Stories that stall change
I just created a BRAVING BIG CHANGE mini-workshop as a New Year's offering. But I almost didn't. Like me, I know that you all have big...
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Field Notes
- Jan 6, 2023
Enter Change with Grace
For nearly four decades I have been a guest at my in-laws home on December 25th, which is also my husband’s birthday. The first year I...
- Dec 26, 2022
Re-dedication
My friend Jill, a Jewish educator, shared with me that the literal meaning of Hanukkah is “re-dedication.” Isn't it true that every time...
- Dec 13, 2022
Nothing to fear, get curious instead!
A powerful indicator that you will make the change you seek is if you invest money in your change process. Just as accountability to an...
- Dec 13, 2022
Art for Pleasure
Sometimes even artists forget that they are allowed to let their creativity roam. Most high-functioning creatives (yours truly, being...
- Dec 5, 2022
Brave Conversation
This time of year, our communication skills will be challenged. Where a month ago, we might have overlooked a minor transgression by a...
- Dec 5, 2022
Missed Step
What happens when we have a misstep? What do we make of it? I’ve had some practice with this, as most artists and every mother most...
- Dec 5, 2022
Fishbowl Fears
We have a handful of fears that just won't quit. When we are up to something new, when we are taking a chance, our fear sends up a cast...
- Nov 11, 2022
Do you know where you are?
Do you know where you are? I don't mean where you are physically - like at your desk or at the kitchen counter (where I am now eating the...
- Nov 11, 2022
I'll have what she's having
“I’ll have what she's having." You remember the famous line from When Harry Met Sally, right? When we see something that strikes a cord...
- Nov 11, 2022
Invitation to be brave
Last week, Amiee* came to me as many do: Tired. Tired of being in the same circumstance again. Tired of playing the same $50 gigs and...
- Nov 11, 2022
Stuck is a creative process
Stuck is a Creative Process A new client came to me this week feeling painfully stuck. She had made a commitment to doing work that she...
- Nov 11, 2022
📣 Share your big goals out loud! It's a fire starter!🔥
If you could shed all of your self-doubt about your abilities, all the anxiety that commitment and change brings, and kick all of your...
- Nov 11, 2022
Invitations
Invitations are everywhere. The first time I realized this I had just survived another commute home on a port authority bus to my parents...
- Nov 11, 2022
Hijacked Again
You know that torment. It shows itself in many guises, but the result is the same: our suffering. When we are highjacked we act out...
- Nov 11, 2022
Letting Go and Letting In
The word "summer" conjures up feelings of spaciousness and fun: long weekends, ice cream from street corner vendors and sunset cocktails....
- Nov 11, 2022
Grappling for your truth
GRAPPLE: To grapple means to tussle with and, as with a grappling hook, to dredge from under water. I love that these two definitions are...
- Nov 11, 2022
If she can do it, I can do it
Have you ever had the thought, "If she can do it, I can do it!"? I was struck this week when I had two clients utter this exact sentence...
- Nov 11, 2022
Sweet Reward of Adventure
Last week, my 17-year-old daughter, a rising senior, took her first college class at a city university. Before she stepped on campus she...
- Nov 11, 2022
Being the creator of your life
I woke up this morning feeling scared. It showed up as a low rumbling. It sat in the center of my chest, but it also fluttered out into...
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