I surely needed support through the end of my marriage, my move to New York City (almost 7 years ago!) and my shifting from being a full-time artist to becoming a speaker and a coach. I've never done any of this alone. I've hired coaches, been part of a mastermind...
A gentleman I know recently described an aspect of his childhood that felt different from mine yet familiar. "As a child, I slept under an army blanket with no top sheet. I learned how to lie very still, because whenever I moved, it would be scratchy and...
What happens when the woman with the front row seat to Everything Transformational makes the decision to attempt her own transformation? Hilarious, touching and informative answers make up the content of Sheri Salata's terrific new book The Beautiful No: And Other...
Something is shifting inside me. As persistent as I claim to be, I can also experience rapid defeat. "That's it! I quit!" is not a foreign mantra. There are also expletive-laden ones, which I'll leave to your imagination. In some cases, it makes sense to quit and...
I've been throwing my own variation of a spiritual tantrum lately. Maybe you can understand. I've done my share of writing, social media and speaking. Okay, Universe, Your Turn! After the excitement of my travel, book signings and workshops has subsided, the quiet...
I'm fortunate to report to a spiritual action partner on Fridays. Today in our texted exchange I wrote that I haven't blogged in several days and wasn't feeling inspired lately. I'd had a great rush of activity, notice and praise around the publication of my...
Oh, how I love social media! It allowed Jeffrey Shaw and me to reconnect after many, many years. He'd seen mention of my upcoming memoir Too Much of Not Enough on LinkedIn and promptly messaged me about sitting for an interview. Jeffrey has created an enormous...
La Leche League began in 1956, only 18 years before I became a member. I am forever grateful to the mothers who formed that group for the sake of supporting and uplifting women who choose to breastfeed their babies. I attended my first meeting in May, 1974, late in...
In less than two weeks my new book Too Much of Not Enough will be published and I will enter a new realm, kinda like being in the 9th month of pregnancy. Though I've been carrying this baby for nearly five years, and it feels way overdue. Have you ever noticed that...
The last time I was in this big a professional transition was the early 2000's when I declared that I would no longer be decorating eggs. After 30+ years as The Egg Lady - a name I always hated, but respected because it was memorable - I let go of being a craft...
Accidentally Brave is a one-woman show written by and starring Maddie Corman. The title is apt as the actress/playwright was hurled into a life-changing trauma she had not signed up for. Her courage and fortitude to face her new life script are evident throughout...
HIlton Als, in his letter to Rachel Weisz featured in the Styles section of yesterday's Sunday Times wrote: "While talent or a lack thereof is certainly a factor when it comes to all this, what separates the true artist from the artist in name only, is a certain...
I loved this memoir by Tommy Tomlinson who had me drooling over his many food descriptions and their impact on his growing body. It's a touching, sensitive and powerful story of a man whose shame and regret about his own body has him seek a better, more grown-up...
"Is everything okay?" This is something I've been asked a few times in the last month. How do you interpret that question? My take on it may be different. As I was going through a late adolescence (say, 40-ish), my mother noted, "You've changed, Jane!" The...
The remarkable Paula Harris had an idea for a retreat, then made it happen. That sentence does not reveal the 10,784 decision points between conception and reality. One of those fortunate decisions was her hiring me along the way. I returned to NYC in the Quiet Car...
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