Autopilot Inner Conversations & Permission to Rest
After a month in Bali, I promised I’d return to work and pace myself with better discernment. I’d say No more often. I’d intersperse delicious bouts of rest into my work days and linger in the gratitude and grace that was my reality in Bali. After a week and a half home, I discovered an autopilot programRead More
She Talks from ABC Digital
With a sick child and no health insurance, the stakes for Zhena’s tea business to work couldn’t be higher. Her company stands out with a focus on ethical treatment of field workers. But after her own board forces her out of the company, she’ll have to pivot again. Zhena describes her rise, fall, and riseRead More
You Are Safe When You Stand Up For Yourself
This post received a lot of attention on my facebook page, and so I thought I’d post it here. xx YOU ARE SAFE WHEN YOU STAND UP FOR YOURSELF Dear ones, I have been in inquiry, wondering what it is about myself and my clients, friends, and family members who have a hard time chargingRead More
A Taste for Business–A Story from my Private Files
Dear friends, I’ve been busy building Enliven Books, running Author’s Academy, and consulting with my clients and have not been writing much the last few months–and today I’ve recommitted to my writing. So, to get this started, I am going to post some stories and rough draft chapters that didn’t make it into “Life byRead More
Empowered Author Academy April 1st & 2nd 2016
All the tools you need to write, publish, and market your book! Small group, in-person, writing retreat with publisher and author Zhena Muzyka in gorgeous Ojai, California (90 minutes north of Los Angeles) Empowered Author’s Academy will educate, inspire and motivate you by giving you the tools, knowledge and connections to write, market and sell yourRead More
How to Live in The Realm of Maybe
Are you addicted to certainty? Do you write stories about what needs to happen in order for you to be ok? “I’m going to have this job until I retire.” “I’m going to have this amount of money in the bank by the time I’m fifty.” “My child is going to go to this collegeRead More
4 Tips for Dealing with Big Transitions
Dear Reader, You might have noticed that I’m launching a book next month (June 17th), which is exactly 34 days from today (wow!). I’ve leapt from the tea and grocery store world to the writing and publishing world–very different! I was a great marketer when I led the tea company, because I was selling aRead More
A Cup of Tea for Productivity
A Cup of Tea for Productivity “A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt When you think about all the resources for greater productivity, as a female entrepreneur, tea is probably not the first thing that comes toRead More
3 Things To Do When They All Say You Can’t
Dear Reader, This weekend was the youth festival in Ojai. As I stood in line with my four-year-old, Mia, a few parents approached me to thank me for the tea they drink with an anecdote of how the product gives them joy or made a difference in their life somehow. Amazing. I didn’t expect this,Read More
3 Extraordinary Spiritual Lessons for Business Success
Dear Reader, I got really busy in business. And yet, as I look back to the busy days of being a CEO at a consumer packaged goods company (Zhena’s Gypsy Tea), I see just how sacred all of the learnings were. And I also have perspective as I reread Neale Donald Walsh’s Conversations with GodRead More
