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Yesterday, I got a call from the woman in New York who is our publicist. She had an opportunity to offer me: a journalist for major print media was looking for someone with children (that would be me) to comment on how to get children to wash their hands in light of the (latest) wave of medical concern called MRSA - a staph infection that is highly ... Continue Reading >>

It’s not enough: • for me to breathe once a day….and hope that for the remainder of my day, someone else will breathe for me. • to say ‘no’ only when I’ve run out of reasons not to say ‘yes’, knowing all along that ‘no’ was my truth.• to be silent to avoid being irritating or annoying or shunned when the absence of my voice ensures the slow but steady ... Continue Reading >>

...to discover the tasty morsels that have slowly sunk to the bottom in the great stew of life! Today, I'm exhilerated and exhausted - both at the same time. I am just buzzing with the potential that we all are - ready to rock and roll! - and in the same instant, am ready for a nap. It occurs to me that this is another real-life, real-time example of how ... Continue Reading >>

Day 4 of Leadership Redefined - Reclaimed is over. This small group of women covered more ground in four days than most of us cover in four years. It wasn't always easy and it wasn't always fun - and it was worth every second. Today, they look and sound different. They are more awake..more present...more connected to themselves. They have clarity. They ... Continue Reading >>

Day 4 - and we're almost done. Bellies full from yet another great meal at Oceanstone; a few off to shop at Peggy's Cove; and we return to complete the cycle of this experience in readiness for the next. Beginnings and endings and new beginnings - all standing in the same space, at a different time. Who would have thought that we could pack so much living ... Continue Reading >>

Day 3 of the 'Leadership Redefined - Reclaimed' women's retreat. More than any other time, today it is very clear to me: leadership is a state of mind. It has nothing to do with credentials, positional leverage, social status, etc....it has to do with who we are. LIke charity begins at home, leadership begins in creating our own lives. We lead the same ... Continue Reading >>

Day 2 of the Emerging Futures: Leadership Redefined - Reclaimed. Metaphors are wonderful things. Today's was that of smoke leaving the fireplace and wafting into the room. It was not the only smoke there. Through the day, I was aware of the degree to which women have become habituated to being nice; to staying in the conversations at the level of the ... Continue Reading >>