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...
My Remarkable Women's Network Come As You'll Be event in Westport last week was a real hit. I want to acknowledge the dozens of courageous women who attended, in costume, for taking a look into the unknown and staking a claim for themselves. As attendees...
I had a great send-off by good friends in CT, and a warm welcome from family and friends in NYC. I received MetroCards, guidebooks for non-tourists, flowers and invitations for upcoming events. But this morning, I received the most creative and welcome gift I could...
I'd forgotten the conversation that had me connecting speaking colleague Kevin Carroll to my good friend and mastermind buddy, game inventor Mary Ellroy. But yesterday's conversation with Kevin at Fantastic Kids in NYC reminded me. Kevin was there to promote his...
As I've accelerated my decluttering, downsizing phase, I came across a book that I was featured in published by La Leche League in 1984 entitled Of Cradles & Careers by Kaye Lowman. I was combining motherhood and career by running a community-based arts program...
I'm still basking in the afterglow of last weekend's powerful conference at Omega Institute. What matters as much as attending an event like this is what you do with the experience once you're home. I promised my goal buddy that I'd type up my notes and create...
I never take pictures of what I'm eating and post them online, but watching Wendy Limauge document the goings-on this evening at my Remarkable Women's Network event, and immediately posting them out there to her minions, altered my viewpoint. Her enthusiasm for...
I'm still reeling from the energy, enthusiasm and sheer brilliance of the weekend I just attended in Rhinebeck, NY. As Elizabeth Lesser--the co-founder of Omega-- so eloquently asked, How can a bunch of women eating granola at the end of a dirt road solve the...
Last night's EWN event was inspiring! Kate White was our featured speaker, and she lit a fire under the entire room. She gave three take-away pieces of advice for success from her new book. The title of this post echoed what one of the members of my upcoming...
My hunch is that because of my blogging over the last three years, I've become more visible and indirectly gotten speaking engagements and clients due to my 3x a week postings. But last week I got what had to have been the first actual reward I can tie directly to...
During the self-intros at Monday night's Artsy Girls fest, Mindy Green used part of her 'brag' time to read us a poem she wrote honoring Jinny Avery who sadly passed away last week at the age of 99. Instead of celebrating Jinny's 100th birthday as had been...
Words can't even begin to describe the sensational Artsy Girls event I attended at the home of Liz Alpert Fay and co-hosted by Victoria Cummings. This dynamic duo met at a previous Artsy Girls dinner and discovered a mutual admiration that developed into a stunning...
I was very fortunate to have made the acquaintance of Virginia (Jinny) Avery seven years ago at the introduction of a mutual friend. We met for lunch at a Chinese restaurant in Greenwich, CT and bonded immediately. I had read books by Jinny when I began quilting in...
I've been adhering to my promise of spending several hours a week on twitter.com, and I'm beginning to see sprouts of growth in my interest level and commitment. My son has been touting this to me for years, but I'm slow to catch on to these things. I've been...
The only credit I'll take for discovering Chip Conley is that you may not yet have come across him and his brilliance in your travels. I love introducing you to the people who light me up. Yesterday, that was hearing Chip's message for the first time. He was...
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