He said so, as quoted in the New York Times, when recently interviewed by Oprah at a benefit event held at Lincoln Center last week. Why do I love reading those words? It makes me feel connected to greatness. It makes me feel normal for having the same feelings. It...
The weather couldn't have been better for touring New Haven on Saturday for their 14th Annual City-Wide Open Studios event. I saw great art, met really terrific people and got into the spirit of navigating that city to explore artists' studios. One of my favorite...
I'm thoroughly enjoying the biography of Wendy Wasserstein written by Julie Salamon. I've always felt a special connection because we were in the same Theatre 145 class at Mount Holyoke College in 1967. Also, we shared a mutual friend in Aimee Garn who is quoted...
There was a sign posted in the lobby of my building this summer advertising "Yoga by the Pool at 8:30am Saturday mornings." I took note of it and thought, "I'd like to go, but I have a standing activity at that time on Saturday mornings." Two weeks later, I passed...
"Oh, hello Oprah. Yes, can I call you back? I'm in the middle of my Come As You'll Be event." I explained to the assembled superstars at my networking event that now, in the year 2016, I have limited my coaching practice to the most successful women entrepreneurs...
I rely heavily on Scarlett De Bease of Scarlett New York for advice on my wardrobe. She's created a look-book for me, which means that every time I need to go out in public and look presentable, I have a photographic album of outfits Scarlett has assembled for me...
...will be a future Nobel Peace Prize winner! Yes! At my Come As You'll Be event I will be host to the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Currently, she is a client of mine whose passion is leading mission trips to third world countries. She's been to Haiti several...
"The marathon's the parade," my friend Doreen once said about the actual running of the 26.2 mile race. You've done all the hard work, trained, sweated, ached and pained. The day of the event is a celebration--a parade. "You don't change anything. You show up and...
It'll really feel like the school year has started when I attend the EWN Luncheon tomorrow featuring Fabienne Fredrickson. Fabienne is an excellent speaker and role model for walking your talk. She is one of the most successful people I know. I hear tomorrow's...
It amazes me how my energy shifts from Labor Day Monday to back-to-work/school Tuesday. The last week of August and the days before the holiday weekend crawl. And then BOOM! It's business as usual, as though nothing has ever been other than business as usual. I've...
This is a story we've been waiting for, but the finality of it is still sobering. I feel privileged to have lived at this time of stunning innovation and creativity. As it said in the Seattle Times-- "I sort of look at us as two of the luckiest guys on the planet,"...
I'm not a pop culture fiend, but have found myself immersed (albeit delinquently) in Project Runway. As an ardent patron of the public library system, I recently found dvd's of the first four seasons of that show. I know I'm light years behind those in the know. I...
My son mentioned last week, when I invited him to jump in my pool during his visit to CT, that he hates to swim. How did I miss that fact? Back when he was a baby, there was a theory that if you threw an infant into a pool, its instincts would have it stroking the...
My friend Joanne Kabak, a colleague and member of my former writers group, lent me her copy of Life by Keith Richards, the audio version. It's 19 CD's plus a bonus extra with visuals. When I entitled this post 'living with Keith Richards,' I meant it. I've been...
I invited two of my clients to let their gremlins have full rein at the beginning of our group's call. They each had a minute to let loose, and they did a beautiful job. My purpose was to allow the negativity to have its head, and then excuse it from the premises. ...
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