Your “Inside Out” Brand
Happy summer, Creatives! I hope this finds you inspired and enjoying the long days and warm nights. My son is in France for the summer, Mia is in a production of The Jungle Book, and I’m writing, resting, and meditating on the changes we are experiencing in our world. I’m also excited to chat with youRead More
Beware Outsider Syndrome
In the tarot deck I use, there is a card called: The Outsider. It’s an image of a child looking through a fence at a rainbow hued landscape just beyond his locked reach. When I read the cards of executives, clients, and colleagues, this card often appears, and it’s been weighing on me to writeRead More
Claim Your Leadership Role
This week started out like any other. The Monday morning launch meeting for Enliven Books was fabulous. I presented Quantum Success, The Ghost Photographer, Living Light, and teased out Revolution Generation. All of these books I’m quite excited about, and the response to them was fabulous. I was flying “high” as I do when presentationsRead More
When Joy Overcomes Gravity
We’ve been in fire-flood-flu fatigue in California. We’ve lost neighbors in the Montecito Mudslides, and have experienced the loss of the beautiful forests that bring us renewal. Blackened trees and meadows, interspersed with the twisted metal and stone of fire-devoured homes has overwhelmed many of our nervous systems. Each time I see a friend inRead More
Clear The Decks
I once dated a very rich, powerful, and dynamic man who had a lot of women falling over him. He’d fly private, travel the globe, return to our little town, and spoil me with fancy dinners and exotic gifts. You’re probably wondering what this has to do with holistic, creative success and conscious business butRead More
3 Lessons Learned from the California Wildfires
California is surviving the third largest wildfire in its history, and it is still growing. My town of Ojai is located in the center of it all. For those of you who have been touched by Hurricane Harvey, Irma, or the fires in Northern California, you already know that Mother Nature’s force can easily toppleRead More
3 Important Lessons About Success from Oprah’s Favorite Guest of All Time
There are times when our lives are touched by angels, and the lessons they teach us are meant to permeate every action we take as we traverse the journey of our lives. Meeting and working with Dr. Tererai Trent on her new book, The Awakened Woman, has taught me the power of positive thinking in waysRead More
Things I do for money, and other (diversified) love stories
Warning: I am going to use “I” a lot in this post. Not because I have a huge ego, but because I’m using my life as your laboratory this week. I’m sharing things I haven’t shared before, and so there’s a lot of the pronoun I. Here we go! I wake up early andRead More
Some Thoughts on Civilization
Some thoughts on civilization. Bali Journal #2 We’ve never been in this territory before. It’s loud and overcrowded, there is construction everywhere. A steady flow of traffic is heading somewhere we can’t see. The new Ritz Carlton is going up where the monkeys used to dwell. The owners of the villa are a young BulgarianRead More
The Ego and the Soul
Dear Ones, some thoughts… The ego and the soul At once, the ego jumps to a solution. It levels the odds, bridges the divide, and saves the world. The ego polishes the silver and counts the money. It wants what it wants the way it wants it. It defends its home, city and views withRead More
