I’ve heard her say this twice, now: “I’m tired of this word ‘reinvention.’ It’s so overdone. It’s not what’s going on with me. I’m not starting from scratch. I’m just growing, expanding, evolving. And so she is. And so are… Read More ›
Personal Growth
Cup & Saucer
Give from the saucer, not from the cup ~ Christy Whitman I come from a long line of givers. My mother and her sisters. Their mother. And her mother before that. I suspect we could trace the giving-line back through… Read More ›
Competition vs. Co-opetition
I know what you’re thinking. This is a stupid title. Whatever is Co-opetition, anyway? We already have a word for it, don’t we? Cooperation. Maybe. But the word is fraught. It sounds weak, passive, feminine (God forbid!). Not at all… Read More ›
The Four-Hour Workday
I know what you’re thinking. This is not possible. This is just another gimmicky headline, click bait, designed to draw you in and leave you disappointed. But hear me out for a moment. What is so impossible about a four-hour… Read More ›
Perfectionism Redefined
I’m at a serious cross-roads in my life. I have shed much of the weight of my previous life and career–active parenting of young children, a job that no longer fills me, the responsibility of building and maintaining a family… Read More ›
5 Questions to Ask Yourself as You Contemplate Change
For some reason, the theme of change has been coming up a lot for me in recent years. Actually in all of my life, now that I think of it, but of late the call has been insistent, and this… Read More ›
My Happiness Project
So I just finished reading Gretchen Rubin’s book, The Happiness Project, in which she recounts her year-long endeavor to add more happiness to her life. It’s a quick and easy read, one I recommend to anyone who has a few… Read More ›
Habits: An Experiment
Like you, I have thought a lot about making healthy changes in my life, adding some good habits to my daily routine. It is, after all, that time of year when one starts thinking about saying goodbye to the old… Read More ›
Pivot ~ Jenny Blake
Where was this book when I needed it??? Pivot is a book about making a change in your life–in your job, in your career, in your calling. It’s about reassessing your choices, your path, and putting key structures in place… Read More ›
What Are You Willing to Give Up?
Last month, I quit my job. It was a good job. Decent pay, a fancy title, convenient location, the opportunity for travel, . . . all the perks I’d dreamed about . . . five years ago. So why quit?… Read More ›