Preparing for my Soul Proprietor Community call recently I included words from Ecclesiastes (aka Simon and Garfunkel's Turn, Turn, Turn) which says, "there is a time to refrain from embracing." We live in such a to-do culture that when things aren't happening fast...
I couldn't have chosen a better book to read this week before my Soul Proprietor Community topic call: Allow the Universe to Manifest than Lisa Jones' Art of Living Happy - After the Loss of a Loved One: A Real-Life Awakening. Once I opened the volume, I couldn't...
Why re-invent the wheel when Oprah put it into words for me? Two sentences in the recent edition of O Magazine fit me to a T. It's my dream to encourage other people to connect the dots of spirituality for themselves, to recognize the fullness of their being and...
I am mega-proud of my amazing client, Susan Beallor Snyder. I have watched Susan transform from a Westport homemaker/mother extraordinaire with a huge talent and small business as a goldsmith, into a full-fledged artist/sculptor working in a new medium and...
Went to two good networking meetings this week and met several terrific entrepreneurial women in the city. One shared a business name that made everyone in the room laugh out loud, sit up and take notice. She told us about an architecture firm where she knew the...
My friend Linda called it her "Onions and Orchids" file. Whenever she got a less than positive communication--an Onion--she'd whip out her Orchids file filled with eloquently positive messages about her worth and read one or two to get herself back on track. What...
The monthly expert for my Mastermind Intensive meeting last week was Dave Fischer, President and Founder of the Chartwell Seventeen Advisory Group. In less than an hour, he converted everyone in the room to his sales strategy using humor, stories and his vast...
The first person to sign up for my virtual Mastermind Group lives on Martha's Vineyard. She's been a client of mine before and appreciates being connected with other women entrepreneurs who are on a mission, as she is. It had been virtually impossible for her to...
Brilliant entrepreneur that she is, Louise Albin had the good sense to let her new hire pastry chef get creative. Lesley, the pastry chef, did just that and came up with a line of desserts served in jars. Not only are they delicious and attractive, they're also...
I had a glorious 24 hours with my Mastermind Intensive group Sunday-Monday. We gathered at a member's home the afternoon of the 8th to create vision boards, have a potlluck and reunite after the summer. I was as much a guest as everyone else, basking in the warmth...
I'm used to seeing ads everywhere--I'm talking stair risers in subway stations as well as step-messages at Lincoln Center-- but this was a new low in my eyes. A guy I know walked into a meeting this morning carrying his cuppa along with this ad for Fashion Week...
My Soul Proprietor Community meets this Friday at noon (EDT), and the topic is Thou Shalt Not Do It All Thyself. I'm a huge proponent of delegating and love converting women business owners particularly to the skill set of letting go and trusting others to help...
My dear friend Marisabina Russo, aka Cookie, invited me to her home in Westchester today so that I could see the new studio she recently had built on her property. Cookie and I were art majors at Mount Holyoke College with adjacent easels in painting class. From...
Last night I had dinner with my Mastermind Group. I capitalize it because it's that important in my life. We've been together for over 20 years although the membership has shifted some. Doesn't matter. Every significant growth step in my business is a direct result...
On my way home from a meeting this morning my eye caught no fewer than 3 monuments to individuals or couples who concretely want to be remembered for their contributions. First I glanced at the bronze lettering for the Vivian Beaumont Theatre at Lincoln Center...
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