If you’ve ever shown up in a room, boardroom or otherwise, on a job site or at a conference where people don’t expect to see a woman like you, raise your hand. If you’re Generation X or older, it’s pretty much par for the course. For all of you, Voice Lessons Podcast Creator and Co-Producer […]

I’ve been thinking a lot about nature versus nurture and how so many creatives, women, in particular, weren’t given permission or time to celebrate and develop their creative gifts. Aren’t you happy to live in a moment when you can not only express yours but earn your livelihood from them?I don’t take for granted the […]

Yesterday I was on a panel—via zoom—at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto. If you’ve never been to the city, it’s located on the water’s edge and is a popular location for festivals, art, concerts and performance.

The topic was “Raising our Sons: White + Black Mothers Speak”. I don’t have a whole lot of experience being a mom yet but it’s something that I’m quickly forming opinions about. I had already held a similar support and thought session like this for clients shortly after the riots began. But yesterday was different because the audience was strangers and it was extra important for me to speak clearly from the truth of my experience.

It’s official. As some of you already know, my first book Branding + Interior Design will be published by Schiffer Publishing this Fall. It’s been a long road and I’m excited that I will FINALLY get to share this book with you.

I’ve set fewer goals this year but they mean more and so before resistance starts to get in my way, I’ve decided I’m going to use another tactic. I often speak about baby steps and the idea that when you’re in alignment, change eases in. So that’s what I’m practicing. I’m doing at least one […]

Yesterday I was shopping in Beverly Hills and I stumbled across this. No your eyes don’t deceive you. It’s a Bentley, covered in velvet, and it was parked in front of the Beverly Wilshire Hotel attracting all kinds of attention. The comments on my Facebook page ranged from “Sweeet” to “Whattttt?!” to “Why”? But I’m curious […]