One of the most pervasive and significant ways I observe women losing power and energy everyday comes down to something surprisingly simple: how a woman spends her time. I spend many hours each week with women in my office who are suffering from stress and shedding deeply valid tears about how they feel trapped in […]
Poor confidence creates a cascade of challenges in a woman’s life. Everything from financial difficulties to body image issues to relationship problems can be traced back to this one, deeply disturbing and hard to tackle issue for women. The conditions required to generate confidence early on in life are multidimensional and include everything from how […]
I sat in my living room as the sounds grew hollow, each piece of furniture removed seemed to leave a vacuum where it once was. As I watched the sunlight flicker and the birds chirp outside my window a catalogue of memories passed through my mind: the summer my husband and I got married, the […]
“There is no person, church, religion, dogma or document that has the right to question our divinity. That is between us and what we believe. We are inherently valuable, holy and creative.” -Brene Brown For 12 years my passion, course of study and contribution in the world has focused on lifting women up. I’ve been […]
Happy New Year! I hope that the last few weeks have been a rich and nourishing time for you with the celebration of holidays and the ushering in of 2016. I just returned yesterday from two weeks of vacation time with friends, family and lots of travel, including a beautiful backpacking adventure in Maui. Transitions […]
The process of unearthing our most sincere calling can be challenging at best. To fully honor, respect and value what that purpose is, once it reveals itself to you, can often present as an even more difficult task. When we start to piece together the clues of who we are, it is common to experience […]
As I write to you this morning, there is a soft rain falling outside my window. The Autumn leaves are slowly starting to make their way to the ground, I’ve got my tea in hand and I’m reflecting a lot on the elusive nature of life purpose. I’ve been having many conversations lately with women who are asking some […]
This can be a challenging time of year. The waning light impacts our bodies, minds and spirits. The instinctual pull to go inward can often feel in conflict with the demands and desires of so many outward activities, like holiday parties, year-end projects, family visits and travel. Although there is enough room for both, so […]
As the heart of Autumn sets in, I’m writing today from the quietude of my home. This past weekend I spent my time being fully immersed in a conference called The Success 3.0 Summit here in Boulder. In this non-stop, action-packed weekend of learning, I connected with many of the greatest thinkers, artists, humanitarian activists, […]