My dear friend Kathryn invited me for a birthday lunch last week. We sat outside in her spectacular garden, ate a deliciously prepared macrobiotic feast, then went inside for her gift to me, a session of healing touch which she's been studying. In addition to being...
Years ago Anne Taintor and I met when we were each exhibiting our artwork at the Westport Creative Arts Festival. I've been following her career ever since. She has branded herself brilliantly over the years and created a look uniquely hers. Whenever I see her...
Scarlett De Bease, my wonderful Image Consultant, asked me to write a testimonial for her LinkedIn profile. I was very happy to oblige. But I knew that it would take me awhile to figure out exactly how to fulfill her request. I had never posted a recommendation on...
Listening to Andrea Adler's CD, To Advertise or Not To Advertise, That is The Question, I heard validation for a practice I've already embarked upon--making an offering. Next Thursday evening, July 17th, I'm offering a sneak preview of my Create Your Own Future...
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...
Last week we snuck off for a couple of days to spend quiet time by a lake in Litchfield County. The first night was idyllic as was the next day. But, the morning of our departure brought a horrific experience. At 4:50am there was a banging on our door and a man’s...
Last week during a long car ride, a colleague told me that he had tons of ideas. Something about that phrase--tons of ideas--struck a chord. I hear a lot of people use it. The similarity among those who say that, and why I think it sticks out for me, is that many...
All of my coaching groups are on hiatus for the summer. My speaking kicks back into high gear mid-September. Several individual clients are taking a break from coaching over the summer. So I scheduled a brainstorming session with myself to figure out how to best...
I had pangs of jealousy and envy on Sunday night watching the Tony Awards on tv. Here were these amazingly talented people, who had worked collaboratively for years to produce Broadway shows, beaming on the stage of Radio City Music Hall as they received their...
As a table sponsor for the May EWN Grand Networking Event, I had the opportunity to contribute to the goody bag of each attendee. I brought that possibility as a challenge to my mastermind group members who made the brilliant suggestion that I give something...
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...
I scheduled a 30-minute slot on my calendar at 11am today to go to the Westport Public Library, visit the Reading Room where they have all the local newspapers and research how each one does its calendar listing. I'm promoting an event on July 17th that will lead...
It's often hard for entrepreneurs to toot their own horns. So when a client of mine created a mailing to go out to 100 clients and prospects, she ran out of steam after creating a terrific marketing letter, having it printed on beautiful, nice quality paper stock...
Every month I put several networking events on the calendar as part of my marketing plan. When I show up around women entrepreneurs 3-4 times per month, inevitably business transpires--a new client, sign-ups for my newsletter and blog, etc. So, I always have...
For those of you who've never heard my story, I was recently interviewed by Liz Kopyscinski who hosts a great program for women entrepreneurs. To listen to the podcast: www.belraycommunity.com/radio/belray-radio.html Click on the yellow button to get the list of...
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