How To Cultivate An Abundance Mindset
Many years ago, I was on a family vacation in Sequoia, a beautiful national park abundantly filled with massive trees and inviting lakes. One day, we were splashing about in one of the swimming holes...
View ArticleOn Death And Grieving During The Holidays
**This was written 12/25/16. A year has passed and as we head into another Christmas, the grief is present. The sharpness has smoothed out, but the sadness is an underlying emotion that permeates...
View ArticleMotivation & Discipline: How to Get It And How To Keep It (In The New Year)
2017 sped by like a freight train, quietly speeding by through the night. It seems like I blinked and now we are on the cusp of a new year. Again. As with every new year, a wave of reflection and...
View ArticleThere Is No *Right* Way To ‘Find Your Passion’
One of the scariest moments of my life was when I was shopping one day with my three-year-old. As with most children, she was full of curiosity, but she also had an independent streak that would send...
View ArticleThis Is My #MeToo
A sea of voices crying out. Story after story. Post after post. Women speaking up about being sexually harassed. Does adding one more to the mix even matter? I had an entire generic post practically...
View ArticleWhat To Do When You Have A Vulnerability Hangover
I experienced my first major hangover in November 2011. It was also the night I got my “Freedom” tattoo, soon after I’d left my ex-husband when I found out he was having another affair. Ironically,...
View ArticleRunning From The Santa Monica Pier To The Las Vegas Sign | The Speed Project 4.0
I’m sure you’re wondering why the heck would anyone want to run to Las Vegas. Well, I don’t really have an answer to that except that I guess it was something different and so why not? After my last...
View ArticleWhen Life Feels Out Of Your Control
Recently, I was put in a situation that was completely out of my control. Being a control freak, Type-A, whatever you want to call it, any situation where I feel out of control sends me into a panic. I...
View ArticleA Band-Aid Won’t Fix Your Problem
I decided the other morning that I didn’t need coffee for my 90-minute commute. I’m still a fairly new coffee drinker, having found this magical elixir only about six months ago. (I’m one of those late...
View ArticleYour Story Is Significant. Don’t Be Afraid To Share It
A few weeks ago, I finished my 12th book this year (the goal is 50), called A Beautiful, Terrible Thing by Jan Waite. It is a memoir of her journey from a loving marriage (or so she thought) to...
View Article1 By 41: One Year, One Goal
The new year doesn’t start for me on January 1st like it does for everyone else. For me, my new year doesn’t begin with fireworks, champagne toasts or a midnight kiss (well, it does sometimes). Like...
View ArticleConfessions Of A Former Judgmental Know-It-All
I am a reformed, judgmental, know-it-all. Blame it on the hubris of youth where the oxymoron of thinking you know it all when you actually know literally nothing (a la Jon Snow) is practically...
View ArticleWhat is Fear Asking You To Do Today?
On a recent early morning flight, I blurrily made my way to the first place that served the magic morning elixir I’ve come to depend on to help me jump start my day. I wasn’t the only one. The line was...
View ArticleI Need a Purpose…Or A Project…Or Something.
It’s 4 am and apparently, it’s my optimal writing time. My only writing time. I can’t sleep and when I can’t sleep, I sometimes find myself writing. And here I am. The last few months, among the...
View ArticleGiving Yourself The Permission To Say Yes
During a recent meeting at work, the topic came up about the power of saying no. We are a young company that believes in building up a great culture and so this topic was brought up as an idea for a...
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