Feeling Undeserving Keeps You Underserving

This morning I was reading from Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In:  Women, Work, & the Will to Lead.   In it, she tells about a talk she attended her senior year of college (at oh, you know, Harvard) that addressed the idea of imposter syndrome – that thing where many people, women in particular, feel […]

I Had an AMAZING 2015!!

So much for subtlety, folks.  I’ve already let the cat out, so I’ll just go ahead and say it again:  I had a freaking amazing year last year!! As I was reflecting over the past year, I was struck by just how incredible it was in so many ways.  And in honor of one of […]

BEFORE GRATITUDE, COMES THIS….

:: before gratitude, comes this…. :: I’ve got this super-dominant authenticity gene — always have. It’s one of my favorite things about myself, although it can definitely lead to overthinking things.  Things like holidays and the sharing of holiday-driven sentiments and gifts. I can get really hung up on whether the card or gift or […]