Wake Up Calls
Are You Having a Wake-Up Call?
What is true crisis in our work lives? How can we tell we’re heading into crisis, versus simply going through a really bad time? What are the signs of breakdown? As defined in the Webster’s dictionary, a “crisis” is:... Read More
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Breakdown, Breakthrough
In working on my book intensively these past few months, I’ve been acutely aware of something surprising. As many of you know, I’m writing about the typical crises professional women face today (12 crises of disempowerment, to be exact),... Read More
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De-Stressing and Enjoying Your Holiday Times
Happy Halloween to You! As the chill of Autumn arrives, we know that busy times are ahead — complete with ghosts and goblins, turkey trots, Christmas, Hanukah, New Year’s and other beautiful celebrations fast approaching. Along with the bustle... Read More
Yes I Can Thinking
Revising “Small” Thinking
In developing my book I Can’t Do This, I’ve needed to analyze more critically the internal process I use in coaching and therapy to help clients gain empowerment and move down a path of expansion rather than diminishment and... Read More
Levels of Disempowerment
The “I Can’t Do This!” Syndrome — Where Are You Disempowered?
Greetings! I’ve created this blog to be a voice of advocacy for professional women across the country, as well as to provide a much-needed forum for working women to discuss, share, and connect with each other about the common... Read More
Parenting
Empathic Parenting: A Way of Relating that Fosters Self-Esteem in Our Children
Have you ever had difficulty determining when “enough is enough” with your child? Or questioned when you should draw the line, rather than be flexible and give in to his requests? I know I have. These are issues that... Read More
Creativity
Are You Accessing Your Creative Well? Tips for Tapping Your Creativity
Today I’d like to explore the concept of creativity, and how it shapes and enriches our lives to access our own individual wells of creativity. What is “creativity?” The typical colloquial definitions of creativity involve: Producing or bringing about... Read More
Feeling Your Best
Do You Feel the Best During Your Birthday Month? Take this Survey…
Greetings! I have a question for you, and I’d love to hear your answers. Can you help me answer this question? Do you feel physically at your best and happiest during your birthday month each year? Yes or No... Read More
Empowerment
Are You Empowered at Work: 12 Strategies to Gain Rock-Solid Strength and Confidence
From my view, professional women have made tremendous strides in terms of drawing on our strengths, abilities, and confidence in the workplace in recent years, but it’s clear that we have a long way to go before we are... Read More
Mother's Day
Honoring the Loving Mother in You
Happy Mother’s Day to all! Mother’s Day is a time of honoring and appreciating our mothers and what they have done, given, and sacrificed for us. This weekend, I wonder if each of us could take time too to... Read More
Decoding "The Secret"
Decoding “The Secret”
I’m writing today to discuss the idea of manifesting what we want in life, as this has been a topic at the forefront of many talk shows and public conversations of late. In particular, I’d like to address some... Read More
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Is Positive Reinvention in the Wings for You?
As many of you know, I’ve been on the road of reinvention for more than five years now, and it’s been a fascinating, exciting, and often bumpy ride. As I have endeavored to let go of habitual thoughts and... Read More
Tips for Empowerment
Relaxing into What Is – Why It’s Essential
This month, I am endeavoring to crystallize the important key findings that are emerging from my interviews (47 conducted to date) with women nationwide who have overcome professional crisis and transformed their lives and work (the study is Women... Read More
Support for Change
Getting Support in Times of Change
As a coach and a therapist, I work with hundreds of people each year who are going through dramatic change of some kind or another, and are in need of support from their families, friends, colleagues and others. We... Read More
Following Your Dreams
Welcome to my new Reinveinting Ourselves Blog
I have created this as a forum for positive discussion, insights, questions, and thoughts aimed to assist all those who are wishing to positively reinvent or transform at least one aspect of their lives. This week, I’d like to... Read More