It snowed here in Wisconsin yesterday. It was a fluffy, wet, beautiful sight. The first snow always goes straight to my heart. I love it for a variety of reasons: It signals the beginning of a new season, which I always find refreshing. It means “the holidays are coming,” and I love the sparkle and shine of Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and Christmas. During these dark days of early winter, the added light of the holidays brings cheer to my soul. It causes me to stop for a moment, pause, and …
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Pink A Boo! 4 Steps to Silencing Your Inner Ghoul!
This post first appeared on the blog in October of 2011, and is a partial re-print of an article dated October 2010 It’s Halloween time, which always leads me to want to stop and ruminate on the spooky, the scary, and the evil that’s out to get us all! As my sister and I spent the last several days at our mom’s house, helping her mend from back surgery, we spent our evenings decompressing with ON DEMAND horror flicks. Yes, that’s right. When we need to forget about our life for a while, we turn …
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Unexpected Gifts from the Casket
Think you can’t find a gift in death? Think again. This week, with a heavy heart, I took a trip to Milwaukee to attend the funeral of my best friend’s grandmother, a 94-year-old woman named “Flossie.” At the visitation service, there were nearly 70 people in attendance—pretty incredible when you consider that a large portion of Flossie’s friends, relatives, and loves-in-life have already passed. Scattered throughout the funeral home were boards peppered with pictures from Flossie’s life, dating …
Everyone Needs a Yoda: Reflections On Turning One Year Old
This month, Pink Stiletto Coaching (PSC) turns ONE YEAR OLD! In human years, that’s a big deal. In small business years, that’s a lifetime. In honor and celebration of that fabulous milestone, I thought I would offer some reflections and some of my “lessons learned” from the first year. My hope is that this will not only provide you, beautiful one, with some entertainment but that it will also serve to help you in your own life and business! As I reflect on the last twelve months growing this …
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What the Heck is a Gremlina and Why Do I Care About Mine?
I recently began participating in an 8 week course called “Taming Your Gremlin.” It’s taught by Rick Carson, the author of the best-selling book “Taming Your Gremlin.” There are only 15 of us in the course, so we get TONS of one-on-one with Rick and intensive learning around the Gremlin Taming Method. And here’s why I decided to blog about my experience with gremlin taming: I’ve never been better educated at understanding how to recognize and deal with my worst villains: my own inner …
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