Style Statement -- Live by your own design

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 [...]

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.

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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Questions…I  love them. As a servant of inspiration I turn to you…those I aim to inspire, to ask:  How’s your Style Statement working? Need any advice? What more can I give you? Tell me. Help me.. serve you better.
This an invitation to send me questions, tips, ideas, new projects, successes, requests and rambles. Answers, comments & [...]

Hello Victoria, B.C, Style Statement fans, check this out! Style Statement is included in self development seminar.
Do you  need to learn about social media, or get a new look, learn how to network effectively, use tools to stay in touch with prospects?  Register for a full day seminar, youUnlimited.com, Sunday, April 18th, in Victoria B.C., [...]

You’ve got your Style Statement—actually, you’ve had it for a while.
You love the idea of it, but aren’t sure you’re letting it drive you and guide your life enough.
You want to energize yourself, and renew your commitment to an authentic, passionate life.
Now’s your chance to activate your Style Statement. Remember how incredible it felt to [...]

It’s easy to take the most loved and most used things in our life for granted. The people and things that are there for us day after day become regular or normal, and seemingly less-than-special.
But spring shakes things up. Every year, the force of life unfailingly says to the trees, “Hey! I’m here! We’re in [...]