You might remember that last May, Abby Wambach—the world’s all-time leading scorer in soccer—delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Barnard College.  It was a kick-ass, mind blowing, tear-evoking address that made you just want to stand up and cheer. As Abby spoke to the six hundred female graduates, she invoked the idea of the wolfpack, that women need to be united together to look out for each other—just like a pack of wolves—to demand equal pay, to be curious, to make … [Read more...] about Wolfpack

Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? Please, need I say more? … [Read more...] about Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy So I Can Correct It?

The perfect gift book. An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age.  This little book presents ten transformative principles that will help you discover your artistic side and build a more creative life. They’re just great ideas about life in general. Loved it!!! … [Read more...] about Steal Like An Artist

Philpott is a kind of modern-day Erma Bombeck or Nora Ephron, spinning extraordinary stories from life’s ordinary details. In this witty and moving memoir-in-essays full of spot-on observations about home, work, and creative life, Philpott takes on the conflicting pressures of modern adulthood.  She offers up her own stories to show that figuring out who you are, who you’re not, and where you belong doesn’t just happen during one midlife crisis; rather, it’s an ongoing journey that doesn’t … [Read more...] about I Miss You When I Blink

Declutter and Organize to Make Room for More Happiness “Don’t Wait to Start Creating Order” is one of the many valuable “tidying up” tips that Rubin offers in her action-packed (by that I mean get-you-butt-in-gear kind of action) book on ways to create outer order so that you can have inner calm.  As one professor of sociology and gerontology observed, “After age 50, the chances that a person will divest himself or herself of possessions diminishes with each decade.” Uh oh. Not to worry.  … [Read more...] about Outer Order Inner Calm

You might remember that last May, Abby Wambach—the world’s all-time leading scorer in soccer—delivered the commencement address to the graduating class of Barnard College.  It was a kick-ass, mind blowing, tear-evoking address that made you just want to stand up and cheer. As Abby spoke to the six hundred female graduates, she invoked the idea of the wolfpack, that women need to be united together to look out for each other—just like a pack of wolves—to demand equal pay, to be curious, to make … [Read more...] about Wolfpack

Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It? Please, need I say more? … [Read more...] about Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy So I Can Correct It?

The perfect gift book. An inspiring guide to creativity in the digital age.  This little book presents ten transformative principles that will help you discover your artistic side and build a more creative life. They’re just great ideas about life in general. Loved it!!! … [Read more...] about Steal Like An Artist

Philpott is a kind of modern-day Erma Bombeck or Nora Ephron, spinning extraordinary stories from life’s ordinary details. In this witty and moving memoir-in-essays full of spot-on observations about home, work, and creative life, Philpott takes on the conflicting pressures of modern adulthood.  She offers up her own stories to show that figuring out who you are, who you’re not, and where you belong doesn’t just happen during one midlife crisis; rather, it’s an ongoing journey that doesn’t … [Read more...] about I Miss You When I Blink