As I’m writing this, it’s a beautiful Monday morning in December (I usually write my posts on Saturday, stay tuned to find out why I’m…
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The Incredible Benefits of Rejecting Conventional Wisdom
It took me a long time to realize that experts can be wrong. They can be dead wrong. But it’s so hard to hear past…
Impostor Syndrome Ends Here
Impostor Syndrome – sounds disturbing doesn’t it? Synonyms for impostor include creepy words like phony, fraud, sham, and pretender. In other words, it’s someone who…
Secrets of working with introverts
A version of this post first appeared on The Quill. Although there’s a lot of talk about extroverts and introverts in the workplace, there’s not…
The secret to massive productivity!
From our Uniquely Brilliant Podcast Episode 89: Get Things Done Each week on our Uniquely Brilliant Podcast, Diana Bader and I talk about strategies for…
The Delicate Skill of Extreme Parenting
This post isn’t really about parenting, but that’s where I’m going to start. This morning my son, Ken, who is currently living with me, Venmo’d…
Why It’s Absolutely Fabulous to be a Perennial!
I read an article several months ago by Gina Pell of The What. In it she coined a new phrase to describe a virtually indescribable…
Wide Open Spaces and Re-Invention
One of the constant themes in my life is re-invention. Seven careers, dozens of jobs, two degrees 26 years apart, it goes on and on….
How to take the terror out of surrender
I hate the idea of needing to surrender. And that hatred has caused me a world of problems. For me, surrendering is loaded with negative…
Pronoia: The Ultimate Radical Concept
In his book Pronoia, the Antidote to Paranoia: How the World is Conspiring to Shower You with Blessings, Rob Brezsny explains how the Universe is…