Mary Ellroy, owner of Gamebird, is a game and toy inventor as well as a consultant to those wishing to bring their products to market. She's also a member of my nearly 20-year old mastermind group and a dear friend. I take what she says seriously. Slight...
Q - What do getting a massage, reading about Newt Gingrich and pottery have in common? A - A seed for a blog post planted, watered by an article in the NY Times and then fertilized by an analogy for both. I received a wonderful massage yesterday afternoon from a...
On my way home from a look-see in NJ on Monday, I experienced a profound sense of joy. It was a combination of moments that added up to a burst of feeling in my body that I wanted to embrace and explore. Here are the elements that composed that exquisite awareness:...
Rug by Malene Barnett Tuesday night 30 Artsy Girls gathered to celebrate our 10th Anniversary. This is a group I started out of a desire to hang out with my most creative friends all at once. Twenty of us got together ten years ago for the first time at Bloodroot...
When we first met many years ago, Kim's children were small and in school, but even then she held a vision in her heart, and it was huge. There were a lot of nay-sayers in her midst ("You could never do that here!" types), but Kim began building her community right...
I had the privilege of speaking for the Litchfield County Women's Network last Wednesday night, one of those pouring rainy nights we seem to have had so many of lately. I was a tad grumpy coming in after a long drive, but the mood of the room and the warmth of the...
It's hard to let go. When I asked for advice from trusted colleagues about closing the door on the reprinting of my first book, Decorating Eggs, one response I got was, "What would you advise your client to do?" Well, when you put it that way, the answer is easy....
At the urging of my own personal mastermind group (thank you, Mary, Brenda and Val), I began blogging three years ago this month. At the time it felt like yet another thing to do, another check box on the list. Not quite drudgery, but I couldn't see the point....
Katie Settel, of Katie Settel Photography, and I spent a few hours at Calf Pasture Beach on Friday. I need to update my social media images and love the way Katie has captured shots at my Remarkable Women's Network events for me. While Katie was selecting...
I had to actually cut this image out of my AARP magazine issue this month to see, if indeed, the two shades of gray (A + B) were, as claimed, the same. They are. What changes our perception is that big green cylinder casting a shadow.The point of the illusion is...
I'm excited to be hosting my 17th Remarkable Women's Network event this evening at Alfya's Skin Care Salon in New Canaan. I met Alfya when she was a Master Aesthetician at Noelle, the Day Spa in Stamford. In Alfya's trusted hands, I was transported from mom,...
While doing a Discovery Session with a new client, she said that her gremlins weren't necessarily voices of negativity as is common with most of the women I work with. "Who do you think you are?" and "You're not that good." Instead, what prevented her from moving...
If you haven't bought Tina Fey's new #1 bestselling book yet, don't wait! As soon as I read the NYTimes review a couple of weeks ago I placed my order (I know, very old-fashioned) and waited for the Wells Fargo wagon to deliver it. I was not disappointed. I read...
In addition to baseball, another national pastime that I'm keenly aware of is comparing ourselves to others. Or, more particularly, comparing our entrepreneurial successes (or lack thereof) to others. It's actually the 'lack thereof' I specifically want to...
One of my clients is in that long, dark hallway that seems to lengthen and dim as a huge deadline draws near. She has been relentlessly working toward her vision. Opening day is soon. Her gremlins have formed choruses and are serenading her hourly. "She" is...
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