As the winds of change are blowing in…I’m introducing 31 Notes from Nature to help beat back the crazies. Here’s a bit of back-story first… I’m reflecting on the mid-October ‘unplugged” retreat my husband Nelson and I hosted for nine business professionals here in the mountains of North Carolina. Participants were successful entrepreneurs, corporate warriors, and employees […]
Re-defining the concept of “making some room”
Strange magic has been happening in business land for me and things have taken a decidedly different turn this year. Here’s what’s been happening: 1. I lost interest in writing after I published my fourth book this summer. I don’t know if I ran out of words or just lost the sizzle, but my desire to write went […]
Intention or In Tension?
In the past year or so, I have become wildly aware of words. I’m fascinated with breaking them apart and seeing which words sound like another word only with a vastly different meaning. This is a word I’m pondering: Intention When I roll it around in my mouth, it sounds like this: in tension. Intense. […]
On failure
I had a conversation recently with a sweet friend (who is also an entrepreneur). We were sharing business updates and she admitted to me what a hard year she’d had. “It has felt like I’ve failed at everything I’ve tried,” she said. One of my former coaching clients and I shared lunch recently. He said […]
Seriously? Pokemon GO? No.
All I keep hearing about right now is this “Pokemon GO” game. It’s described it as an augmented reality game which is free-to-play, location-based, and multiplayer. The online mobile game also supports its own custom “wearable tech.” Sure. Whatever. Instead, I have an idea… How about you go outside and enjoy the trees? Or go hiking or SUPing […]
A few more miles out of my comfort zone
“You did what?!?” is usually what people say after I’ve just told them about my most recent adventure in getting miles outside of my comfort zone. See, my husband Nelson and I just spend 13 days rafting the entire 149 miles of the French Broad River (from the headwaters in Rosman, NC to Douglas Lake […]