Who Are You Now?
December 2023

As we move to the ending of 2023, we take stock of 'the good, the bad, and the ugly' of this year and move to the New Year with hopes and dreams...and resolutions that 2024 will be better, different, and....

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AWE is AWESOME
November 2023

Autumn is my Spirit Season! Having lived in the desert longer than I care to admit, my longing for a total immersion into reds, yellows, and oranges invited my gargantuan desire to have at it! Blending into the maples and oaks....

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Overdue to Purge
October 2023

I've spent a lifetime accumulating beautiful things. Beauty is my oxygen. We bought artwork before we bought food. I still wear clothes with glee that I've kept for years, remembering the...

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They Say It's My Birthday...and it is!!!
September 2023

Come celebrate with me! This month I celebrate my birthday every day! I'm giving myself the gift of feeling GREAT about aging...it's my birthday and I'll age if I want to....

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Time Keeps Slipping, Into the Future
August 2023

My precocious 18-year-old granddaughter made a comment several months ago that I can't stop thinking about: 'Nana always wants more!' She's right. No matter how much time we spend together, I always want more.....

Get Your Pink On!
July 2023

As a raging feminist (still!), I was angry at Barbie for years! Her impossibly proportioned body and unrealistic body image, her materialism and consumerism, the lack of racially diverse dolls....

Moving Forward
June 2023

Cancer or any physical issue is a great teacher, although its passive/aggressive behavior takes you through hell and back, again and again. There are lessons, of course, to be learned in every minute in trying to stay alive.

Your Body Talks...Are you listening?
May 2023

Relationships are everything...at every age and every stage of our life! Consider your many relationships are they: Healthy? Loving? Toxic? Dysfunctional or abusive? In partnership?

I'm on fire!
April 2023

I transformed my life in 30 days...and I'm here to tell you the story! Who knows? Maybe my story will inspire your own! March 1st I was the keynote speaker for Queen Creek's Women in Business. It was a sell-out crowd....

See you at the movies!
March 2023

I love the movies, always have, always will. Oscar Night is March 12 and watching this every year is like having another birthday: The fashions! The colors and themes! The speeches, their words and stories! who's with who on the red carpet, who looks fabulous! and who's not there...

Who was the Matriarch who shaped you?
February 2023

February invites you to share your Love with those people in your Life who spill over love right to your heart. Valentine's Day is not just for lovers, ya know... My Grandmother passed on Valentine's Day. How perfect for her, how hard for me!

Words, Words, Words and Special Offer+ Bonus
January 2023

Bless the heavens above, it's a new year!!!

We know the drill: on January 1, we assign ourselves all the resolutions that promise us perfection. All we need is the commitment and discipline and accountability to win this game of perfecting ourselves. Sounds like fun, right...

Hire Grandmothers...and Grandpa's too!
December 2022

A persistent favorite memory for me as a business owner was the Christmas Season of 2008. Cookies from Home baked ‘from scratch' more than $1M worth of cookie gifts in three weeks every year....

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Dream a little dream with me...
November 2022

I'm not good at waiting, are you? I'm a driver, quick to take action, but wisdom has taught me to leave space for Clarity to show up. I'm ready for my next opportunity to serve, I'm waiting to be found. So, while I wait (not so patiently)....

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Grandmothers Know Best
October 2022

Think about your Grandmother… Who was she? What did she stand for? What is your favorite story of her's? What words of her advice do you remember most? For me, my Grandmother was my safe harbor from a world I didn't always understand.

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Connecting the dots...
September 2022

I've been celebrating women aging all my life. My Grandmother, Edith Irma, brought design to new heights when, in her 80's, she rescued the tired art deco hotels along the edge of Miami Beach and brought them back to life in true art deco style now known as the thriving South Beach...

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Perfectionism could kill you!
August 2022

I have a confession: I am a recovering perfectionist. Here's a perfect demonstration of my need for perfect control when I lived in Miami the greatest part of my teenage years. I believed I was the only one with curly hair in this land of 100% humidity. I would tape my hair into submission...

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Gam zeh letova
July 2022

Elvis was my very first crush. I think I was 12 or maybe 13. I remember wearing bright red lipstick and clutching my precious circle pin at the same time! I knew every word then and still to his every song. I sat at his feet at one of his first concerts, begging for his glance...

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Everyone is Watching You
June 2022

True that: everyone is watching you:
* Your children at every age
* Your colleagues and peers
* Your friends, younger and older
* Even YOU are watching YOU!

Everyone is figuring out how to live this ONE life of ours as we age, grow, learn and 'how to...' one day at a time.

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See it to Believe it
May 2022

It's all my Grandmother's fault. Edith Irma Siegel graced the planet for almost 99 years, the acknowledged doyenne of South Florida designers back in the day when prosperous women business owners were very rare and not always welcome to the marketplace.

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Dress Up Time!
March 2022

As a young girl, I believed that spending Saturdays in my Grandmother's closet was Heaven on Earth: lilac stockings that matched her lilac shoes that matched her purse were the perfect accessories to finish off her deeper purple suit.

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Who Are You Now? That's what I want to know...
February 2022

Signs of Covid restrictions are finally lifting.

BUT WAIT....use up the juice from these last 2 years of being in lock-down: What did you learn? What have you changed...besides the color of your hair? In other words, WHAT'S NEW??? WHO ARE YOU NOW???

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Changing the Face of Aging
January 2022

As the longest living generation in history, Boomers and soon-to-be Boomers, are the first to experience a longer and more robust life-span with an abundance of imaginable opportunities to be active, using our wisdom to serve others. Dr. Sharon Inouye, a professor at Harvard Medical School says....

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Juicy Endings
December 2021

It's the end of another year...it's the end of today before tomorrow begins...Whether you take that first step into your new job or choose to end or begin a new relationship or choose to move to a new location or transition into your next day or next year, know there is a sacred space between today and tomorrow...

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It's Time to Shed
October 2021

I'm shedding, I mean, really shedding! I've held on to clothes, boots, capes, and preserved my personal treasures for so long, schlepping all but my Prom and wedding gown across the miles...

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Greetings, All!
September 2021

I just celebrated, in fact, I'm still celebrating a very big Birthday. This one is different from all the rest. Every day, every connection means more, full of reflection from the many seasons of my life...

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Call it an adventure!
July 2021

Though summer technically just started we have been in the dead heat of summer here in Arizona for awhile now. And with the challenging-near-death heat I have entered an adventurous phase of my life! Whether having steak tartare for the first time...

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Are you and your business in transition? Of, course you are!
June 2021

Are you stuck? Are you drawing a blank about your next step? What would you do today if you were brave??

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Time for Outrageous, Courageous, and Highly Contagious Leadership!
April 2021

CONGRATULATIONS! You are still HERE! You have SURVIVED a GLOBAL PANDEMIC! YAY YOU! Let's wake up and shake off this pandemic fatigue, this brain fog! As leaders, we NEED new and innovative fodder to stimulate our brains for post-covid action. WE want to lead the way!

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Let's begin with a conversation...
January 2021

To transform staleness into robust aliveness is an ambitious goal, and worth every ounce of effort even when it's uncomfortable and chocked full of fear.

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A WHOLE LOT OF SHAKIN' GOING ON!
August 2020

My drawers and closets are decluttered and ready for action, though I have no clue when I'll be getting dressed and wearing mascara again. My office files and folders are standing at attention, though my work these days is exploring new and different heights. Yes, I've also enjoyed more quiet moments in the last few months than I've had in my entire life......

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CONFUSION NOW?
June 2020

I'm hoping you are well, and contained. It's been a very unusual time, hasn't it? I've cooked more, talked less, and spent way too much time forecasting the future. Hangin' out in the unknown is very uncomfortable, and an exhausting waste of time......

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LISTEN NOW
May 2020

Instead of my asking "How are you doing," what I really want to ask you is, "how are you feeling right now?" Time for a deep breath to congratulate yourself. You've never survived a pandemic before. You've never been held hostage in your own home before. You are here! Let's check in to see how you are feeling now before you can get ready for your next step.....

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RESILIENCE NOW!
April 2020

We've come a long way since four weeks ago. At first our world seemed apocalyptic. The bare shelves in grocery stores demonstrated what we know as the basic law of supply and demand: who would have thought toilet paper would become such a cherished and pursued commodity.....

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90-Day benchmark - how are your results?
March 2020

Here we are at the 90-Day benchmark of 2020. How are those goals of yours coming along? Are you getting the results you want? What outcomes showed up along the way? Results are metrics.....

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Newsletter Nuggets
February 2020

Happy 2020 to you. 2020 is off to a fast start! To help you keep pace with the new year and this year's business and career growth goals, I've compiled my most often read, top 5 newsletters from 2019 to re-set your engines for your best year ever! Use them up...

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Give your business an EXPERIENCE!
January 2020

Whether you're seeing your eye doctor or you are a business leader, we all want 20/20 Visual sharpness and clarity, right? Right! Front and center in this new decade, 89% of marketers expect the customer experience to be their differentiator.

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