Words Create Women’s Reality. The language we use about women’s bodies is not neutral. It shapes diagnosis. It shapes treatment. It shapes how women see themselves.

Often, that language is rooted in outdated, male-centred models of health and power. I’ve had a lifetime of being told my body was “too much” – and “not enough.” Read more here.

Outing an old myth. When women reach the C-suite, they close the door behind them.

That may have been true before but it certainly hasn’t been my experience over the past 14 years of coaching.

What I’ve witnessed instead is amazingly talented women hiring me to help them build their legacy.

A reflection on corporate leadership, creativity and midlife reclamation. From the backstage of fashion and beauty to coaching women leaders to own their brilliance.

How going back through my own corporate career helped me to feel more aligned and whole.

We’ve been talking a lot about empowerment and how it can feel disempowering when it’s used out of context for women.

Let me elaborate. Women are naturally powerful. They don’t need anyone to put the power inside them. They don’t need permission to be who they are. They give themselves permission to feel and show their power.

True empowerment is like the hummingbird’s wings that can be felt in the chest when a woman remembers who she is.

Why women struggle to receive (and how to open the door)…

I work in the field of desires, dreams and needs - sometimes its a glimmer or a gentle nudge, other times it’s like being hit by a truck (which has actually happened to me.) 

We are experiencing a calling of the feminine in many areas of our world, work and lives - seeking ways to take off our masks and personnnas safely, so we can breathe and regulate. This is the work many of us are doing right now.

But here’s what’s coming up strongly for me: the inability of women to receive fully.