WHO ARE YOUR DREAM WHISPERERS?
Why is that? Somehow we connect to the soul of the speaker! Just like two actors can speak and deliver the exact same line. But with one person makes shivers run up and down your spine while [...]
THE CREATIVE POWER OF IMITATION vs. The ‘Be Unique’ and ‘You Be You’ Myth
The ‘You Do You’ mandate eliminates a vital step and without it most feel lost and on unsure footing. I still remember distinctly a high school friend Beate whose fantastic doodling left me [...]
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TRANSFORMATION TOOLS TO DITCH AND WHAT TO DO INSTEAD. PRINCIPLE TWO: Ditch the VISION BOARD. Create Your Vision.
This doesn’t have to involve anything as drastic as minimalism, capsule wardrobe or tidying using the Kon Mari method. From the images you pop on your walls, to the scents you allow to fill your [...]
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I Dated a Billionaire. One thing Karen McDougal and I have in common.
Like Karen, I had a ‘stormy’ relationship with an on-and-off again boyfriend at that time, It was a particularly vulnerable time in my life. Like Karen, I felt defined by ’Not Being Enough.’ [...]
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Posted INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY- WHAT WE OWE. IT’S NOT WHAT YOU MAY THINK
As a young child I desperately wanted to be a runway model. These gorgeous creatures seemed to have overcome ugliness, need, dependence. They lived in another world, one of elegance and beauty [...]
What is Your Tipping Point to Success? Thoughts on the Tipping Point From Florida School Kids to Luxe L.A. Bathrooms.
Being a nerd with a previous life in academics, a much less widely known book: Thomas Kuhn’s 1962 classic looks at the same phenomenon from a different perspective. Scientific revolutions it [...]
From UCLA Professor to Entrepreneur. My Story- How to Step out of Hiding
In an interviewed recently, I was asked about how I created the transition from my prestigious and high-paying job as a university professor at UCLA to successful woman entrepreneur. Looking at [...]
In Celebration of Imperfections: The Case for Doing Things ‘Half-Assed’ – how the Japanese Art of Kentsugi Can Change Your Life!
What if we could Delight in the Imperfect? It’s great to hear words of (uncommon) wisdom but when it comes to applying it in our daily lives it’s quite a different matter. Have you ever found [...]
Bust Through the ‘Just Be Yourself’ Myth – Part 1
Acclaimed Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar’s magical movie All About My Mother is all about that. Identity. It is not given to you at birth or handed to you in a bag of genetic markers. [...]