I would first like to express how grateful I am for all of you! You have allowed me the opportunity to share my thoughts and inspiration through my work each day, and in turn be inspired by you. Through my coaching I have heard many stories of difficult times, setbacks, and obstacles in your path. […]

The Great Resignation has a new niche involving women in leadership positions. The “Great Breakup” has been coined about the phenomenon of women leaving their positions for better opportunities.  McKinsey & Company recently published Women in the Workplace 2022, highlighting that powerful older women are changing jobs at the highest rate and that their younger […]

Being a truth teller goes hand in hand with another visionary ability: discernment. Being able to go below the surface and see beyond what’s obvious, distinguishing differences among options, reading character and motives—all are crucial to seeing what the truth really is. In politics, as we all know, telling the truth is often not a […]

We can generally agree that telling the truth is the right thing to do in most situations. Yet often we hold back, saying what we think others want to hear, or simply holding back an opinion or idea when we suspect it won’t be well received.  But when the truth could lead to positive change—such […]

I have been seeing an influx of conversation threads about gray hair and working women. Older women, we find ourselves at the intersection of two harmful stereotypes. The first stereotype is that older people are less capable than their younger counterparts. The second stereotype is that women are less capable than their male counterparts. It […]

The first steps in developing this presence are asking the right questions, then opening yourself up to listening to the answers from the visionary voice inside you. These answers (or more and better questions) might come from within, but they can also come from messengers and symbols in your outer world that resonate with that […]

Presence is an essential skill to master. The first steps in developing this presence are asking the right questions, then opening yourself up to listening to the answers from the visionary voice inside you. These answers (or more and better questions) might come from within, but they can also come from messengers and symbols in […]

Jacynth Bassett posted to LinkedIn and asked “Is Dove’s #KeepTheGrey campaign, in support of news anchor Lisa LaFlamme’s reported firing due to her grey hair, still ageist?”  My answer: yes. This is a version of yet another form of “othering” older women (and women in general), now totally commercialized. We are perpetuating ageist beauty standards—within […]

Hurricanes, fires, layoffs, failed businesses, loss of loved ones…We all experience devastation in our lives, and with that devastation, a choice. We can be consumed with mourning what we’ve lost or honor that loss by moving forward with a renewed focus on what really matters. In 2001, there was a fire that consumed my home […]

The labor movement of the late 19th century fought to start labor unions that would advocate for the common worker. They wanted better hours, wages, and working conditions, as well as to end child labor and to have medical benefits for people that were injured or retired. In 1894 this movement inspired the implementation of […]