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Fearless Fridays – Aloha Kathryn Ryan
A lot of people talk about wanting to move to Hawaii, but for most of them, it's simply a fantasy. When Kathryn Ryan first expressed that desire, I have to say, I thought she might be just another New Englander seeking to escape the cold and icy winters of our...
Follow Martha Beck’s Advice
I've been a fan of Martha Beck ever since reading Expecting Adam: A True Story of Birth, Rebirth, and Everyday Magic over a decade ago. She's a life coach, author and columnist for O Magazine, whose wisdom and words are inspiring. Her recent column in O's September...
Resentments, Anyone?
Check if this feels familiar: A company owed me a check for the books they had sold during a speaking engagement. I had anticipated receiving that money a few days after the event. Now it was closer to a few weeks and still no check. My resentment was rising. I had...
Liz Alpert Fay – Getting to Peters Valley
Liz Alpert Fay hired me several years ago to make her create. I say that somewhat facetiously, although there's an element of truth in it. It's the same reason I pay my coaches and service providers money--to hold me accountable to that which I have previously...
Reframe It!
I received this email from a client yesterday morning. I hear this sentiment a lot and knew it was worth quoting directly: "I am on my way to Charlotte to the WITHIT conference. Women in the Home Furnishings Industry. I feel a bit guilty going so much this month,...
An Interesting Twist on the Delegating Issue
We as business owners all know that the way to capitalize on our resources is to spend our time doing the tasks we do best and delegating the rest. When I was new and young in my business I did it all: data entry (handwriting names on 3x5 cards), producing the...
BlogHer ’10 – After the Event
My head is still spinning from the informational overload, excitement, new relationships and possibilities opened as a result of attending this spectacular conference in NYC last week. I want to offer my own session next year called something like, "So you're...
I Met Bruce Jenner!
Let me put this in perspective for those of you reading this who are under, say, 40. Having my picture taken with Bruce Jenner would be the equivalent of you having your picture taken with Tiger Woods last summer. Bruce Jenner was THE athlete back in the early...
Choose Your Outcome
I had the immense pleasure and privilege of sitting at the table with Missy Germain and her mother Gail at the opening breakfast session at BlogHer 2010. I was with Sarah Youngblood, my client and friend from Georgia, when we randomly sat down and then pinched...
Fearless Fridays – Debbie Danowski’s Amazing Vision
Dr. Debbie Danowski, a professor at Sacred Heart University, is a friend of mine and also a former client. We were in a writers group for several years and have stayed connected since. Over a year ago Debbie wanted to work with me on her vision for her dream house....
How To Be Miserable
That's the title atop page 68 in The War of Art, a volume I recently listened to on CD and also own in paperback. The author, Steven Pressfield, likens being an artist to being in the Marine Corps. "The Marine Corps teaches you how to be miserable. This is...
Elevator Pitch Reversal
I've been enjoying listening to podcasts of National Public Radio's (NPR) This American Life via mp3 downloads. On my walk this morning I heard a recent program called Million Dollar Ideas. During one segment there was a discussion about the good old elevator...
18 Years Later, I Still Remember This Guy
John Callahan, Provocative Cartoonist reads the obit in today's NY Times. As soon as I saw the headline and illustration, I immediately remembered an article I had read in that newspaper's magazine section in 1992 when he was featured. According to the Times,...
If Only Lucky Breaks Came Labeled
Back-to-back coaching calls with similar themes give me ideas for my blog. Yesterday two of my creative clients reported in with extraordinary success stories. A designer client began apologetically, saying she hadn't completed her fieldwork assignments, but that...
Easy Listening
I've been interviewed several times this month and wanted to give you the opportunity to listen via podcast download. Here is a link to Karen Hodges' interview where: We discover a few secret's to Jane's success: The rituals and routines she uses to keep her on her...