What’s in the Water?
Guidance for Swimming Against the Stream
In waking up to whiteness, there are questions to answer and ideas to confront. Molly’s insights bring perspective and clarity.
How to fall in love with business planning
If you've ever been in love, you know how delicious it can be. How it lights up your life. How it sweetens your vision for the future. And how good it makes you feel about yourself. Believe it or not, you can have a similar experience with--get this--business...
Snug as a Bug in a Rug
We're doing some remodeling here, and we needed a placeholder image as a model for future posts. I thought it would be fun to show you the "vest" I knit and embellished for my 1967 VW Beetle. This photo was taken during a July 4th parade in 1995.
Are you suffering from financial anorexia? Bring mixed money motives out of the closet
A few years back, when I began sending newsletter subscribers occasional messages offering a class, book, or program, a few readers complained. One asked if it were possible to receive the newsletters but not the offers. As I read that, my heart sped up, the bubble...
Great good fortune and Authentic Wealth: Who do you want to be when you grow up?
Here's the question at the crux of this meditation on virtue, aspiration, and authentic wealth: How can a nice person like you aspire to a virtuous life and still participate in the intentional creation of wealth? Aspiration is a yearning that impels you forward...
When a money story makes your heart contract
In 1996 I had a money epiphany. It started when I saw myself telling a story that felt honorable, true, even inevitable. But it was false. Here's the story: "I have to shut down when people ask me to give money to a good cause. I care; I care a lot. But I can't let my...
Your money story: Are you a character or the author in the quest for Authentic Wealth?
We each have a story about money. It could be a happy story, one in which you are creative, generative, and capable. Or it could be a story in which money has you at a disadvantage. Your money story defines your relationship with money. It determines the success of...
Self-Employment as Art: It’s in the Details
This week's article is by my long-time friend and colleague, Beth Hand. Beth works with large organizations in change management, strategic planning and leadership development. Her most recent newsletter, though, has as much bearing on the one-person business as it...
The three ingredients of creative vulnerability
When you work for yourself, it's easy to feel vulnerable. And if you resist it, vulnerability can interfere with your ability to focus. It can sap your confidence. And it can keep you from receiving support. In short, it can play havoc with your ability to do creative...
If desire is a compass
"Our prayers are answered not when we are given what we ask, but when we are challenged to be what we can be." ~Morris Adler What if desire is a compass, and the objects of desire are merely lodestones, intended to send the needle in our hearts spinning until it rests...