I was signed up to march across the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday morning as a sign of solidarity with the V-Day events going on around the world. I'd met the organizer of this particular project, Miranda Leigh, at the Omega Women & Power conference I attended last...
One of the things that comes up for me and my coaching clients regularly is fear and intimidation around social media, particularly twitter. With all the hashtags and bitly url's, it can be confounding and overwhelming. What I recommend, and practice myself, is the...
I was going through my 'blogworthy' file for ideas and came across a clipping from the Times--an article in the PREOCCUPATIONS column by Pam Slim, a successful business coach and author of Escape from Cubicle Nation. It's entitled Is This the Time To Follow Your...
While on the phone with a client I heard a familiar lament--How do I express what I do in my 30-second commercial? No wonder it's so hard to capture that moment of your audience's attention. I'm a coach, speaker and author, and here's what I did yesterday: Coached...
What a relief to read this wonderful volume and be affirmed for behaviors that rarely get affirmed. I'm talking about the new book sensation called Quiet whose subtitle is: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking. If you've met me within the last...
Much of my journey as a Soul Proprietor has been directed by signs from the Universe that I'm going in the right direction. I believe in The Secret, the Law of Attraction and Earl Nightingale's Strangest Secret. Each of these doctrines points to becoming what you...
I received an email message from Jim Cavanaugh, my beloved theatre professor from Mount Holyoke College, who has continued to follow my career since the day I graduated. He was acknowledging my admission/declaration that I needed to rehearse my talk for this...
Reading in the Times today about the designer of Michelle Obama's inauguration gown made me want to pose this question to my entrepreneurial colleagues and clients: But dressing a first lady for the inauguration is a momentous occasion, and many designers have not...
Before I post a quote I've heard, I check it out via google for exact wording and reference. This morning, it's been a slippery slope that I am going to shortcut for the sake of getting this online. I heard a quote, attributed to George Bernard Shaw, that hit home...
My inspiring colleague did just that as an end of year exercise. Here are her (slightly edited) results-- 2013: My Best Year Yet Guidelines · Get to bed by 10PM · Relax – stress doesn’t solve anything · Remember my job is to feel good New...
I committed to my goal buddy that I would do a run-through of my 2/1 coaching lesson for my upcoming Soul Proprietor Community by tomorrow morning at 9am when we check in with each other. Since making that commitment yesterday, I have filed my tax returns, ordered...
When you get a great idea, how do YOU begin executing? It's been a long time coming, but I realize that I do have a process that may seem cumbersome to the onlooker, but it works for me as I distill down from the lightbulb moment to 'opening day.' I'd like to share...
There are so many things I love about working with my Mastermind Intensive women business owners. We met all day last Friday, and the excitement in the room was electric. We've been together for 4 months now. Since each meeting starts off with goals met, the...
I just listened to the Judd Apatow interview on Alec Baldwin's podcast Here's the Thing. Apatow has been the writer, producer and occasionally director of, and actor in, many of the biggest movie and TV comedies of the past decade including Bridesmaids and Girls....
I joined La Leche League in my last month of pregnancy with my first child. I knew that I wanted to breastfeed my baby and needed to learn how. That was the premise of the meetings--to place yourself amongst other breastfeeding women to learn and observe the in's...
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