In front of my house, alongside the driveway, is a beautiful Japanese flowering plum tree. It is magical. Every fall it loses its leaves completely and in the spring these brilliant purple flowers appear for only a few weeks, when they are replaced by large dark reddish brown leaves. One spring day, I was on my way out and I stopped and marveled at my purple tree. I looked a little closer and there it was, a tiny dark red leaf, “this too shall pass” I thought to myself, cons

I am writing this post on January 22, 2016, the day after the women’s marches that took place all over the world. One person’s comment expanded into what is estimated to be a movement 3 million+ people strong. As many of you know, it was a beautiful Los Angeles winter day. I walked with approximately 750 thousand Angelinos of all colors, shapes and sizes – exercising democracy and calling out for decency, equality, and humanity - a truly heart opening experience. This sun-

I started the certification phase of CTI almost 6 months ago. As HR Executive for 2 companies, getting my son ready for college, taking care of personal responsibilities such as paying bills and grocery shopping I already had way too much on my to do list. Certification added weekly calls, homework, journaling, 6 supervised coaching sessions, coaching a minimum of 5 clients and a minimum of 100 hrs. (I had 13 clients by the end) – I was overwhelmed. I didn’t know how I was

In Santa Fe, there is a wonderful store called KESHi, where they sell Zuni arts and crafts. KESHi has the most amazing collection of Zuni fetishes, spiritual animal carvings. My best friend & I lost ourselves there on several visits; each time leaving the store with the perfect spirit animal fetish in our possession. During my first trip I was drawn to a wonderful turquoise Eagle. It brought me back to a shamanistic vision quest I participated in (at an HR conference of all

Music...need I say any more? Love Spotify playlists...I have several: the gym, favorites, artists I really like and then there's Discover Weekly. Check out this one I call "Coaching Music" which inspires my work with you and inspires me in my work with myself. Enjoy! #inspiration #music