My fifteen year old daughter Lillian is on her first big trip, attending a language immersion and service adventure in Mexico. We’ve only been apart this long once before, when I was in Germany for a book tour but she was home with her Dad and I was away; a completely different experience for me. [...]

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As I wrote to my newsletter readers this morning, I’m refusing to let another summer pass me by. Year after year, summer is my busiest season, with speaking engagements and retreats. Being a single mom of a teenager has certainly added a new level of complexity.. and when you add in creating a new family [...]

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Choose Your Life Monday is an invitation to name what pattern you will lovingly notice this week and to do so in community. Join in when and however suits you. I am one scrambled chica. Last week was our Brain Trust retreat, where Michael Bungay Stainer, Molly Gordon, Mark Silver, Eric Klein and me get together for two days in the flesh [...]

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I’m a hider. As in someone who hides. I’ve managed to have a very successful career as an author/speaker/coach/retreat creator while hiding. I’m very comfortable when people come to me, “Please speak at our conference.” “Please write a column for us.” “Please speak to millions of people about self-care for us.” Not so comfortable when [...]

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