“Breakups Are Like Handguns….”: How to Exit a Difficult Situation It’s possible some of you were startled by today’s headline. Let me explain: “Breakups are like handguns” was the pithy analogy offered to me by my brother some years ago… Read More
Don’t Work in a Goat’s Stomach It’s spring again! With all the vim and verve that accompanies that idea, for many of us, this ends up looking a lot like spring cleaning. All of which brought… Read More
“Don’t Weaponize My Shame” This week I was speaking with a client who was feeling like a failure. “Am I ever going to get this?” she asked me. “Maybe I don’t have what it… Read More
Project Wow (or Project Wow) — You Pick Which Syllable to Stress! Hellooooo, A few weeks ago I was a guest on the Fierce and Flawless Podcast (Please note, while I can be fierce, I do not claim to be flawless.) I… Read More
“Just a Friendly Reminder…” Or Is It? This past week I received an email from a longtime friend and colleague asking me if I shared her view that – more often than not— “friendly reminders” were anything… Read More
Can You Pull Out of a Shame Spiral? As you may be able to tell, the picture above is me on an airplane. What might not be immediately apparent is that I’m in a shame spiral. Why? Well… Read More
Try…Try Less… Abandon all Effort As I mentioned a few weeks ago, during the summer months I have the luxury of teaching Ashtanga yoga fairly frequently. One of the things I talk to my students… Read More
What Does Zero Talent Get You? (You’d be Surprised….) I was blessed to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with my husband’s family. On arrival at his sister’s house, I was struck by the list on the chalkboard in their kitchen.… Read More
Recalculating Route….Recalculating Route…. (You Can’t Grow your Empire if You’re Stuck in a Rut) I can’t imagine any of you were able to read the above headline without mentally translating it in the bot-voice of your GPS system. Today’s Wow is a reminder about… Read More
“I Shouldn’t Have to Ask”: A Fast and Easy Way to Send Yourself— and Others— Around the Bend I don’t know how many of you saw the September 27th piece in Harper’s Bazaar, “Women Aren’t Nags – We’re Just Fed Up” but here at Cole Media Management it… Read More