In the past few months, several of my friends have experienced major life transitions: death of a spouse, job loss, divorce, empty nesting, retirement. I have watched them as they struggle emotionally, spiritually and physically with the change. I’ve also been in a challenging transitional period for the past 3 years. In many ways it has [read more]
I had the good fortune to meet a very talented woman with a unique skill set. Catherine Ewing is a transformational life coach and EFT Practitioner. EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Technique. It is also known as Tapping. I was first introduced to EFT and tapping during my certification training in Neuro Linguistic Programming with NLP Trainer, [read more]
What do 3D printing, landscape architecture, and trendspotting have in common? Answer: they are fields of innovation and design where women are leading the way. This past week, I attended the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame ceremony as a returning table captain supporter. The evening was very eventful and included the induction of three leading women [read more]
This weekend, I got just what I needed – a swift kick in the seat of my financial pants. Thanks to the brilliance of keynote speaker Valerie Coleman Morris, and the generosity of the many sponsors, including Prudential, Bank of America, CHET, and TD Bank, over four hundred women (and a few brave men) raised their financial [read more]
It’s great to get big stuff done! I’m delighted to announce the launch of my new web site and brand update under the marquee America’s Marketing Motivator. Read News Release – http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/10/prweb12275254.htm I’ve taken this action for three strategic reasons: I’m motivated to consolidate, upgrade, and focus. CONSOLIDATE. It’s time to centralize my many web site properties [read more]
Last week I was fortunate to attend the 2014 Aurora Foundation signature breakfast featuring keynote speaker, Victoria Budson. Victoria is the founding Executive Director of the Women and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Read her impressive bio. Based upon the latest data, she made the observation that “finding, hiring, promoting, and retaining female talent [read more]
Last week, I facilitated a two-day executive presentation skills workshop for an awesome group of professionals in the banking industry. I pushed them out of their comfort zones, and they rose to the occasion, demonstrating tremendous courage, creativity and risk tolerance. The progress and improvement that each of them made was impressive…and we caught it [read more]
We are fortunate this week to have a guest contributor – my colleague and dear friend, Rahna Barthelmess. Rahna is an expert in branding and personal branding and today’s guest blogger. She and I first met when she was a brand manager at LEGO. We both attended a “Train the Trainer” program for personal branding [read more]
What are you afraid of? You are probably thinking to yourself, “How much time do you have?” But then again, you might be afraid that you don’t have enough time. Fear entangles us once again. This past weekend, I attended The Achiever’s Conference in beautiful La Jolla, California. Led by the brilliant and inspiring Mark [read more]
Last week, I spoke at the University of Connecticut’s School of Business, as part of their Leadership Speaker series, which was made possible by a Target® Stores grant. (Thank you Target!) My talk was entitled: Everyday Leadership: Motivating the Leader in You. After the talk, one of the savvy students asked me whether I thought [read more]
