Joanne Tombrakos

The 9 To 5 Illusion – Day 5

People always ask what it’s like to have left behind the nine to five world. They want to know how it feels to be able to get up in the morning without racing into the shower and out the door. They long for the luxury of the short commute into the living room where your […]

Nana Would #StandWithWendy

My grandmother, Nana as we called her, had a reputation for having a big mouth. She was loud and funny and always managed to get things to happen that seemed otherwise impossible. And she made it fun. She wasn’t afraid to stand up for herself or for any of her children or grandchildren – each […]

Doubt – You Devil – Day 3

Doubt is the devil in disguise. No matter how certain you are that what you are doing is the right thing, that where you are is where you are supposed to be, that who you’ve chosen to keep close personally are the right people, doubt will find you. It will test you. Some days it […]

Can I Really Do This? – Day 2

I’m a little terrified. Here it is day 2 and it’s hitting me that I have committed to this experiment – publicly. Which means there is no turning back. Oh yes – I could turn back. Dump this whole idea here and now but that is not how I roll. As a rule I follow […]

The Experiment

I am about to celebrate the five year anniversary of my divorce from nine to five corporate life. Yes, you read that right. Five years! It’s causing me to reflect. On many things. Including this blog which has not been getting the attention it needs and deserves. While I aspire to be as prolific as Seth Godin and […]

French Women’s Secrets To Using Technology

I first met Jamie Cat Callan back in my corporate days. I had signed up for a Saturday writing workshop she was teaching at NYU. She incorporated a lot of great exercises into what would later become The Writer’s Toolbox. Miraculously, that day she got me writing. Just as much of a miracle, Jamie told […]