As I’ve mentioned, I am writing a memoir. As I write and revise, pieces move in and out of the draft. I wrote this segment on the evolution of my name a few months ago. While many of the aspects of it will be in the memoir, they won’t be strung together in an essay …
I had a conversation recently with a dear friend and colleague Susana Rinderle about the difference between entrepreneurship and freelancing. After our conversation, I went looking for more information about the difference and I’m so glad I did. Seth Godin explained the difference in this video. This one sentence articulated the clarified an issue I’ve circled around for years: “Freelancers …
I worked with several clients this week and although the specific issues they were working with were different, the general topic was similar. All of them are in a period of uncertainty, primarily related to their career. They are exploring: They live in different parts of the world and work in different industries, but they …
Recently, a 50-ish woman asked a question about why her energy was flagging in the Dragonfly Den Rapid Reading session. She has a health issue that is not life threatening but does require surgery. The answer the guides asked me to relay was applicable to most/all many midlife women, so I summarized their response below. …
As I write my memoir, I’m doing a quite a lot of timed free-writing using prompts. This process is a bit like journaling, although it’s more focused on the writer’s life and the pieces of my story that I’m working on at the moment. I’m experimenting with editing some of these pieces for the blog. …
We’re settling in. We’ve been in Tucson six months and I’m so glad to be home. We’re unpacked, have furniture in all the rooms, and they are almost all decorated. We bought that king sized bed I’ve always wanted and I can tolerate sleeping together again. The plants that came with me from Santa Fe …
When I received the email that registration for the EPIC 4 Permissions Retreat was open, I couldn’t stop reading. I watched KC’s video several times. I reviewed the pricing and dates. I just KNEW I was going to be there. Right behind that knowing, doubt raised its voice. “Where are you going to get the …
It is said that when a mala breaks, its work is done. A mala is a strand of beads (traditionally 108, or a fraction thereof) used for keeping count during meditation. Mala beads have been in use for thousands of years, with the earliest examples dating back to the 8th century B.C. A mala can be used …
