a lesson from my mother we could all use now My mother was an old-school creative. Her creativity was at its best as a baker and in the clothes she sewed by hand. My brother and I would often tease her that if she had been born in today’s world she would have been one of those […]
The Power of Mirror Meditation with Psychologist Tara Well: Episode #66
This week Joanne speaks with Tara Well, Associate Professor of Psychology at Barnard College to talk about her new book, Mirror Meditation: The Power of Neuroscience and Self-Reflection to Overcome Self-Criticism, Gain Confidence and See Yourself with Compassion. Tara explains how Mirror Meditation works and how it can help us literally and figuratively see ourselves more […]
Bahriye Goren-Gulek on Mindfulness And Other Leadership Skills You Might Not Have Considered Before: Episode #62
This week Joanne is in conversation with Bahriye Goren-Gulek, a brand strategy expert who has worked across the globe on both the client and agency side with organizations including Unilever, Kantar, Wallace Church, and The Art of Branding USA. Bahriye is the author of Be: Become Your True Self and Inspire Those Around You and […]
Why I Don’t Want To Live In A Metaverse
My father was a technology nerd, long before there was such a thing. He got into the refrigeration and appliance business when that was all brand new and shiny. My mother said when they got married in 1951, they had no money, no furniture, but they did have a Crosley TV perched on a cardboard […]
What Happens When You Don’t Take Things For Granted
Last January I signed up for Weight Watchers. It was time to lose my pandemic weight. I committed myself, knowing that soon enough life as we once knew it would resume and I would have to put on a pair of pants that zipped. For the next several months I was disciplined. I ate healthy, […]
How Getting on a Plane for the First Time Since the Pandemic Helped Me to Gain Perspective
There was a time when this all came easily to me, but not this time. This time I had not been on a plane in almost two years, since before the pandemic began. This time not only was I out of practice, I was skeptical. Should I even risk it? What if I was on […]
