I had the immense pleasure and privilege of sitting at the table with Missy Germain and her mother Gail at the opening breakfast session at BlogHer 2010. I was with Sarah Youngblood, my client and friend from Georgia, when we randomly sat down and then pinched...
Dr. Debbie Danowski, a professor at Sacred Heart University, is a friend of mine and also a former client. We were in a writers group for several years and have stayed connected since. Over a year ago Debbie wanted to work with me on her vision for her dream house....
That's the title atop page 68 in The War of Art, a volume I recently listened to on CD and also own in paperback. The author, Steven Pressfield, likens being an artist to being in the Marine Corps. "The Marine Corps teaches you how to be miserable. This is...
Back-to-back coaching calls with similar themes give me ideas for my blog. Yesterday two of my creative clients reported in with extraordinary success stories. A designer client began apologetically, saying she hadn't completed her fieldwork assignments, but that...
I'm attending the Kushi Institute's Macrobiotic Conference for the next few days in Palisades, NY, and just heard Annemarie Colbin speak. She's the founder of the Natural Gourmet Institute for Health and Culinary Arts, plus author of multiple books on nutrition and...
My younger daughter Laura, to whom my book Soul Proprietor is dedicated, helped me out this week by listening to the soon-to-be-released audio version of the book. Line by line, she read the text while listening to the recording I'd spent the last couple of months...
In May I attended my first Savor the Success event in NYC--an all-day program called Rock the World, which I thoroughly enjoyed (and blogged about). Last night I went to the organization's monthly meeting hosted by founder Angela Jia Kim. The setting, 75 Wall...
It's not easy to claim a life as a painter, especially after 34 years of being the person behind the scenes. But that's exactly what my good friend and client Mary Quinlan has done. She spent her entire career encouraging young people to express themselves...
Now that the print edition of Soul Proprietor has been published, I am working to update the audio version as well. Yesterday I was so happy to have my daughter Lindsey come to CT to record the foreword she wrote for me. Foreward_Lindsey.mp3. She's such a pro! As a...
I won't mention any names, as I don't want to incriminate my wonderful and helpful counselor from SCORE. But, we were talking about the new edition of my book yesterday, and he said, "If you sell 600 copies you'll be lucky." I was incredulous. I immediately...
I don't like to be misled. Like I was when I grabbed a mesh bag containing four avocados at Trader Joe's Sunday morning. I saw the RIPE label on the skin and thought, "Great! I'll use these tomorrow to make that salad I love." When I got home and cut the avocados...
I couldn't think of a better way to spend a gorgeous Sunday than visiting my talented friends, colleagues and clients who were exhibiting their wares at one of the biggest trade shows in the world. This weekend featured the Stationery Show, Surtex (surface design)...
I'm not a big fan club person, but Oprah holds a particular fascination for me--the empire she's created, the people she has around her and the message she expounds. So, I plunked down $377 to attend the Live Your Best Life weekend in New York City in anticipation...
In March I conducted back-to-back goal-setting workshops for the Cultural Alliance of Fairfield County. One of the characteristics I noticed among the creative and talented men and women attending was an inability to focus. By spreading their abilities over a wide...
I'm just back from a great event for women entrepreneurs called Savor the Success. It will continue tomorrow, but I'm completely filled up. I met terrific women, heard great speakers and practically floated home afterward. I'll be sharing quotes and thoughts I...
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