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Last week, as I listened to a prospective client tell me about what she wanted to do with her life, I fell in love with her dream just a little bit. I found myself sitting up straighter, listening attentively, nodding along and smiling knowingly. It happens all the time in these early conversations. I get excited when someone is […]
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The stories have been retold for days now, each more animated than the last. It’s been a jumble of words at the dinner table and in the car and as we’re getting ready in the morning, every story punctuated by giggles. I’m just back from a family vacation – we took our little crew to explore Southern California […]
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If you’ve ever been in a conversation about your work, and heard yourself say the words, “But I’m making so much money,” I have bad news for you. You are in the wrong job. No further questions. Really. This one statement is really enough for me to tell. It’s not the making money part that’s the […]
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This is a story about cosmetics. And coffee. And cause and effect. So let’s start here… Two weeks ago, I took myself on a date to Nordstrom. I parked my car and carted myself (and my bag full of half-used cosmetics) straight to the Bobbi Brown counter. I did not stop to ooh and aah over the David Yurman […]
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During my junior year of high school, I was like a pot about to boil. I was the youngest in my class by a full year, having skipped a grade early in my childhood. This meant that by the time I was turning 16, I’d become predictably anxious about getting my driver’s license. My parents, long aware of […]
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A few weeks ago, my 12 year old daughter dropped herself onto a stool at the kitchen counter. She was doing that thing where you bite at the skin around your nail bed while tapping your toe, making your knee bob up and down a hundred miles an hour. It was stressing ME out. “What’s up, babe?” “Nothing.” “Really? Cause […]
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This past weekend, I had the incredible joy of seeing Hamilton at the Private Bank Theatre in Chicago. My husband and I flew in for a quick three days and caught the show on Friday night. Oh. My. Goodness. Since I’d been not so quietly fan-girling over Lin-Manuel Miranda’s work for about a year, my expectations were sky […]
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As we close out 2016 and turn the page to 2017, I’ve been thinking about you (yes, YOU!) a lot. You and I covered a lot of ground last year and there is so much in store for us as we begin this brand new year together. So, yep, I’ve been thinking about you. I’ve been wondering how […]
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