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I am exhilarated! I just spent two days in amazing, wonderful, weird, compelling, provocative, evocative conversations with a small group of women, discovering all that I have to say about The CODE Model™ and CODE Model Coaching™. I surprised myself! These things – The CODE Model and CODE Model Coaching – are not anything that I learned or worked at or ... Continue Reading >>

Last night, I had an opportunity to spend time in conversation with Sarah. It became evident very quickly how much clarity she had; how willing she is to do what it takes; and how able she has become to identify what is deeply meaningful to her and do what it takes to live it. Sarah has done what it takes. She has reached out to people who can work with ... Continue Reading >>

For the last few months, I have been aware of this pressure, this need, to cleanse…or empty…or clean out. I am mindful of how full my closets are, my shelves are, my house is, my life is, my body is with ‘stuff’ that has accumulated over my lifetime. It is not that these things did not serve their purpose or, in their time, did not bring me great joy. Nor ... Continue Reading >>

I read Lori's latest blog entry on 'Speaking Up....Speaking Out'. There are far too many places in the world where women are legitimately in grave danger when they give voice to their own thoughts. Making a simple request or declining to engage in some way will get you killed. Fortunately, for most of us, this country is not one of those places. Perhaps ... Continue Reading >>

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 >>