I met Dr. Carol Soloway on a speaking tour last year. We were both on an author’s speaker panel at the San Diego Women’s museum. My first impression of her was that she was a spunky firecracker and she instantly felt like family. You never would have guessed that this positively spirited and joyful woman…
Your New Year Deserves a New Story
Welcome to the next year of your life! Every single year we say the same thing: “THIS is going to be my year. I can FEEL it!” And then we look back and categorize them into good years vs. the bad years depending on if things went our way. We are victims to our experiences…
So you want to be an activist?
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” ― Anne Frank Social Change is Everywhere. I spent ten years advocating for parents and small business leaders. We set out to give Corporate America a run for their money, and we did just that. Yay, us. In…
Do you ever feel like a broken record?
“I can’t believe this is happening to me… AGAIN” If you have ever heard yourself say something like this, chances are you have gotten yourself stuck under a set of beliefs that are no longer serving you. Many of us feel like we are just riding around on the same merry-go-round. It’s not just the…
Woke Men and Daddy Drinks
This is what happens when six actors in Hollywood, give up late night drinks after rehearsal and decide to become fathers. These guys are not experts in fatherhood. Not by a long shot.But somehow they are getting through it… as former drinking buddies do. Their secret? Alcohol, lots of talk about poop and… an ongoing…
Growing pains are really REALLY hard and often the “test” of our lives.
If you are feeling torn these days… you aren’t alone. Every day it seems, we are being presented with a new sexual allegation of a public figure, and many of us have become especially challenged with how to process it all. Some women are being triggered with massive PTSD while others are traumatized to learn…
How to push on… especially when you’ve experienced the absolute WORST.
Why does trauma break some of us down, and fuel others to be great? Truth? I still suffer from the “imposter complex” sometimes. It’s not present every day, but when it rears its ugly head, I just want to throw in the towel, give up on my biggest dreams, lay down and vow never to…
The power of ONE woman
I’m ALL in. Lately, I have been incredibly inspired and deeply moved by the rising sisterhood in our nation. Through the work I have been doing with RISE: Resist, Inspire, Speak, Empower– An Activist/Leader Bootcamp, my involvement with PUSH: People Unwilling to Sit on their Haunches, and the many forward thinking discussions that I’ve been…
Help! Get Me Off This Crazy Ride!
Is there such a thing as TOO MUCH excitement? Last week I felt my central nervous system shutting down. I was on sensory overload and my brain processes were spinning like a rainbow wheel on a computer that was just given too much information all at once. Was this due to stress? Nope. All of…
The World Needs You to Thrive
You aren’t the only one who suffers when you deny your gifts to the world. Children are watching and learning how to deal with these adverse times by observing our responses and reactions. Have you honored yourself the way you’d hope for them to do for themselves? How many million dollar ideas have you talked…
