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Hi there, Big, contented sigh. I have been very, very busy spreading the word about Playing Big over the last several weeks, writing curriculum, lining up speakers, and learning more about credit card processing than I ever wanted to know. Registration closed on Monday, and I’m thrilled – and so honored – that 110 remarkable [...]
This post is a special sneak peak into the first lesson of Playing Big, on callings. Today is the last day to register. Click here for the details. How do you recognize a calling? Look for one or more of these clues: 1. You feel an unusually vivid pain or frustration around the status quo [...]
The warmth of the hearth in my chest and the breath of warm enoughness and something like love in my throat, a dense goodness covering – all this: because I am home. Because I fought the fight, as difficult as Odysseus’ journey. I slayed dragons, and scaled steep peaks, laid down in a bed with [...]
The world tells us in a million ways – whether through the bodies on covers of women’s magazines, or in ranking us with grades in school – that we aren’t enough, that we don’t measure up, that we have to change and reform and tweak ourselves to be acceptable. Nothing could be further from the [...]
I have a new article up at Huffington Post today, and as you’ll sense when you read the words, I’m passionate about this topic. Click HERE to read the article, “Women: Stop Calling Yourselves Controlling.” If it speaks to you, please share with others, or leave a comment with your thoughts! Hugs to you all [...]
For me, playing big is. . . . . . realizing my voice deserves to be at tables that matter, and acting accordingly. . . . submitting an article to the NY Times, and not only to blogs read by a few people. . . . taking seriously my desire to be in major media [...]
Hi Everyone! Last week Charlotte Dixon interviewed me to kick off her new “Creative Cognoscente Interview Series.” Who knows why, but in this interview I was able to really clearly describe my writing process, and lots of other stuff. This interview just really feels like me, and says a lot of things I want to [...]
Hi everyone, Writing with a few exciting updates! This Thursday, March 31st, 12-1pm PST, I’ll be holding a free informational call about Playing Big. If you are still thinking about joining, but aren’t sure – this is the perfect opportunity for you to: -Get a taste of the Playing Big program -Hear why I created [...]
If your life doesn’t often make you feel like a cauldron of swirling light – If you are not often enough a woman standing above a mysterious fire, lifting her head to the sky – You are doing too much, and listening too little. Read poems. Walk in the woods. Make slow art. Tie a [...]
Hi there, A special (and time-sensitive) request. My dear friend and fellow blogger Tara Gentile and I have applied to speak at Blogher ’11 this year, and the speakers get chosen through a voting process. So, if you are a Blogher member or are thinking of attending the conference: 1. Please visit THIS PAGE. 2. [...]
