"You're here under false pretenses," Jonathan Landman told us on Saturday afternoon in his opening remarks for Cornwall Conversations which was billed as: "the future of media and communications by two people who should know: Jonathan Landman, editor-at-large at...
Growing up, someone who 'needed help' was looked at sideways. Going to a 'shrink' was ridiculed as even the expression implies. This was all before the days of coaches, support groups, accountability partners, etc. Today, asking for help is a sign of strength....
I traveled to Boston over the weekend to attend the memorial service for Michio Kushi. According to the NYTimes obituary, Michio was "a Japanese scholar who popularized the macrobiotic diet in the United States, helping to change the way health-conscious Americans...
I attended a fabulous talk at the 92nd Street Y last night, not coincidentally conducted by my daughter, Lindsey. I thought I'd gotten a lot of this information through reading her book Becoming the Boss. But this time around my ears tuned in to other,...
I'm thoroughly enjoying Norman Lear's memoir (autobiography, really) and bookmarked a page on my nook that I had to share with you. The level of risk this man took puts the risks I take on a daily basis into perspective. Before he was NORMAN LEAR, he had trouble...
I had the privilege of hearing Seth Godin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Monday night. Not a typical venue for this entrepreneurial guru. But, in a stroke, or SPARK, of creative genius, Julie Burstein invited him onto a two-person panel to celebrate a...
When I read that line in her interview with Oprah in the December issue of O Magazine, I almost spit out my hot water and lemon drink. A rich, gorgeous, multimillionaire business phenom, married to Barry Diller questions her level of achievement? Here's the direct...
I had the sublime pleasure of being invited to participate on a field trip to Winterthur yesterday organized by a friend in the publishing industry. She generously added me to her guest list which included three additional women, all major players in that field...
On Monday evening, September 29, I'm inviting Remarkable Women to answer that exact question. Is it really comfortable in there, or is it a hiding place and cover story that keeps you from what you really want in life? Several years ago I was coaching a...
Where to begin?! Last night my daughter Lindsey celebrated the release of her latest book, Becoming the Boss: New Rules for the Next Generation of Leaders. I received my inscribed copy at the event and began reading it right away. It drew me right in with its...
I'm in the process of applying to be a writer-in-residence for a few weeks this coming winter. The location is remote and far away. It is exclusively for women. We each get our own cabin, write all day, then gather in the evening for community and support. Meals...
I rent space from Cynthia Overgard, President and CEO of HypnoBirthing CT. She has a warm and welcoming space in an office building well-located in Westport on the Norwalk/Westport line directly across from Whole Foods and Panera Bread and equi-distant between I-95...
I've known Diane Ripstein since I joined the National Speakers Association in 1997. I knew that she was a communications expert par excellence. I'd seen her present to audiences and demonstrate her vast skills as a business leader and authority on the subject of...
When I attended Camp Chinqueka, a sleepaway camp for girls, back in the last century, I met Cookie, aka Marisabina, Russo. We were great friends back then and re-discovered our relationship when she attended my alma mater, Mount Holyoke College. She truly is my...
In a recent correspondence with a friend, after I told her about my upcoming voyage, she posed the question, "What will you do after your trip?" My resounding response was, "I don't know! That's why I'm going." Several courageous voyagers have accepted my Come Away...
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