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Fearless Fridays – Rhonda Smith

No, the woman in this picture is not Rhonda Smith. This cigar-smoking Cuban native* is just one of the images Rhonda captured on her recent trip to that Caribbean island to re-awaken her creative juices as a photojournalist. Rhonda is one courageous woman. We first...

Bring It On!

I just got off the phone with a client and wanted to share an issue (with her permission) that came up. It has a very familiar ring to it. I know it will benefit many of you, especially with the holiday season upon us. She talked about a closed door on the subject...

Erica Green’s Big Connect

Last night over a 100 women came to the Fairfield Museum to be a part of Erica Green's dream event--The Big Connect. Erica shared her idea with me a year ago over lunch at Bloodroot (my favorite vegetarian restaurant). What's so great about her concept is that you...

Who Does She Think She Is?

A new client sent me a link to the documentary film by Pamela T. Boll (pictured above) about women who are combining motherhood and creativity called Who Does She Think She Is. I intend to see the film asap for two reasons. I am a fan of anything that encourages...

Tomorrow’s My Birthday

Most of you are taking today as a vacation day, so I'll be brief. I spent the past three days in NYC assisting at a coaches training course. It was an extraordinary experience being in a room with 18 very powerful coaches-in-training, two inspiring co-assistants...

Beware the Empty Well!

My daughter and I went to J. Crew a few weeks back where an old acquaintance recognized me and said hello. I couldn't identify her at first--that's how long it's been--but as soon as she re-introduced herself I had an immediate internal feeling that was a tad...

Back to Mac

My workhorse road-use-only laptop Averatec computer lost its ability to get an Internet connection a couple of weeks ago. I dialed the 24/7 800 number for assistance and got a "no longer in service" message and no forwarding number to call. Averatec.com has...

How Calvin Coolidge Inspired Robin Lange

I had the good fortune to meet Robin Lange, owner of iYogaStudio, at Erica Green's event last Friday night. Robin conducted an abbreviated yoga class that got us relaxed and more flexible for the evening ahead. We chatted over Erica's delicious squash soup and...

Sandy Weiner’s Wisdom

I had the good fortune to meet Sandy through an introduction by Pearl Mattenson with whom I attended most of my core curriculum coaching courses (that's a mouthful). We connected immediately and soon Sandy began attending one of my Mastermind Groups. Now she's...

Receive!

I have a hunch that those of you reading this are the givers in your life. You are always providing your clients and customers with your services or the products you've created. You're very likely the one responsible for this season's holiday arrangements. You've...

I was quoted in US News and World Report

When my caller ID showed the message US News World Report you can be sure I picked up the line! How exciting to be interviewed by such an eminent publication. My main question was, "How did you find me?" but I graciously delayed asking until the interview was...

Am I the last one to do this?

For some reason I'd never taken the time to stop annoying emails from clogging my inbox. Must've been that I didn't realize how dead simple it is. Every day I get what feels like 200 notices about discount theatre tickets, daily news briefs from an industry I'm...

Believers and Non-Believers

It may be possible to divide the world into those who do and don't believe in The Secret. Starting with my marriage, we fall into the two different camps. I believe that if you can conceive and believe it--it being anything you want in your life, you can achieve...