I asked the following question to a group of women: “When I’m frustrated, the last thing I want to do is ask for and accept help. What gets in the way of you asking for and accepting help?” Here’s a sample of their answers. “I don’t want to bother people.” “My issue is not that […]
We decided to sell our house. We wanted to down size. My oldest son was now in college. The next one, only a few years away from leaving the nest and we simply had too much space and things. I wanted magic fairy dust to make it happen—to get rid of all the stuff we
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Recently, I changed the way I look at, deal with, and dance with failure. When I left my corporate job of 20 years, I knew I wanted to teach other women how to succeed in the workplace. I had risen through the ranks in a growing professional services firm and was President and CEO for
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“Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I’ve learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.” Elizabeth Gilbert – Author I didn’t expect to have an anxiety attack two weeks after I left my job of 20 years. It happened in a
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Everyone has a special dream; starting your own business, having children, climbing Mt. Everest. Mine was to sail around the Galapagos Islands and enjoy the amazing animals, plants and volcanic islands. I was having a conversation with my husband, Steve, in the beginning of July. Our boys were away at camp and he asked me,
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