While on a girlfriend holiday in Argentina the last week I received a text from my hubby telling me he was flipping through ORIGIN and that I was featured as one of the nation’s top creatives in their latest issue (March 2013) of nation’s top creatives/athletes/leaders/filmmakers/musicians. We had NO idea this was happening so I must say that I’m now ever more convinced that taking more time away from the office is key. I seem to always find out great news while away savoring.

If you haven’t yet enjoyed this “conscious culture” magazine, please do. It’s a real treat. You can find it at Whole Foods (#2 selling mag there!) or Barnes Continue reading →

When assessing your brand or communication you want to dance in the streets, sorry, I mean, start by looking at the above graphic. 😉 These are most all of the touchpoints and elements you’ll want to spend time assessing.

Ask yourself:

• Where else can I inject more of who I am and what I stand for?
• What are my top three values and how can I use them each and every day to communicate my brand?
• How could I use photography and video in new and exciting ways (not just for myself but for my audience)?
• Where could I turn up the volume another 25% on “me-ness” so that others that experience my brand truly feel that essence?

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When things go wrong or don’t go all the way “right”, one of the main things that is going wonky is our belief.

Belief that:

• We can change our thought patterns
• We are as powerful to think negative thoughts as we are to think POSITIVE ones.
• We were meant to DO the things we can think up! (Dreams are not dreams…they are our reality that we haven’t caught up with yet)
• We are not our old stories.
• We can have a magnificent life.

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Business yoga has worked wonders in my life. Professionally I think there’s no other way but the yogic business way…

Following our gut is where it’s at (it’s extremely overlooked in traditional society and very underrated).

We’re taught in school and even in our corporate careers that following our gut is not going to get you anywhere “good” or smart and that it won’t make you money.

However, if you’re clearly tied to a purpose and you’re clear on what your genius zone is and then I think following the gut is exactly Continue reading →