Ah, December. The most wonderful time of the year! It the time of year when my energy starts to ramp up, my creative juices start to flow, and I get all warm and tingly inside. What’s that? Am I excited for the holidays, you ask? NO! I’m excited because December is when I start to set my business goals and intentions for the new year. Every year about this time, I find myself ramping up … Read more
This week I’m all aflutter because I’m hosting my first Vision Board Party on Friday. *squee!* I’ve got 12 amazing, dynamic women business owners coming to commit their dreams and goals for 2017 to paper. And I am. So. Excited! I love, love, love vision boarding. Probably because I’m a creative soul and a visual learner, so the act of collaging something beautiful I can look at all year is deeply satisfying. But also because … Read more
Networking for women can be scary. There, I said it. The thought walking into a room full of strangers, the associated burden of being bubbly and witty, and the pressure to succeed can make even the most confident of us weak in the knees with nerves. Fear of embarrassment, fear of strangers – everything that networking is can leave us feeling fragile and timid, and turning what could have been (maybe, possibly) an enjoyable opportunity … Read more
Um, peeps? It’s Duran Duran Appreciation Day. Full disclosure, I was a huge Duran Duran fan. In fact, the band’s “Rio” tour was my first ever grown up concert without parents. This was waaaaay before cell phones (or pagers for that matter) so I remember my dad drove my friend and I to the venue, then napped in the truck while we rocked out to Simon, Nick, and the boys. Little did I know at that … Read more