Today I have a guest post at Jonathan Fields’ blog, and so I want to invite you to head over there to read it. The post is offers a powerful teaching about fear that I learned from the late Rab...
I write in the mornings, and most days when I wake up there is a vague direction for the morning’s writing sitting in my chest. I follow it and see what happens. Today I woke up with such love for yo...
I want to say this, again: I’ve often been struck by the idea that all the suffering in the world, all the world’s problems and deficits and cruelties are exactly equal in might and force to the love...
It’s my birthday today. Thank you for showing up here in soulful connection, for being part of my circle, for sharing in this. Here’s my birthday wish, what I want for the year, what th...
I never believed in death, for I never saw it. I saw only that this became that. The petals fell away, and the thing became a stem, and the floor became scattered in pink. Containers br...
There could be this other way, she said, of living from the inside out. Really doing it, she meant. Letting go of, “I am she, of this name. Of this home, and marriage, and weight. Of th...
Buff off routine. Polish away habit. Sharpen your crystal mind with silent time. Wake yourself by praying to the gods. Surrender all of image. Let go of your outside eyes. Be a foolish animal,...
I didn’t grow up in a rough environment. I grew up being told, almost every day, that I was special. I grew up with lots of love from my family. I got a good education and good grades. ...
Between five and seven a.m., my mind is different. Life looks different. I have access to longer, sustained focus. I’m more likely to feel the miracle of the world, and well up with tears from it. &n...
I walked backwards, against time and that’s where I caught the moon, singing at me. I steeped downwards, into my seat and that’s where I caught freedom, waiting for me, like a lilac. I ...
Hi there, Big, contented sigh. I have been very, very busy spreading the word about Playing Big over the last several weeks, writing curriculum, lining up speakers, and learning more about cre...
This post is a special sneak peak into the first lesson of Playing Big, on callings. Today is the last day to register. Click here for the details. How do you recognize a calling? Look for one...
The warmth of the hearth in my chest and the breath of warm enoughness and something like love in my throat, a dense goodness covering – all this: because I am home. Because I fou...
The world tells us in a million ways – whether through the bodies on covers of women’s magazines, or in ranking us with grades in school – that we aren’t enough, that we don’t measure up, that we hav...
I have a new article up at Huffington Post today, and as you’ll sense when you read the words, I’m passionate about this topic. Click HERE to read the article, “Women: Stop Calling ...
For me, playing big is. . . . . . realizing my voice deserves to be at tables that matter, and acting accordingly. . . . submitting an article to the NY Times, and not only to blogs read by a ...
Hi Everyone! Last week Charlotte Dixon interviewed me to kick off her new “Creative Cognoscente Interview Series.” Who knows why, but in this interview I was able to really clearly...
Hi everyone, Writing with a few exciting updates! This Thursday, March 31st, 12-1pm PST, I’ll be holding a free informational call about Playing Big. If you are still thinking abo...
If your life doesn’t often make you feel like a cauldron of swirling light – If you are not often enough a woman standing above a mysterious fire, lifting her head to the sky – &nb...
Hi there, A special (and time-sensitive) request. My dear friend and fellow blogger Tara Gentile and I have applied to speak at Blogher ’11 this year, and the speakers get chosen ...
University of Colorado college physics course. A persistent gender gap: the girls get worse test scores than the boys, and end up with lower grades at the end of the semester. The teachers hav...
Something very sweet happened this week. The Girl Effect organization named me as a “Girl Champion of 2010.” You can see their post about it here. I want to tell you the story of how this came...
What is Playing Big? It’s realizing you have world-class ideas. It’s realizing you have a story to tell that the world needs to hear. It’s sharing your vision for the comp...
Oh angel, messenger, face in the mirror – Something keeps asking me to see my face. Something waits for me, is waiting for a meeting I am busy putting off. But when this odyssey h...
As you know, last summer, I wrote an article called 10 Rules for Brilliant Women at The Huffington Post. I receive a lot of email about the article, but of the ten rules, this one seems to resonate t...
Each one hikes her life around her axis of mystery. You are here only because the cells balanced in some dark place, the cells found each other in some dark place. You were some mind...
Several years ago, I was attending a conference for professionals in philanthropy. I attended one session focused on one of the big challenges in the industry. I knew I held a very controversial view...
Hi Everyone, I have a couple of delightful things to share with you today. 1. Since I’ve become a blogger, I’ve been spending a lot more time with social media. About seven ...
A question for you: what is your relationship with negotiation? What happens in your body when you hear the word? What happens to heart rate, body tension? What memories come up – positive or ...
I really did grow up analyzing my dreams with my mom at the breakfast table, over oatmeal. She’d take out a yellow pad and we’d sit at the kitchen table diagramming the dreams, talking about differen...
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