You say you want to quit your job, but are you sure? Six years ago, I was running a billion-dollar media account with three children under three years old, and life was moving way too fast. I was the primary breadwinner, my husband was a stay-at-home dad, and I thought we made our choices and had to live with them. …

3 Career-Defining Struggles All Working Women Inevitably Face — “If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family.” Serena Williams says goodbye to tennis — and hello to her next chapter. Earlier this week, Serena Williams announced her…

So Now What, I’m Just Good? — You need a plan. You need hope. You need resilience. And you need support. Over the next few posts, I will share how to achieve all four. This is the CONCLUSION By now, you’ve figured out that the formula to recession-proof your life is Plan + Hope + Resilience + Support. It’s not just for recessions, either. It’s when facing any uncertainty or potentially challenging circumstances that you can’t prevent. …

Coaches (ok, me) get giddy when clients share something to unpack. And, what I mean by that is, when clients say something casual like, I could never afford to do that, it’s like unlocking a door to a new cave to explore. I could never afford to quit my job. …

You need a plan. You need hope. You need resilience. And you need support. Over the next few posts, I will share how to achieve all four. — This is PART FOUR: SUPPORT There’s a big difference between being supported and doing it alone. Last week in Part Three, we talked about the ability to recover from the tough stuff, spring back into shape, return to who you are and what you want, withstand stress, pressure, and uncertainty, and maintain your capacity to…

You need a plan. You need hope. You need resilience. And you need support. Over the next few posts, I will share how to achieve all four. — This is PART TWO: Hope Part Two: Hope Your vision for the future drives your behavior. “Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future.” — Robert H. Schuller Last week, in Part One, we talked about the likelihood of a recession and the collective mood, which can be loosely summed up as follows: making the most of…

The US is shit. The air quality, equality, child safety, and buying power have been degraded, eroded, polluted, and destroyed at will (not necessarily in that order). Yet, you are expected to carry on, footloose and fancy-free doing your part to spark the economy, suppress your simmering rage, and grin…

An empowered woman listens to, speaks on, and acts from her inner knowing. She trusts her intuition and isn’t afraid to own it. She doesn’t say, “I don’t know,” because she does. I started this post and then my parent’s dog died, and I just lost my mojo. Their little…