I have one private yoga client who spends weeks in Asia and we work via Skype. For a while now, I’ve had Creative Coaching clients in NYC, LA, and SF –– and recently one in Australia. As of today, I have a new one in London. So in any given week, I am scheduling people between both U.S. coasts, Austr...

As a last minute, semi-neurotic measure I had two friends read through the novel before I was going to turn it into my publisher for production. One was super–enthusiastic and corrected about two dozens typos (although I’m sure the copy editor will find a few more.) The other was also enthusiastic bu...

Although I have really taken a deep dive into Lumosity –– a website that promotes brain activity –– and through a few minutes of daily training my Brain Profile Index has doubled in the last 19 days (according to them) … tonight I had a moment of thinking, “What the hell is wrong with me?”...

So last Monday, I had a BRILLIANT consult with Joanna Penn, who is a writer of mysteries and also has one of the best blogs focused on writing and publishing EVER.  I left the consult inspired (and a little exhausted) but mostly totally on fire about all the vast possibilities we had to promote my new...

I posted this yesterday on The Face Place, but this morning I re-started my fitness regime –– and intensely since I realize I have REAL deadlines approaching, like Cancun and then a book launch, where I prefer not to devolve into Truman Capote, but rather … well, can you think of a successful author ...

My last newsletter provoked a MAJOR response from my readers, really striking a chord. If you missed it –– here’s a LINK –– but in brief it told a Stephen Covey story about rocks and your priorities.  And of course, we only teach what we have to learn. Since I’ve had moments of feeling overwhel...

After a wonderful morning client call –– and a no show consult with someone in Australia who clearly did not understand the time difference –– I went with D&S to Ecstatic Dance in Oakland and … well, even though I wish it were, it’s not really my thing. For example, I deeply admire the free...

One of my many favorite things about Belle is that whenever she gets her leash caught on something –– the gate in the garage passageway, the wheel of a parked car when she’s rounding a corner –– she simply stops and waits to be released. She never tugs or tries to pull or do anything to aggravate the...

Here’s my little dog –– her tail a happy blur of wagging –– captured last night by Svetlana at my opening. Today I wisely cancelled all work appointments beyond some important writing I’m doing for Genevieve’s new restaurant –– I’m crafting the mission statement etc. –– and had only...