What doesn't kill you…

…makes you stronger.  Or actually as I read last week, “What doesn’t kill you makes you a mother.” My mommy guilt (a new addition to my guilt toolbox) set in after writing It’s Horrible.  While I stand by every word, I thought I’d...

The only one who needs to know

Today, I’m writing as a reminder to myself. In early December 2010, I sat in my office at work.  Everything was quiet and I was on the phone with my coach.  He asked me, “are you going to be ready to leave and know that no one will notice”? ...
The Pursuit of Imperfection

The Pursuit of Imperfection

“Don’t wait until you know who you are to make things.” Steal Like An Artist (Austin Kleon) Ever since my self-diagnosis as a perfectionist, now recovering, everyday is a battle between getting out of my head and getting on to creating.  The voices...

Be Interested, Not Interesting

Last year,  I was invited to attend the Skoll Forum on Social Entrepreneurship in Oxford, UK.  I was nearly drooling on myself the entire trans-Atlantic flight with excitement for meeting all of my social enterprise idols.  My duffle bag was packed with business-like,...