Careers, Empowerment
How To Do More of What You Love (and less of what you hate)
People ask me all the time, “Is now really the time to consider making big changes in my life, or reinventing?” I say YES! Crisis times like these are the perfect time to reinvent. They push you to purify, shed... Read More
Blog
Empowerment, Support for Change, Uncategorized
Why Aren’t We Taking Action to Get the Help We Need?
Today, I was chatting with my friend and colleague Beth Leas who runs a fabulous holistic health care center in CT called the Total Life Care Center. In her work and her business, she supports hundreds of other... Read More
Men and Women, Tips for Empowerment, Uncategorized
The Real Deal with Women Today
As so much national research is revealing, women are sadder and sicker than ever before, and more so in midlife than in other times of their lives. Here’s recent Huffington Post piece about the sad and shocking truth... Read More
Advice, Tips for Empowerment
A Fine Line Between Failure and Success
When we’re facing what feel like insurmountable challenges in our work or life, it’s vitally important to go back to basics – to purify, shift what isn’t working, re-focus, and commit 3000% to what you care about achieving. ... Read More
Living Real
Being Real in Times of Turmoil
I had a fascinating call last night from a local woman in need of some help. She had heard of me in the community, and was reading my book Breakdown, Breakthrough and found it resonated with her, so she... Read More
Advice, Branding, Powerful Self-Marketing, Tips for Empowerment
Getting Help to Build Your Business
In the past several years, I’ve coached a good number of other coaches, consultants, healing and wellness practitioners, and small business owners ways to build their community, develop a powerful speaking platform, get their books published and read, and... Read More
Uncategorized
The Global Woman’s Crusade
Nicholas Kristof’s New York Times article “The Woman’s Crusade” of August 17th is very moving, about the plight of women and girls in our world. Hope you’ll check it out here. In response to Kristof’s “Half the Sky”... Read More
Uncategorized
Women and Speaking Up
On Saturday, I was a guest along with a terrific communications consultant Diane DiResta on a neat radio show: Live with Lisa! Radio – hosted by Lisa Wexler. The lively and revealing discussion centered around the issue of women and reinvention,... Read More
Inspiration for Change, Uncategorized
Surviving and Thriving Through Tough Times
Many clients have asked me how to keep moving forward in their lives when what’s appearing in their lives is crushingly challenging. The tips below will help you stay focused and energized, and keep you on your way to... Read More
Advice, Career and Life Satisfaction Survey, Tips for Empowerment
Don’t Take Anything Personally
Last night in my workshop Live Your True Spirit in CT, our wonderful women’s group explored all the ways we suffer and hurt when we take personally things that happen in our lives. From feeling dejected when we don’t... Read More
Empowerment, Feeling Your Best, Inspiration for Change
Move Away from Fear
In the past two months, I’ve had more than a handful of clients who are dealing with some intense emotional conflicts with others. In fact, I’ve had one or two interpersonal interactions myself that left me reeling. What do... Read More
Feeling Your Best, Following Your Dreams, Wake Up Calls
Reframing “Failure” into Growth
So many folks come for coaching feeling like an abject failure – explaining how they’ve utterly botched something essential to them (a job, new business endeavor, a relationship, project, or performance, etc.). The only emotions they can experience around... Read More
Empowerment, Inspiration for Change, Support for Change
Are You Having “Palate Fatigue?”
Yesterday, I met with a new friend, JoAnn LoGiurato, Founder of Dancing on Grapes (http://www.dancingongrapes.com), who delivers empowering, educational (and totally fun!) programs and events designed to educate and empower women in their knowledge and experiences of wine. ... Read More
Creativity, Following Your Dreams, Inspiration for Change
Breakthrough Can Come with One Simple Question
Last night, I went to a very stimulating workshop called “Write Yourself Free” in CT, offered by The Editing Company, and held by two wonderful and empowering writing coaches/teachers, Susie Horgan and Patrick McCord. The program was designed to... Read More
Empowerment, Feeling Your Best, Following Your Dreams, Inspiration for Change
Feeling Like a Wobbly Beginner?
Happy Birthday Geminis! Today’s my birthday, and I am particularly energized and excited about the possibilities on this special day, after a long bout of moving backwards or sideways (retrogrades tend to do that!). But I’m not always feeling... Read More
Uncategorized
Is Striving to be Superwoman Getting Old?
I’ve spent a good number of years researching the crises of working women today, and how we can overcome them. In the process I’ve learned so much about what it means to craft a rewarding, fulfilling professional and personal... Read More