If you are like many folks in the U.S., the 4th of July means turning a midweek holiday into a long weekend. Many of you will say you are looking forward to a BBQ with friends and family. Others are looking forward to an opportunity to tackle a household project. My...
singIt seems like only yesterday we were celebrating a new year, yet here we are smack dab in the middle of the year. Hello, July! And one of the laments I hear from clients is they feel we’re half-way through the year, yet they haven’t made enough progress on any of...
There are a lot of misconceptions around how to life a less cluttered life. Like needing to go minimalist. Or how feeling overwhelmed by your clutter means that you’ll never dig out. But the truth of the matter is this: sometimes the simple things help...
A client told me she was looking for the keys to activate her super powers. You know those super powers. The ones that allow you to be faster than a quickly-filling in-box, more powerful than a never-ending to-do-list, and able to leap tall piles of laundry in a...
It seems like in recent years idealizing working from home has become the new American Dream. I certainly understand the allure. I’ve been working from home since 2003. And I think I have heard every iteration of why it must be so nice for me. The assumption is that I...
There is a sweet beauty to serendipity. We meet a new lover by chance. We cross paths with an old friend. We find the perfect dress for that upcoming event. We wander into a nifty coffee shop and discover the perfect writing environment. The spirit of serendipity has...
Last year, a client asked to work with me, and her number-one reason for choosing me out of a sea of coaches was that no matter what, my newsletter showed up in her in-box as promised. Though my love note now arrives in subscribers in-boxes quarterly, for most of the...