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WHAT I LOVED ABOUT SUSAN IS THAT SHE LED WITH INTENTION. I know, big woo-woo self-help kind of word, “intention”. My 18yr old would immediately call me out – “What does that even mean?” It [...]

“I KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO,” SHE SAYS TO ME. “I DO. IT’S JUST HARD.” She’s laid out some pretty significant goals. Find a new job Finish her yoga certification training (200 hour course) Lose [...]

Please enjoy this guest blog is written by Tracey Pakstis, honorary Dirty Girl and fantastic friend, who has wisdom to share. Earlier this winter, the first real snowstorm of the season was [...]

I stared at my floor for days. 14. There were 14 of them and I was feeling overwhelmed. Indecisive. Irritated. I had 14 different floor tiles, of varying sizes and in varying shades of grey and [...]

As my DGC partner, Shirley Ramos, wrote in her recent blog, CLINTON OR FIORINA: IT WAS A COIN TOSS, the flip of a quarter by my youngest son resulted in my covering Carly Fiorina and Shirley [...]

  Recently, while pumping gas at a Tampa mini-mart, I handed my business credit card to the attendant.  The look on his face was classic, however not unique or unexpected.  “What [...]

How often do you stop in the middle of your day, where ever you are – at your desk, in your car, at the grocery store, in a meeting – and say to yourself, “This is exactly what [...]

I can’t focus.  It’s uneven, pitchy… staccato words hitting me like a Thompson submachine gun.  I have turned my phone volume down to a low, low level to try to soften [...]

Work-life integration is a rather Zen thing. Any given day consists of an incessant flow of decisions. What to eat for breakfast…? …does my son have enough lunch money…? …can we finish the [...]

Every morning, I walked into Shane’s office with two cups of coffee. I handed one across the desk and sat down for 10-15 minutes… sometimes venting about another coworker, sometimes [...]