Career and Life Satisfaction Survey
Do You Have Passion, Power, and Purpose in Your Life and Work?
Do you have passion, power, and purpose in your life and work? Are you satisfied with your career and where it’s going? I’m currently conducting a Career and Life Satisfaction Survey, and would love to hear from you. The... Read More
Blog
Uncategorized
3 Questions That Help You Move
In thinking about your life, have you ever been completely stuck in a situation, not knowing what next step to take? Or have you found yourself ruminating about something, going around and around about it, without finding a way... Read More
Powerful Self-Marketing
3 Steps to Powerful Marketing
When I work with individuals wishing to create new marketing materials for their new practice or business, I ask them to take three steps with me in the process of creating powerful messages and materials about who they are... Read More
Men vs. Women at Work
The Gap Between Professional Men and Women
In writing my forthcoming book Breakdown, Breakthrough (Berrett-Koehler, Fall 2008), I’ve come across countless real-life stories of individuals who’ve told me that they feel men and women are radically different in the workplace, and that they truly speak different... Read More
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
Uncategorized
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
Uncategorized
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
Uncategorized
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