What do you REALLY want?

I headed off to a new yoga class today, contemplating what I was going to share with you today. An oldie but goodie concept came to mind, “Stay on your mat,” and I thought, “Yes! That’s it!”  It was a hot yoga class, and normally I stay away from that heat because,...
Love and Squalene

Love and Squalene

Last Friday morning, I found a vial of Squalene oil in my medicine cabinet. It had come as part of a set I had purchased from Biossance, a skincare company endorsed by Reese Witherspoon. I figured if this stuff was good enough for her, I’d bite…and buy…and put those...
Authenticity and Contexts

Authenticity and Contexts

Two years ago, I worked with a stylist. “Work with a stylist” had been on my wish list for a long time. We’re talking years. Rationals, excuses, and reasoning finally got forgotten when Nicole Otchy came into my world.  Not only am I MAD fashionable now 😉, but I also...
Testing Lessons Learned in Receiving Feedback

Testing Lessons Learned in Receiving Feedback

Yesterday, as we were wrapping up an incredible week of learning and growth, I had a moment. An in-the-moment test of a lesson I’d learned years ago, and I almost flunked.  Eight years ago, after delivering a full-day program, a participant came up to me with a...
Take Off the Tights

Take Off the Tights

Back in the day, we’re talking the kindergarten day, I took ballet.  My ballet class was at Mrs. Gatsky’s house. No formal studio. No sequined costumes or hours-long recitals. She had a studio set up on her bottom floor, which opened up to her backyard. More often...
Trust and Betrayal

Trust and Betrayal

I don’t know if you ever forget the first time you got burned hard, by a colleague.  Memorial Day, 1998. I’d been managing Uncle Julios, the Tex-Mex restaurant we dubbed the million-dollar taco stand on the corner of North and Clybourn in Chicago. The management team...