For over 20 years, on New Year’s Eve I‘ve had a very elaborate ritual of creating intentions for the upcoming year. For simplicity, here’s a blog from 2014 that outlines a fun and rewarding way to kick the habit of failed New Year’s resolutions and charts a course for success. Though, for some reason, this […]
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We learn at an early age about making wishes through rhymes and rituals. “Star light, star bright, First star I see tonight, I wish I may, I wish I might, Have this wish I wish tonight.” Anonymous Make a wish before you blow out the candles on your birthday cake! “How to wish […]
Read MoreStuck and Stuff It’s been 2 months since I published my last blog – and it’s not that I haven’t tried to write something. There certainly has been a MULTITUDE of topics that I would normally be itching to write about. For heaven’s sake – our world has been turned upside down in the last […]
Read MoreIt’s a new year, a new decade. Why not try something new? For some reason, I’ve been obsessed about learning new things, especially things that I would normally avoid. How many of us have pre-conceived ideas about what we’re good at and what we’re not? Or things that come naturally or things we struggle with? […]
Read MoreIn 2003 I was at a crossroads in my life. I had left the privileges and comfort of being a corporate executive three years earlier to be an entrepreneur and pursue a passion in a new field as a life and career coach. Starting a business is hard enough, and most people in the Midwest […]
Read MoreOne of the cornerstones of my executive coaching process with clients is to establish clarity about their intentions – what they really want, in all aspects of their work and life. A Goal or Intention For me, intentions are different than goals. Goals are specific and measurable; often linear in nature. They are transactional. Intentions […]
Read MoreNOTE: portions of this blog were published in February, 2016. Given the recent events and our current political environment, I have updated content and believe this message more relevant now than ever. There’s a lot of talk these days about “winning.” Donald Trump is good example of someone obsessed with winning. Charlie Sheen notoriously described […]
Read MoreIn early February, I gave a three month update of Living the Dream after moving from Kansas City to La Jolla, CA. Since moving in October, it feels like I’m living my life in 3 month increments. My first three months were spent getting settled and acclimated to a community that is very different from […]
Read MoreIf you could pick a defining moment – one that changed your life forever – what would it be? And how did it change your life? I was recently asked this question and here’s how I responded. It was September 1975. I decided that I no longer would listen to the people who were telling […]
Read MoreIn case you didn’t read or act on the recommendations of this blog a couple weeks ago – there’s still time to reflect on 2016 and prepare for 2017. And since I am now a Southern California girl, I’m going to suggest a somewhat “new-age” way of reconciling 2016 and preparing for 2017. According to […]
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