Ten years ago my brother died by suicide. Those words were so hard to say out loud this past decade. I’d try to open my mouth and find the words stuck in my throat.

Want to talk about politics without talking about policy? Then let’s talk about the US Presidential Debate. I watched it through a particular lens, closely observing the communication style of one candidate who reminded me of another well-known female leader.

I recently gave a Media Training / Strategic Storytelling workshop to a group in Central Otago. To be honest, at the start of the day, they weren't quite sure what to expect, or even why they'd be interested.

A recent Entrepreneur's Handbook article, quoted researchers from Harvard who tossed cold water on the idea that we need to be passionate about what we do in order to be successful.

When I worked in the news business, I used to laugh when things went wrong because of a failure of communication. The irony!

I was working with a client the other day, helping her prep for a job interview. We weren’t doing this in person, but on the computer.

My Dad has a rather wild imagination. When I was a kid, he used to make up bedtime stories to tell me - about a “fairy god leg” that floated around granting wishes.

When I was a young television anchor working in a small market in Northern Michigan, a well known New York talent agency offered me “representation”.  And no, this is not a humble-brag, so keep reading…

To be able to “go confidently in the direction of your dreams” as Henry David Thoreau said, you need to have a clear idea of what makes you strong and the strength of mind to overcome internal and external obstacles that undermine confidence: your own fears and insecurities and external criticism and challenges.

Doubting our abilities can stop us in our tracks. We can all probably pinpoint a time when we've given up on something, out of fear, and ended up missing out. This can be especially debilitating for women.

We are wired to judge a book by its cover. First impressions stick.

A University of York study found that we sift through available information as quickly as .033 seconds of seeing another person’s face,

Life in today's world is increasingly fragmented. We race from one thing to the next, hardly able to catch our breath, let alone allow ourselves time to really think about the big picture stuff: what we are doing, where we are going, and why we're running in the first place.

I remember about 10 years ago sitting in a hairdresser’s chair with foils sticking out around my head, looking as if I’d stuck my finger in an electric socket.