I had my own first November coaching session Wednesday afternoon. As a coach myself, I'm a big believer in the coaching relationship. Michele has been my coach for several years now. She's the one person in my professional life where I can let it all hang out and...
The most challenging part of my move to NYC was getting out of my three-year auto lease. My son-in-law told me about Swap-a-lease dot com which gave me a good head-start. I didn't know it was even possible to do such a thing. Registering on Swap-a-Lease and finding...
I've been a believer in vision boards since seeing ones my friends had created come to fruition. I created my first one in 2005 and quickly brought the images to reality. A more recent rendition has taken longer to manifest. You can see some of the images on the...
I just came across this photo of my first 'studio'. You've heard about businesses starting on a kitchen counter or the back of a napkin. Well, take a look here! I started my business using the edge of a counter in our kitchen. My jars of dye were located under my...
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...
One of my homework commitments, (self-assigned) from the Omega Women & Power weekend last month, was to watch Eve Ensler's TED.com talk about the girl "cell" in each of us. I was inspired by Eve's mission in the world: to stop violence against women,...
I have, scratch that, had a big problem with idolizing and idealizing people, particularly women in business whom I envied and/or emulated. I placed them on a very high pedestal and spent a lot of time worshipping them and trying to be like them. That's a formula...
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...
"There is no work/life balance the way it's portrayed," were the opening words of relationship expert and author Dr. Patty Ann Tublin, the third speaker in the Insights from Entrepreneurs series presented at the Westport Library last night. I had arrived early to...
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...
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...
By the time I was old enough to be aware of Phyllis Diller, she was already a well-established comedian, something of an institution--"the female comedian." Fortunately, people hardly make that distinction these days with so many fabulously funny and successful...
When I heard that the EWN Program Committee had secured Kate White as our September keynote speaker, I immediately requested the opportunity to sponsor the event. I first heard Kate speak at an AWED (American Women's Economic Development Corp.) event in NYC while...
Watch Jane on WTNH - August 11, 2012 How's this for synchronicity? I appeared on WTNH early Saturday morning proclaiming the importance of taking time off, with intention, from your business. This morning, I received this email message from my Virtual Assistant:...
I'm baaaack! There were days during the month of July when I thought I may never utter those words. But time does its thing, and I couldn't be happier to be at my desk, working with clients, planning the upcoming year and reporting out to you. It's appropriate that...
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