Parties as path to peace

More and more I realize part of my calling is to bring attention to people who have figured out how to make their gifts shine and cast a ripple effect of good. Talking to Mary Fanaro, founder of OmniPeace, reinforced this and then some. Fanaro sells branded apparel...

Through her lens

The beauty of the “Visionaries” show on Annie Leibovitz courtesy of OWN this evening was indescribable. I love the backstory on how the cover shot of Niagara Falls on her new book, Pilgrimage, came through the eyes of her children. Particularly excited by...

Life coaching the bystanders

It took a few days for the child rape story unraveling at Penn State to really get on my radar. And then I read the grand jury report, was sickened, and had to force myself back through it so I could write an informed column. It was a tormented afternoon. My amazing...

Hearing through the noise

I had a cluster of moments over the course of a week that pointed me to the importance of being “heard” and of being the one doing the “hearing.” Everything from literature I was reading (Vivian Gornick) to television  I was watching (Law and...