Lessons learned from a first summer job.

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The BEFORE. My first job was as a babysitter.  This was typical among my peers the only stark difference being most of my friends who babysat adored kids. I did not love children. I liked them just fine (I ended up teaching Sunday school, swim lessons and babysat through college), but was definitely the sitter you hired when there were only a scant few hours left before bed. I was ... Continue Reading

Moving from scarcity to abundance.

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my success does not equal your failure. For decades I've beaten to death the notion there's room enough for us all to rock. For close to 17 years (!) I've shared online how one woman's success does not equal another woman's failure. Only recently, however, have I been repeatedly reminded it's not enough to feel brazen and unstoppable if beneath it all lurks a scarcity mindset. What  is a ... Continue Reading

My 10 Commandments.

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Once upon a time, while deep in the throes of graduate school, I invested time defining my core values. With the wide-eyed life excitement the young possess and the older covet, I spent countless hours brainstorming my fundamental beliefs in effort to create a foundation for my personal and professional life. 2+ decades later these beliefs haven't shifted much. Other than a few tweaks (I was ... Continue Reading

Im snapping.

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quick! what do YOU think when you see this woman? We've talked about the fact I'm working not to be judgmental. I've not walked miles in any shoes save my own and, while I may think I know how other people's foot coverings feel, I have no idea. For me, however, it all returns to semantics. Judging is different from intuitive living. Passing judgement is not equivalent to trusting our guts ... Continue Reading

3 ways Im exercising my intuition muscle

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Remember when I slid to the woo woo side explored spiritual intuitives? The call remains the best 30 minutes I've spent in a while and something which sparked me to pause/step back and scrutinize my life for signs of spiritual guides/of her words coming true. I adored the experience. And yet, as weeks passed and my much-discussed second child failed to materialize, I begin to develop a ... Continue Reading

Finding and using our gifts.

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Once upon a time the Child was in first grade and assigned the teacher everyone warned us (and her) away from. You want anyone but Mr. X!! He's really tough on kids and parents. I was apprehensive, but went into the experience with an open mind. To my surprise and delight she adored her new teacher. He led the class (and the parents) with a firm but loving hand. He wasn't a fit for many ... Continue Reading

Farewell Elementary (AKA 5 reasons I STILL love my tween)!

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pre-school (finger quote) graduation (unFQ). I wasn't sad when The Child went to kindergarten. We'd been Frick & Frack for plenty of years and were both ready to resume/launch separate lives. It was time for her to have secrets and an existence outside of me. It was HIGHtime for me to regain some semblance of sweet sweet freedom. (The freedom didn't quite transpire as planned, but ... Continue Reading

Creating success on your own terms.

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I've always chosen the slightly different path. I love my path--bumpy patches and all. Because it's my own creation, however, there's rarely a way to adjudicate if I'm fast-tracking toward success or lolloping down a dead-end side trail I should git off of as soon as possible. And my latest Live Strong piece was born. 3 ways tell if you're moving toward success on your own ... Continue Reading

Im too good at saying NO.

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Years ago I believed the word NO to be a four letter one. To bastardize paraphrase a now trite saying: I was quick to give others a YES! even when I knew, in essence, it meant I was saying a NO! to myself/my needs. I didn't realize a I misplaced YES was a disservice to the other person. It took me decades to learn when I completed a commitment with a less than joyous heart I was doing ... Continue Reading

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