Do you have unofficial holidays that mark your years and help you see how you and the people around you have grown? For me, one of those is The Extravaganza. It’s a gathering of Lutherans who focus on Children, Youth and Family Ministry throughout the United States. Over my decades of attendance I’ve taken on […]
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How are your old stories holding you back?
I’ve been knee deep in editing Season Two of “A Dairy Tale,” a web series I co-created with my friend Joe.Editing is near the end of a long process in which we discuss possible story lines, secure shooting locations and actors, create scenes based on the resources we have, and then improvise a number of […]
Sunflowers and your right to be heard.
Earlier this week, my mom and I learned that sunflowers were once the symbol of womens’ fight to be heard in public. These particular sunflowers are located in upstate New York, near the home of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the writer and idea-generator behind the women’s movement and organizer of the first Women’s Rights convention in […]
Mrs. Maisel
Mrs. Maisel. She’s not just a bunch of pretty dress designs. She’s also learning to design a life.This week I worked in a crowd scene being filmed for season 3 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and then attended the opening weekend of a Mrs. Maisel exhibit at the Paley Center. Both experiences were an immersion […]
A marvelous costume fitting…
Had a marvelous costume fitting this morning, and thought back to some favorite costumes over the years. And then I thought about other aspects of life that need to be “fitted” to us. What aspect of your life might need a bit of an alteration?Costume fittings are unique because they are the exact opposite of […]
Life doesn’t need to be as chaotic as we make it look onstage in “Church Basement Ladies.”
I’m performing in Church Basement Ladies again this fall, so heads up that I won’t be taking new coaching clients in the fall. Translation: If you’ve been curious about how to feel less busy, less exhausted, less drowning in everyone else’s needs while you ignore your own, let’s talk soon. If you’ve wanted to feel […]
Stop to strategize an everyday situation.
Today is all about connecting with people who signed up to talk after this congregational retreat I led last weekend. What’s on your plate?As I connect with people who attended this retreat, it strikes me how each of them are positioned to be leaders in their own way, in their own context. They are not […]
Here’s to the innovators, creators, and change-makers.
The vulnerability of innovation, creativity, and change. I’ll be talking about today with my six month online coaching group. (Want to be part of a group? Message me for a link and we’ll talk about it!)It’s always risky to step up and lead, or put something new into the world, or improve something that is […]