Archive for the ‘Invitation’ Category

Inspiration | Happy

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

HAPPY is a feature documentary that takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Calcutta in a search of what makes people happy. Combining interviews with the leading scientists in happiness research and real life stories of ordinary and extraordinary people around the world, HAPPY uncovers the secrets behind [...]

Interview | Living Your Vision

Sunday, August 15th, 2010

Read my interview on the A Beautiful Ripple Effect blog, (find out five lessons I’ve learned in my life.) Check out Carolyn’s site, it’s full of deep, rich wisdom and beauty, loved connecting with her!
Carolyn’s giving away a signed copy of Style Statement: Live By Your Own Design to one lucky winner. To enter to [...]

Invitation | Choose To Be Happy

Friday, June 25th, 2010

This is simple, beautiful and powerful, love it!

Credit: SWISS MISS
* For those Modern, Contemporary, Current, and Innovative Style Statements check out Swiss Miss website, you’ll love it.

Book Giveaway!

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Today we’re giving away Carolyn Rubenstein’s book Perseverance. Twenty unique and fascinating stories, with one common theme: perseverance. The stories of these heroes demonstrate how anyone can learn to live with energy and passion, regardless of the obstacles to be faced, and will remind us all that now is everything.
For a chance to win, please [...]

Friday Focus | Exuberant Joy

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

This little light of mine, I’m going to let it shine.
~ Traditional song
One of the questions I ask my Style Statement clients is, “What do you want more of in your life?” It’s a simple yet profound question. One client’s reply was especially luminous: “I feel deep joy within me, but I want to [...]

Friday Focus | Gathering Paradise

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

Last spring Bill Murray gave a poetry reading to construction workers building the new home for Poets House in New York. Watch how he weaves poetry and humor to embrace the craft of the hand and the heart.
My favorite is “I Dwell” by Emily Dickonson.

Inspiration | Daily Thank You Notes

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

Leah Dieterich’s mother always told her to write thank you notes. So she does. To everything. thxthxthx is her daily exercise in gratitude. What or who would you thank today? I would write,
Dear Discouragement,
Thank you for showing me when I need courage, I persisted and received a glorious result.
with love,
C

Friday Focus | Take the Compliment

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
~ Jacques Maritain
Who doesn’t want acknowledgment for a job well done, fabulous hair, good intentions, or great style? Yet we often unconsciously deflect the praise that could nourish our deepest cravings.
If and when you are complimented, receive it. Stand in the place where you are seen. Let it [...]

Inspiration| What’s hot right now?

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

I have a love hate relationship with fashion, love that it can be a vehicle for self expression, hate it’s often a vehicle for consumerism. The standard seasonal fashion question, “What’s hot?” I find boring and stale. So it was a lovely surprise to to read a thoughtful answer by Marie-Louise Von Haselberg, Editor-in- chief [...]

Friday Focus | One Thing – Do Less

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Talking on the phone while getting to work, getting dressed, applying mascara, eating lunch, shopping, folding laundry, in line at the drive-thru, cooking dinner, wrangling your kids (the cat, the dog, the mail), tidying up, and…checking your email.
Mobility and wireless technology make for endless multitasking possibilities.
Here’s a radical concept: mono-task. Do…one…thing…at…a…time. This is the same [...]