Posted by Kathy on Feb 14, 2012 in Blog | 1 comment

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012 QUOTE FOR TODAY: “She is a friend of mind. She gather me, man. The pieces I am, she gather them and give them back to me in all the right order. It’s good, you know, when you got a woman who is a friend of your mind.” ~Toni Morrison, Beloved THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Today, I’d like to talk about the voice in our head that keeps us from making progress with our...

Posted by Kathy on Feb 7, 2012 in Blog | 0 comments

  “Andy Paige–a stylist on TLC– explains that you need to look for your 1/3. To summarize: Andy argues that 1/3 of the people you come across will dislike you; 1/3 of the people you meet will be indifferent toward you; and 1/3 of the people you come into contact with will love you. You’re looking for that that last 1/3. Those are your people. Don’t worry about the other 2/3.”...

Posted by Kathy on Feb 3, 2012 in Blog | 1 comment

ARE YOU TRIBE WORTHY? “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family.  Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” Jane Howard The Equation: U+TRIBE = THRIVE As I come into 2012 one thing is becoming crystal clear to me.  None of us can get where we need to go without a tribe. One day it dawns on us that we are lonely. It is the great awakening. Until that...

Posted by Kathy on Jan 30, 2012 in Blog | 1 comment

We grow up to be women who are defined more by what we don’t do than what we can. I hear it all the time: “I can’t write a blog.” “I can’t run a marathon.” “I can’t do the spotlight.” “I can’t ask for a raise.” “I can’t toot my own horn.” “I can’t speak in public.” “I can’t find friends.” “I...

Posted by Kathy on Jan 10, 2012 in Blog | 3 comments

  In the Summer of 1999 my family was camping on the Canadian border of Northern Idaho. Pat and I were in one tent, our kids and friend in another.  I woke up to the sound of a bear huffing and snorting at the door of our tent.  I shoved my elbow in my husband’s side to wake him up. For what seemed like an hour we laid there shaking until finally the bear moved on.  Then we all got...

Posted by Kathy on Jan 9, 2012 in Blog | 5 comments

  Quote: “A good friend is a connection to life – a tie to the past, a road to the future, the key to sanity in a totally insane world.” ~Lois Wyse Women find strength in each other—we are born collaborators who need each other to be at our best. Our weakness is our inherent need to look like we fly solo and can do it all. We trade our need for a tribe for the perception...