Because I'm a busy gal and am usually juggling multiple projects in the midst of a very full life, people often ask me how I get it all done. There are many different ways I go about actually seeing my projects. But as I'm in serious crunch mode at the moment, I...

I almost bailed on the World Domination Summit. True story. Not because I didn't want to go, but because in my pre-house-selling-pre-moving-abroad frenzy, I didn't think I could give up a weekend for a road trip to Portland just for the purposes of being inspired. But...

When I signed a contract for my next book, Doable: How to Accomplish Just About Anything, several months ago with a manuscript delivery deadline of October 1, I thought, no problem. Sure, I had some other major work things going on at the time, but my plan was to...

For the past few months, big changes have been brewing. The kind of changes that my husband and I dreamed about, that we knew deep down in our core were going to happen, but were simultaneously completely and utterly freaked out that we just might get what we asked...

Got deadlines? Me too. More than a few. I'm usually good with deadlines when everything's humming along and going smoothly, but as the mantra coined by Martha Beck goes, Everything's changing all the time. While sometimes these changes can be good -- having a close...

I don't know about you, but I'm experiencing some serious spring fever. Longer days, my garden in bloom, and an unusual sunny streak (for Seattle) has something to do with it, as I'm sure does the fact that I spent last week in NYC where I lived during my twenties and...

A number of the clients I've been working with lately seem to be struggling with the same thing. They've got big things they want to create -- their book or their blog or their business -- but they hit a brick wall somewhere along the way and the resistance is strong....

Have you ever wanted something and then when it actually happened or came through, gone into a full-fledged panic, and asked yourself why in the hell you wanted that thing in the first place? Maybe for you it was taking a new job or enrolling in grad school. Maybe it...

Have you ever been working on a project -- a report, development of a class, a blog post, a speech -- and gotten to a point where the whole thing just felt messy? I have. I do. For me, it goes something like this: 1. I start working on project with enthusiasm. 2. I...

Clients and colleagues often ask me how I get things done. Specifically, they’re looking for insight into how I go beyond the idea and brainstorming phase and actually get to the executing and shipping of whatever it is I’m working on. That question has inspired me to...

On this day in February, I'm thinking about the 33-year-old woman I was ten years ago, having just handed in my notice as a development exec for Cartoon Network with a dream of following my call to empower teen girls and young women and blend it with my love of...

Yesterday morning while brushing my teeth, I plopped down onto my office chair and turned on my computer. My plan was to check in on email and attend to a few things before waking my son up for school. But when I turned on my computer, I was greeted with a little...