June 10, 2024
A friend of mine is readying to celebrate the release of her book. In her email asking if I’d help spread the word when it hits shelves, she wrote: I want to take you to lunch in exchange for supporting me. Here’s the deal: I’m DELIGHTED to support her. She’s a wonderful person, and I know […]
September 21, 2020
I was recently talking with a woman who had been daydreaming for years about quitting her corporate job. When I told her my story about leaving my own high paying gig after just one week (during a recession), she called me a hero. I certainly didn’t view it that way. To me, leaving the corporate […]
July 21, 2020
We often think of abandonment in terms of a physical or emotional separation from another person, an act they do to us. She gave up on me. He left me high and dry. But I’ve recently started thinking about abandonment as something we seem to do to ourselves, too. I see clients do it, and […]
July 7, 2020
If you consider yourself to be a woman with drive, then you’ve likely held onto many goals and milestones throughout your life. Perhaps you’ve clung to the idea of a certain job title, a number in your bank account, a relationship, a family. I know I’ve gripped tightly to many of these things at one […]