The Power of Purpose

Enterprising Magazine, August 2010, reported that there are 10 million women-owned businesses in the U.S. that employ over 13 million people and generate nearly $2 trillion in annual sales. I had to re-read that sentence to make sure I understood the enormity of the...

A Simple GREEN Business Plan

Mention business plan, and watch the eyes roll, the head drop, the stifled ugh! Writing a business plan – or a life plan – can be cumbersome at best, and at worst – so intimidating we walk away from the entire opportunity! Don’t feel alone, and don’t despair. Writing...

Technicolor Moments

Everyone’s life has superlative moments – times when we feel extraordinary and our experiences are recorded in Technicolor. Think back to when you were a child – everything was new, exciting, bigger than life. You could become so excited by something you could burst...

Learning from the Experts

I love to ask questions – perhaps in another life I was an investigative reporter! Asking questions, meaningful questions, provides me with the opportunity to learn, to become more than what I am and to continually remind myself that I don’t know it all!! In other...

I Am Woman

In 1972, the song titled “I Am Woman” song by Helen Reddy, hit the U.S. pop charts and rapidly became #1. Almost 40 years later, her song still resonates in my mind. Can you hear the tune, the lyrics? “I Am Woman” says it all – who we are, what we have and will...