Wow! I’m Shocked and Thrilled.

I would never have believed this if I weren’t experiencing it for myself. It’s been 6 years since I hit-the-wall and exited from corporate America. It’s been 15 years since I started my healing journey and as noted in Deepak’s latest 21-Day Meditation Challenge called Making Every Moment Matter, “I experience the healing power of…
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Do You Keep Your Emotions On Lockdown?

I have to warn you. This newsletter is longer than the usual 250 words. It’s been over 9 months since I’ve written a newsletter and I wanted to share why I’ve largely been silent – why I barely talked to friends and family and didn’t communicate with my tribe of WOBO women.  The easy answer…
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What’s Behind Your New Year’s Resolutions?

I’m sure you’ve either written or given serious thought to what you want to accomplish in 2017. One of the things I’ve realized is how in the past I would write my new year’s resolutions from a place of fear. I didn’t know it then but I realize it now. Fear is an asset if our…
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Backsliding Happens

Hello friends! Life has been quite a whirlwind lately… Last month, my husband and I sold our home of 18 years. Much like 4 years ago when I left my career of 23 years, with such a significant transition there is an influx of emotions: excitement, sadness and fear. On any given day, I swung between all…
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Making Lightness The New You

This was the title for Day 8 of the current 21-Day Meditation Challenge. I usually hound everyone I know to give it a try when a new one is starting. Read more. I did a bad job of that this time but I do hope that many of you have been enjoying Deepak’s latest meditation. I…
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Afraid To Take Time For Yourself?

Many of us often feel that taking care of ourselves is selfish. We feel guilty for taking a much needed break when everyone else has so much they want or need from us. We can’t let them down. They depend on us. Recently, I had dinner with several female colleagues and friends – most with demanding…
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A New Year’s Toast: To Your Joyous Success

  So long to exhaustion, disconnection, and feeling overwhelmed. Hello energy, balance, and JOY! “Joy is the difference between thriving and striving.” – Maya Angelou I love this quote from Maya Angelou. As a WOBO woman who hit-the-wall, I read this often to remind myself of a basic life ingredient. Joy had often been missing…
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The Secret Shame Obstacle

There is shame in my game. Like you, I’m a WOBO professional woman who has worked hard my entire life to maintain the façade that I have everything under control. I can figure anything out. I can get it all done and get it done right. That is what I believed and wanted everyone in…
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7-Step Comeback Strategy After You’ve Hit The Wall

Most people know the world of endurance sports coined the term “hitting-the-wall”. When a woman “hits-the-wall”, she pushes her body beyond its physical limits, and she comes crashing down in a debilitating state of mental and physical depletion. While you, as a WOBO professional woman, may not be running an ultra-marathon, you have been running…
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When You Finally Say “I’m Done!”

  Recently, I met with a fellow WOBO woman who said, “I’m done!” and promptly left her successful professional career. Her mind, body, and spirit were utterly depleted. We discussed the factors that led to her exhaustion—lack of self-care and self-awareness—and I provided ideas for her WOBO recovery. A young woman at a neighboring table…
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