Interesting comment, Valerie. I think for me, priorities come up when I’m planning my day. As entrepreneurial women, and for me someone who works from home (or the nearby coffee shop!), we have so much choice. Should I do the laundry, or make some business calls? Should I squeeze in exercise, or plan a meeting, […]

Today I spoke with a client about her priorities. Not so unusual on a coaching call perhaps, but what is unusual is how much this subject is coming up all around me lately. With friends, my children, and clients- it’s like a theme song running in the background of the last two weeks. Okay, I […]

It’s a good day to sit and blog with an inch of ice covering everything outside. Schools and offices have been closed, so my husband, kids and I have been spending the day painting in front of the fire, dancing to Phantom of the Opera and tossing ice chunks for the dog to fetch. When […]

Working from home, the only water cooler I chat beside is a round one…on the kitchen floor. It happens to belong to my dog. While time spent this way can be warm and fuzzy, the intellectual aspect leaves something to be desired.
It was after a particularly drippy water cooler tete-a-tete that I realized my career […]

I wouldn’t trade what I do. I am in a profession that allows me to be a part of women creating big things for themselves and their lives. The rewards are too many to name. Of the few things I would change however, isolation certainly tops the list.
Life coaching by phone is such an efficient […]

I have decided that this token prize was not just for listening to my knowing and opening the door, but for the courage it took to be “off” on my time off which allowed for true rebalancing. This award provides validation for some holiday choices like:
- leaving the emails and instead remaining cuddled with my […]

I should have kept notes when I returned from my holiday. If I had written down all the things that have benefited from some real time off, I would have a new book by now! I probably would have separated my favorites by chapters. Each chapter would be a separate acknowledgement of the amazing restorative […]

Okay, I’m officially back from holiday. I worked some real magic since returning. I have managed to keep from feeling like I was actually back until… well, yesterday. How did I manage that when my children’s schools and my client appointments (and the rest of my life) jumped back to normal days before? Very carefully.
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