It’s angsty out there. I’ve felt this angst from several clients I’ve talked to over the past week. As tactile as a blanket of apprehension, this angsty-ness is stopping people in their tracks. Angsty (according to Merriam-Webster) Feeling, showing, or expressing anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity … I first recognized this cloak of anxiety when working…

I’m sitting on a Mexican beach drinking a strong black coffee. And it tastes glorious because the salt breeze is blowing and the ocean is winking at me. I find myself lost in thought contemplating the years I’ve sat on this same beach watching the same ocean. I fell in lust with Mexico back in…

My life changed on a sleepless night back in March. You know, those 2 AM startled wake-ups. The tossing and turning of trying to find your way back to sleep. It was usual for me to wake up in a panic of work to be conquered, lists to be made, and problems to solve. Lack…

So I just got off the phone with Tyler. Tyler works for an ultra-expensive mountain resort my hubby and I had booked with last weekend for a luxury get away. We were celebrating our anniversary and sneaking in a Canadian Rockies photo shoot for the Blackcoffee website. Disappointingly, things didn’t go as expected. From the…

Do you dream of starting something? A new path? A business? A venture? A way to make your mark in this world? I’m with you. But be careful who you talk to about those dreams. All of those good-intentioned friends and family with their oddball suggestions and patronizing looks of concern for you and your…

We went for dinner with friends last night and I’m perhaps a touch, ummm, let’s say ‘bleary’ this beautiful sunny morning. Bleary and just a titch cranky. The bleary part is likely obvious (a little wine, perhaps?), the cranky? Well, the cranky bit starts with our server, whom I’ll call Joe. And for the purposes…