Yesterday was Inauguration Day. You might be having a lot of feelings – some expected, but some surprising. I know I sure am. We’ve all be holding our breaths for 4 years. We’ve been carrying an invisible weight around with [...]
“You know, I really thrive in the gray area. When there’s a big question looming over me, and I’m not really sure what’s going to happen… that’s when I think I’m at my best.” …said no one ever In over [...]
As I was driving home from work today, my friend Carolyn called me on the phone and told me about her rough day. Her boss had told her that he wanted her to something, and she felt that it was [...]
When I was about three years old, my father taught me how to swim. He brought me into the pool, had me hold onto the edge in the shallow end, and then walked about three feet away. "Ok, Jennie!" he [...]
Yesterday – I’m certain I don’t have to tell you – was a roller coaster of emotions. Most people I knew woke up in the morning, reveling in the likelihood of the historical day: electing the first woman to be [...]
Sometimes, when I do public speaking engagements, I ask the audience to define an emotion. We feel emotions every single day, but when asked to explain what an emotion is, most people blanch. “A thing you feel?” someone will ask, [...]
Happy Halloween! In honor of the holiday, let’s talk about masks. We all wear (metaphorical) masks every single day. You may wear a mask that covers your entire face, obfuscating your identity, and choose to let it down only when [...]
I was at the Hollywood Bowl the other night, and in the box next to me was a group of women in their late 20s. Svelte and sophisticated, wine glasses in hand, they appeared to be thoroughly in their element. [...]
It was clear that the client sitting in front of me was in pain. I listened to her story, I acknowledged and validated her hardships, and I nodded as she told me she sometimes wrestled with the decision of whether [...]
Emotions are important. A lot of people are taught to squash their feelings and push them aside, or to express them as minimally as possible, and I think the rationale behind this is that they’re pesky things that get in [...]