My first teaching experience was pulling my mom’s college textbooks down from the top of the hall closet and “teaching” my dolls whatever it was I thought I was “reading.” I can still smell mom’s books and feel the excitement my memory pairs with that smell: the excitement of something previously hidden opening to me. [...]
Keep readingFor years now I have seen a normal and essential part of the creative process going underground and it makes me sad and, sometimes, outraged. This normal and essential creative process is called claiming your lineage. It’s about standing on the shoulders of those from whom you have learned, your teachers and mentors, the authors [...]
Keep readingHi Dear Heart, I recorded a spontaneous video today — without good lighting or even lipstick (which when you’ve been raised in the south by a beautiful belle is a strangely big deal) to make a heart-point about how expectations may be squashing your happiness and stopping you. Spend 2 minutes with me and use [...]
Keep readingMarie Forleo’s B-school hits today with a bang. It’s a video-based training program that teaches online marketing strategies to women business owners who want more sales and more impact from their online presence. When I first encountered Marie’s Rich, Happy & Hot brand, I wasn’t sure it was a fit for me. Did I have [...]
Keep readingI’m giving myself a big long chocolate-scented hug because I just caught myself giving away my store again. Which is something I will not allow myself to do anymore. No ma’am, I will not. Did you know that giving away your store (aka over-providing, over-giving, giving it all away) hobbles you from inviting the ease [...]
Keep readingI have lost and it’s a beautiful thing. Lost what? You will, of course, ask. Lost the need to know. All my life I have been a spiritual seeker. My spiritual autobiography highlights include: Methodist Sunday school, Baptist church (at 12, on my own, without my family), Catholic mass with my best friend Course in Miracles, [...]
Keep readingLonely. It’s a forlorn word. It’s not the same as being alone – which is often so delicious – and it doesn’t just happen when you are alone – you can be lonely, as it is said, in a crowd. In a city. At a party. Lonely. It comes up often in my conversations with [...]
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