Archive for Career Transition

CAN A MATERIAL GIRL REALLY LEARN TO EMBRACE SIMPLICITY?

The universe has such an incredible sense of humor.  I have been taught humility time and time again by having to embrace things that previously repulsed me.  For example, today I do not eat sugar and I do not drink alcohol.  There was a time in my life when I would not have been your friend if [...]

WHAT WILL THE NEW YEAR BE LIKE? I WONDER!

This is one of my favorite lines from one of my favorite movies, The Sound of Music.  Ok, I have modified it slightly.  In the movie, Julia Andrew’s character Maria actually asks “What will this day be like?  I wonder. What will my future be? I wonder.”   Today, I strive to live my life from a place of [...]

FORGING A NEW FRONTIER – WOMEN “TAKING THE LEAP”

Why are you here? I hung up the phone today and realized I am bearing witness to a new evolution.  Women leaving safe, secure jobs, letting go and “taking the leap” to follow a deeper calling.  We are a small but growing minority.  A new group of pioneers, but instead of bumping along in covered wagons [...]

MAKING TIME FOR WHAT’S IMPORTANT

Why is it so hard to make time in our lives for what really matters to us?  I went to see my 90 year old aunt over the weekend and had such a nice visit.  The entire trip took about 3 hours including travel.  Visiting her has been something I have wanted to do for [...]

FOCUS ON MONEY – KILL YOUR SOUL!

I am convinced that focusing on money is a sure fire way to deaden the soul.  I’ve seen it first hand too many times for myself and others.  I am going along creating and living a life I love and WHAM! I get stopped by the voices of financial insecurity in my head that wonder how [...]

I am taking the “chance to dance!”

Dancing has become a metaphor for unleashing the spirit trapped inside.  The first time I heard this type of analogy was from Dr. Wayne Dyer when he quoted a book (whose title now escapes me) in which he said he obtained the following quote that at age 19 changed his life “Don’t die with your music still in [...]

Leaving a job to follow your passion…Courageous or Crazy?

What if you just pulled out of life as you know it, tapped into your retirement money and decided to “throw caution to the wind” and go for it ALL?  Is this courageous or crazy?  This is my journey and on any given day, at any given moment,  I can feel like a brave warrior or [...]

Evolve or Die!

I was listening to a clip from one of my favorite authors Eckhart Tolle today and his words “Evolve or Die” hit me between the eyes.  In my experience this statement is so true.  It may not be the literal death of an entire species as Eckhart was referring to in his talk but I have [...]