Over the years, I’ve learned not to make long lists of goals for the new year. This year I feel especially opposed to the idea.
As I reflect over the last twelve months of coaching, I see women exploring the awareness steps needed to make genuine changes. These are far more necessary for women than making […]

Books for Women’s Entrepreneurial Spirits 
Have you ever made a good decision about something, yet when asked to explain how you did it, all you could come up with was that you “went with your gut?”
Author Lisa Sarasohn wouldn’t be surprised to hear that. After all, she wrote The Woman’s Belly Book, which focuses on that […]

Sometimes we may need to help a party come to a close, and sometimes they just end. This time it was both.
I recently chose to put off my visit to San Francisco, a favorite place of mine. A large part of my trip was to be spent with my brother, but his plans changed and […]

Books for Women’s Entrepreneurial Spirits 
What a great concept for a book. In “10 Poems to Set you Free,” author Roger Housden chooses 10 pieces by poets such as Mary Oliver, David Whyte, Rumi and Naomi Shihab Nye. He lets us read each of their poems to make our own connections, then goes on to dissect […]

Books for Women’s Entrepreneurial Spirits
The fact that essayist Anne Lamott wrote the forward to Geneen Roth’s latest book was a selling point for me. But in truth, I needed no ‘sales job’ because I also love Geneen Roth’s books. Start with the title, “When you Eat at the Refigerator, Pull Up a Chair” .
Already  the humor is […]

Books for Women’s Entrepreneurial Spirits 
It’s all in your head,” some people say. Well, in the case of writers, all too often it is. We often disconnect our heads from the rest of our bodies – not only when we write, but in other parts of our lives as well.
One of the ways I try to […]

There are a lot of emotions with a necessary place in our lives. In my opinion, guilt isn’t one of them.
For instance, what if your husband forgets your anniversary? Would you rather see him spend all his energy feeling guilty, or would you rather he gave you a genuine apology, spent five minutes looking suitably […]

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.
You […]