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.
11 Secrets to Self-employment Success
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with lists. At their best, they are vivid, succinct, provocative instruments that promote learning. At their worst, they are glib statements of the obvious or trivial, tedious entries in the annals of serial self-improvement....
Neediness: The call to transformation and self-employment success
It seems that neediness has become a dirty word. If you are needy, your friends will pity you, acquaintances will shun you, and clients will stay away in droves. It's as if you have a disgusting rash. But you know, it's hard enough to feel needy without heaping guilt...
Consciousness and the Flavor of Authentic Marketing
Have you ever had a truly memorable meal? One that warms your heart as well your stomach whenever you think of it? I had a meal like that in Denver once. It was in a tiny cafe off the beaten track. The place was all about conscious food: the simplest ingredients...
The creative power of “Why not?” Goal setting for the spiritually and psychologically savvy
Maybe, like me, you're not in love with goal setting. Perhaps you know that change is the only constant, so it seems short-sighted to assume that any goal setting you do today will line up with what you end up wanting tomorrow. And maybe acceptance is your middle...
Getting clients is easier when you ask them to the prom
A few years ago I gave a rocking free webinar--if I do say so myself--that reminded me of the first time I got flowers from a guy. When I was 16 I had quite a crush on Andrew Kane. It was a secret crush that I hardly admitted to myself, let alone anyone else. Then one...
When too much of a good thing is too much
Photo credit: Lindley Ashline via Flickr It's springtime in the northern hemisphere, time to plant the seeds and seedlings that, through summer and fall, will produce a lush garden and a rich harvest. Self-employment has seasons, too. When spring arrives in your...
More than skin deep: Cultivating beauty in your business
A few weeks ago one of the participants in the Profit Alchemy course shared this quote from William Morris: "If you want a golden rule that will fit everybody, this is it: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful." It's...
What DOES that Yellow Light Mean?
How to handle hiccups in conversations with prospective clients There are two kinds of people in the world... ...those who slow down and get ready to stop at yellow lights and those who speed up to beat the light. And yellow lights don't just happen in traffic. They...
Wild abandon, perfectionism, and the dance of business
“You were wild once. Don’t let them tame you!” Isadora Duncan I've been musing about wild abandon since my colleague, Philippa Rowlands, hinted that I could integrate more of it into my work. In the same conversation she observed that just maybe I had a tendency to go...