Forgive Yourself Your Limitations – Delegate Them!
You can’t be all things to all people and win. You can try, but you’re likely to burn up in the process. Even if you have the skills to perform many of the operations in your business it is not...
View ArticleSocial Media, Illness & Business: Interview with Amy Ohm
Last week I conducted the first #bizfrombed (Twitter “hashtag“) live interview/Tweetchat, with Amy Ohm, the founder of the Treatment Diaries, and co-participants, Stephanie Zimmerman, founder of My...
View ArticleNew! Lifework Cafe – Chat with Joan Friedlander
Is this a good time for a Vision Quest? I think so! As we move deeper into winter, and into the holiday season, I feel the pull of winter retreat colliding with the outward forces that call on us to be...
View ArticleIt’s a Book! When Family Meets NY Meets Publisher
I love synchronicity. Two months ago my brother and I made plans to meet in New York last week, as my son and his oldest daughter now live there. My family is small and we are historically scattered...
View ArticleMy 30-Day Challenge: 2 Weeks In
Many of my clients can only work 5-6 hours/day due to health or family priorities. Two weeks ago I decided to challenge myself to the same schedule, as it’s been quite a few years since ill health and...
View ArticleLike the Fish Swim as You Are
The strengths-based approach to assigning business tasks has been in vogue for a good 20 years. Still, as healthy – fun – and effective as this approach is, it’s an elusive little bugger (watched...
View ArticleThe Healing Journey – An Exploration in Purpose
I’ve been clearing and organizing files on my laptop for the past few weeks. I found the following essay, written in 2004, 12 years after I first got sick. “The symptom, even when counter productive,...
View ArticleCreate a Plan, Deal with the Fear of the Plan
“Create a plan, deal with the fear of the plan, then move forward.” Susan Shannon, Realtor Coach: What are your top 2 goals this year? Me: Blah, blah and blah. Coach: What is likely to get in the way...
View Article10 Reasons It Pays to Know Your What Makes You Unique
When busyness is the norm and you’re the one in charge, it’s easy to lose sight of what is really important. I don’t say this lightly; I know how easy it is to get caught up in the inconsequential....
View ArticleRetreating in Sedona: I lost my mind and found myself
I am still making my way back from a week-long Human Design Immersion retreat in Sedona, Arizona. This picture was taken on an afternoon play break. If you want to see more here’s a link to the album...
View ArticleTurning Adversity into Opportunity: 3 Talks Next Week
I mentioned in my last blog post where I talked about my Sedona adventures that I finally ‘woke up’ a few days after being back in the office to realize I have, not 2, but 3 presentations next week....
View ArticleJoan Recommends Book Yourself Solid by Michael Port
I chose Michael Port’s Book Yourself Solid for the first Joan Recommends video at the Lifework Cafe after a new client asked for help with marketing. It’s been a while since I used this book but I was...
View ArticleOn Purpose with Only 2 Hours a Day
Two women, one whose heart was failing and the other with a brand new heart, were introduced by their transplant center, the Cleveland Clinic. They get to talking and discover just how much they have...
View ArticleBody Says What?
I was challenged last week to identify 2 business activities I would select if I could only work 10 hours a week (sound familiar?), with an instruction to assume that the finances would be fine and...
View ArticleWhy Do You Not Heal Me?
“Tolongua limped up the trail to see the ridge…He faced the truth at last. His foot would be weak always. …No running, running after game until the animal collapsed in exhaustion and he, triumphant,...
View ArticleChronic Illness or Chronic Sensitivity? Playing with Words
A couple of weeks ago I was once again reflecting on the widespread use of the term, chronic illness, two words used to describe a wide range of illnesses, everything from diabetes to cancer to...
View ArticleFrom Fired to Hired…Again – One Woman’s Story
Last week in the Lifework Café I interviewed marketing consultant, Laurie Marrelli, about her all too familiar journey through the bewildering territory of a chronic illness diagnosis, the loss of...
View ArticleYou Can Run but You Can’t Hide: Values, Illness & Healing
“Regardless of your circumstances, your values, your unique attributes, and your gifts and talents are relatively consistent. They may be buried, the may be misguided or misused, but they exist. A...
View ArticleIllness & Earning Power – Questioning the Equations
An Interview with Beth Raps April 17, 2013 Lifework Cafe: Money & Illness When illness comes to visit, your feelings about yourself, about your financial welfare and sense of security must be...
View ArticleRelocating to Sedona – Arriving May 4
Yes, it’s true. I am moving back to the West side of the USA. I’m not going back to California, my native State, but I am moving to Sedona, AZ. Did you read the blog post I wrote shortly after my visit...
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