came upon your video and it felt as if you were talking directly to me. Even at 73, I’m forever learning, as life keeps throwing its challenges. I’ve already watched this video twice. Thank you, thank you, thank you for the inspiration!

I love the way you share your life when you talk about the things that happen to all of us. And the expressions you use, like ‘Are you listening to you’ and ‘Suddenly, an oven’ make me laugh when i’m feeling overwhelmed.

1/ Live Shows & 2.0 Talks
Event Dates TBA
Tickets Individually Priced

2/ Executive
Resets-4-Success
Mentor – coach – consultant
* Retainer: $300.00 usd *
Plus Hourly fees
Areas of Expertise
tailored to enhance resilience, readiness, reach, retention and response
Executive Grief Recovery
Origin Story & Brand Editing
Relationship Mentoring
Team Building
Professional Speaker Training

3/ The Unforgettables
VIP Diamond Club
Monthly subscription fee:
* $144.00 usd ($12.00/MONTH *
Unique Backstage Experience
Diamond Club VIPs enjoy first-look training & tools, backstage passes at events, signed collectables,
individual & group
resets-4-success calls.

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