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Many of us feel disjointed and out of sync with the rhythm of life today. We try hard to keep up and fit in and often wind up feeling exhausted, depleted, and somehow wrong. Doing the practices of the Art of Feminine Presence, I realized 3 truths about Feminine Rhythm that were invisible to me before.
Read MoreI never realized what a difference having practical support at home can make until I hired Naomi a year ago. Naomi does my laundry, irons, picks up prescriptions at the drugstore, does grocery store runs as well as other errands and walks my dog when Sophie lets her. Naomi is my part-time wife.
Read MoreIn the world of small business, we are always concerned about GETTING: Getting more leads Getting more clients Getting more money Action is important in making our entrepreneurial dreams happen, but we lose something when we focus ONLY on GETTING. We lose the Art of HAVING.
Read MoreThe Chinese New Year of the Horse begins on Friday, January 31, 2014 and by all accounts, it's going to be a fast ride full of activity and good fortune. It should very different from the past two years of introspection and insights.
Read MoreOn Monday, January 20th, 2014 we celebrate the birth of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He would have been 85 years old. One of the greatest and most stirring speeches in history was Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech that he gave during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963. Over 250,000 people heard that speech live and millions more of us watching on our black and white televisions that day.
Read MoreAs I stagger grazed and changed out of the year 2013, I realize that the tremendous demands of the year are actually bearing gifts, just as I had fervently hoped during the steepest of challenges. I’m not the only one who has faced obstacles, anxieties, and deep changes this year. For many of us, this year has been stacked with challenges that have made sticking with the status quo a ridiculous thought.
Read MoreI've been doing a lot of thinking about what it means to live in a Consumer Society. Many studies in Positive Psychology show that being affluent doesn't actually make most people happier. And whether you think you are or not, you are probably affluent if you live in the developed world.
Read MoreEarlier in the month I had the pleasure of taking an Improv for Business class with my friend and colleague, Gina Trimarco Cligrow of Gina and Co. Gina is from Chicago and began doing improv at Second City at the age of 19. She used what she learned in improv class and from her entrepreneurial dad to become a successful marketer and business manager. Now she's using those skills to help other entrepreneurs become better at sales conversations and marketing through improvisational comedy.
Read MoreLast issue I wrote about the perils of over giving in your business and how to make a mind shift to taking yourself and your business seriously and getting paid good money for the value you deliver Today I want to talk about the shadow side of always over giving. This is a subject that I've looked at increasingly for years now as it became apparent to me that I am - gasp! - co-dependent.
Read MoreRecently I spoke to a group of women business owners. In the discussion after my talk, one woman said that she constantly gives away too much and she’s paying for it with her health. She's in her early 40s and has constant back pain. She's given up a part of the business she loves - being a make up artist - because she can't stand on her feet for long any more.
Read MoreWhile working with a client recently, I was struck with a key reason that we keep ourselves stuck - we freak ourselves out about success! My client, whom I'll call Angela (not her real name), realized that she was using chaos to keep from taking action in her business. "Without clutter and confusion, I won't have any excuses. I'd have to get 'out there' in a big way," she said.
Read MoreSuzanne Evans has a larger than life presence. She's loud, she's direct, she cusses, she's brilliant, she's committed, and she changes lives and businesses. She just spent 3.5 days on the stage at Be the Change teaching, training, and entertaining over 900 participants how to transform their businesses to make more money.
Read MoreI was talking with a prospective client the other day. I'll call her Alice (not her real name). I've known her for years, and we were talking because she is at a new beginning in her business. She's a brilliant businesswoman and has been quite successful in the past. Because of family events, she had to step out of her business for a while and now is ready to get back to work. As we got into our conversation, Alice revealed her main concern was that "everything has changed." Many of her contacts have been down-sized, right-sized, or “put out to pasture”, and her former network is no longer in a position to hire her for consulting work.. Because of the advent of Linked In and other social media outlets, this very bright and capable woman was thinking she didn't know how to get traction to get new work.
Read MoreWe each experience challenges to focusing in this world of Facebook and Twitter, bombardment by ads and marketing messages, and the inevitable rabbit hole of following links on a website. Like Alice in Wonderland, we wind up some place totally unexpected and wonder how in the world we got here! So we know that focus is a challenge. But I wonder whether concentration is an even greater challenge.
Read MoreThis is a season of desiring and dreaming. Children and adults alike hope for material goods and emotional happiness.And sometimes we forget to have.
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