corporate ho’ no mo’! are you thriving or are you 9-5ing?
You can take the woman out of her hectic road warrior schedule but you can’t take the hectic road warrior schedule out of the woman – or can you? I realized last fall that although I had started a...
View ArticleWhen who You are in Your Heart doesn’t Match who You are on Paper
Sometimes the most profound conversations happen in the most mundane settings. Like yesterday, my pal melancholically dropped this gem into the conversation, “That’s not who I truly am in my heart, but...
View ArticleYou’re Not Creative? B.S.! Here’s your Creative License. Own It.
“It’s impossible – they don’t listen.” Words from my artist friend when complaining about how my muses were waking me up at 3AM everyday. She’s right and the truth is that I am a slave to these muses....
View ArticleThe day my mom morphed from an evil dictator to just another human being
It can be rough to have the courage to admit that a relationship isn’t working and then try to repair it. You have to be ready to be vulnerable and open to whatever change lies on the other side of the...
View ArticleHow to Stay Inspired in the “In-Between” Times
Have you noticed how stoked you are to start a new creative project? And how much fun you have at the wrap party? But what about the in-between times? No one ever talks about the in-between times…and...
View ArticleTeachings of the Four Fires: Simplifying Self-Care
Do you constantly find yourself giving too much to others?…and then maybe even getting resentful about it? Having a “helper” personality can be tough. While we give so much to the world around us, we...
View Article9 Ways to Get your Groove on with Fear: Seth Godin’s Krypton Community College
In-person small group learning is where it’s at this fall and Shift is where you can get in on some of that goodness. The October class calendar is up. We’ve got some seriously kickass creatives with...
View ArticleChakredy Immersion Program – Closes September 4th!
You’re too sensitive. Does that sound familiar? If you’re anything like me, that’s a phrase you definitely grew up with. Sensitivity, supposedly your greatest gift, can take you down faster than...
View ArticleChilling out the impatient feeling of whiny waiting…with meditation and …....
That part of the creative process …where you have to WAIT… yeah, that part. That can be SUPER annoying. Here’s how I chilled it out with meditation & a big ass slab of selenite. (It took me 24...
View ArticleAyurveda & Systems Thinking: Intro – What’s your dosha baby?
I spent April and May in Bangalore as a consultant in the organizational change/systems thinking space. This was my first re-entry into the corporate space since I left it in 2007. It was fascinating...
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