So many of you have told me that you’d love to listen to my weekly emails (versus reading them), and I heard you. Announcing the Dynamics...

Pictured above L to R are philanthropists, Dick and Gwen Bowlby and Mike Fisher, along with retired Detroit Symphony Orchestra...

Today’s story is about birds… Old birds. Stuck old birds. Birds hunkered down in prickly, tired nests that no longer serve them ­– nests...

Ahoy! September always seems to be the time when I experience a big desire to get organized. Or as my dear departed Dad would say, to...

SWE Advisory Board Member, Susanne Forbes-Dicker, Chelsea Abbott, Katana, Kirsten Abbott, and Lorraine Schultz (sitting) I visited a dear...

The downside most business owners face is not being able to take a break. When working with a business owner, these are the questions I...

I can hardly believe it has been one year since I sold my home in Los Osos, CA and moved to Sacramento! I’m starting to feel settled in...

Most of us would rather do just about anything than sit with ourselves and ask ourselves a series of questions aimed at self-improvement....

Almost 20 years ago when my mother married my step-father, they came to me for estate and financial planning. My parents created their...

Why? Because I’ve decided to no longer minimize my joy. Do you ever minimize your joy about things that are in process but haven’t fully...

Life gives people plenty of reasons to be stressed. Relationship problems, child-rearing issues, job woes and a lack of money are just...

Millennials are a stressed out generation. A study by the American Psychological Association reported that the group of Americans in...

Braces are often a rite of passage for middle school students with overbites or crooked teeth. But the oral problems those braces are...

Mike was a good member who held the investment advisor classification in his networking group. Most people were surprised when he dropped...

It’s hard to believe that my husband, Mark, and I just celebrated our 32nd anniversary this month. I am truly blessed to have such a...

Over the past six months, I’ve been working with a delightful nonprofit board of directors. The board came to me because they knew they...

Friends with kids: Here is why you need to buy the school supplies and (try) not to complain. Also titled, "Response to the Lady Saying...

A few years ago, I had a big aha about anger. It didn’t happen all at once. Just like the Ernest Hemingway character Mike says about...

I attended a fabulous retreat in Baltimore with one of my mentors, Barbara Stanny, a few years ago. The retreat on Sacred Success was for...

Watching our parents age is not always easy. We all dread the idea of that “call in the night” – the one that means we must step into the...

In an informal observation, a group – comprised of one person identified as the leader and several of their staff – was served a plate of...

In a recent Smart Women Survey, almost 38% of our readers said that their biggest challenge is money. Today, I want to share a...