This week I was in a coaching session with a client who is stretching to the next level by buying property and building a dream home. Needless to say, this was a big investment that impacts both their daily life and their business. We spent much of the session discussing the anxious thoughts that have been creeping in more than usual.
Read MoreFor International Women's Day I was asked to give a talk at SoHo House to a group larger than my normal Enlightened Entrepreneur events there. Whenever I'm faced with a different variable in my speaking engagements, I get excited, because it means I get to play with the format of my talk and shake things up.
Read MoreEach month inside the Age of E membership, we focus on a different topic. Since it’s now the end of the month, I want to share some reflections on our last topic, which was “How to Grow Without Burning Out”.
Read MoreI have noticed something interesting in my business lately. My inbox is becoming filled with messages from corporate women looking to break into the entrepreneurial world.
Read MoreI spent this past weekend up at the lake. Getting ready for our trip, we packed the day before (no small feat with all of the infant gear), and decided it would be fun to pick our son up from school early and hit the open road.
In my head, I fantasized about the moment we were all in the car together officially on our way, and how fun and exciting it would feel. I imagined our anticipation, how we'd listen to fun road trip songs, how my whole family would eat and appreciate the healthy snacks I packed. Reality ended up being much different.
Before our recorded conversation about investing in yourself, Paula Mallis, Rachel Langer and I were on the phone talking about the topic and what it brought to mind for each of us. Rachel said she was only willing to invest in things that "move the needle".
I got to thinking about what I've been investing in lately, and wondering if I was, in fact, moving any needles.
I want to share a simple yet incredibly effective question that I used with one of my coaching clients. This question was the way we started every session, it often made her squirm, and it always lead us straight to the most important thing quickly, which meant each session was powerful for her.
Read MoreAdventure is part of my personal process. When I'm doing something new my senses awaken and I'm more open, creative and inspired. I also find that nature is a potent catalyst for clarity. So, twice a year I take my mastermind clients on a day retreat. We do something that stretches them, something that helps them grow as individuals, and then we discuss ways to apply that to grow their businesses.
Read MoreI recently attended a retreat on the topic of "Miracle Consciousness" in Ojai. It was only afterwards that something profound hit me.
Read MoreHave you ever found yourself faced with a decision you really hated?
A few weeks ago, we found out that our sweet French Bulldog, Luella, had cancer. The news was hard and sad and we didn't know what it meant.
This will be the last essay for some time as I prepare to sign-off and give birth to my second child. There is so much I am doing differently with this baby, one of which is hiring a birthing coach—but not in the ways you probably think. My birthing coach will not be helping me with pain coping techniques or delivering my baby (that's what my doula and midwife are for). Instead, she has been helping me apply the lens of birthing and mothering to my business. To say I have had some incredible realizations is an understatement. I want to share one of them with you today.
Read MoreAt the beginning of my current mastermind, one of the women shared that this was going to be the year she "broke up with corporate America".
In such an entrepreneurial group, this goal was met with support and celebration. Many of the others in the group had themselves left the corporate world to create their own businesses.
Image: Moonscapes mural by David Rivas Botello and Wayne Alaniz Healy
This might sound morbid, but have you ever written your obituary?
A few years ago, I had a rather memorable experience at the DMV in Culver City, Los Angeles. Strange, I know. All of my prior DMV encounters were in New York and they were pretty miserable, so my expectations were low.
Imposter Syndrome is something I've noticed so many of my clients come up against. Entrepreneurs who secretly worry they are ill-equipped for their roles. Executives who stay up at night anxious that perhaps they're not qualified for the big titles they have, or the big goals they are tasked with.
I talk so much about how our businesses, especially as entrepreneurs, are catalysts for our personal growth. I have learned and practiced many skills in my business that have shaped the values I extend into other areas of my life. Today, I'm going to share one with you.
Read MoreWhat happens when you want to do something, but feel held back by the money? In our work, this most often shows up as golden handcuffs, when something we no longer longer wish to do brings in a level of financial stability that makes it difficult to walk away.
There were a few questions submitted on this topic—and it's a good one— so I'm going to address it here.
I have personally come up against this many times, both as an employee and an entrepreneur.
It's fascinating to me how, in business culture, failure is constantly talked about as a positive thing, and a part of innovation. But even if our society claims to celebrate and accept failure, most people don't actually feel safe enough to fail, especially in this economy.
Read MoreGoing on adventures—big and small— helps inspire me. It's not just being in a new environment, it's also participating in the experience of it, that helps me feel connected to myself, to the flow of ideas, to other people, and to the world.
Sometimes, I find these experiences in a great retail store, or in nature. I hope to find them again through travel soon enough.
This week, I was reminded of a small, close to home adventure that I went on pre-pandemic.
Have you ever wanted to make a decision that went against the practical information you had at the time? A decision that didn't "make sense" but that you just felt in your bones was what you wanted to do?
I've been thinking a lot lately about risk, and how as adults we calculate risk. It's a head game, very intellectual. The pro and con list goes on the page and we add what we believe are these "matter of fact" items to either column.
But what's often missing here is how something FEELS. We get so stuck in the over-thinking that we become detached from our instinct, our heart, our gut.
I recently spoke to an entrepreneur who shared that what she really wanted was more money AND more sleep. When I asked her why she wasn't getting enough sleep, she replied that her mind started racing at night and it kept her up.
I bet so many of you can relate.
