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After 30 years working for big name media brands including Martha Stewart and Fast Company, leading sales and marketing teams, I now help leaders achieve more than they think possible. Sunday Sunshine is my weekly newsletter that's about you, your future, and your success. Getting out of our default habits with insights on mindful productivity and lifelong learning, actionable ideas and exercises to have you hitting the week full of energy and enthusiasm. It's the best way to beat the Sunday Scaries.
Reader, I want to do something different this week. Instead of asking you to read, I want to invite you to listen. I was recently a guest on the DisruptHER podcast, and this conversation stayed with me long after we stopped recording. Not because it was polished—but because it was real. We went to a place where many high performers quietly live but rarely name. I call it the midlife rift. It’s that moment when: You’ve checked all the boxes Built the career Held it together for everyone else...
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 January brings pressure. Pressure to set the goals.Pressure to launch them and do better than last year.Pressure to declare them publicly—and stick to them. If you’re not crystal clear yet, it can feel like you’re already behind. And, even if you are clear, that behind feeling persists. [I saw the most amazing vision board this week! Eeek. Mine is not complete.] I believe the goal-getting process is widely misunderstood. We’ve been taught that...
Reader, We can all do big things.Big things you can’t even imagine—until you do. This past Christmas, my son climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Six days.Nearly 20,000 feet where oxygen is scarce.Four miles straight up.The equivalent of 14 Empire State Buildings stacked on top of each other. He told me it was the hardest thing he’s ever done—and the most beautiful sight he’s ever seen. A view from the climb His climb reminded me of another Kilimanjaro story. In 1997, Martha Stewart climbed the same...