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  Azin van Alebeek is a co-founder and general partner at Emmeline Ventures, an early-stage fund investing in businesses that empower women to manage their health, build their wealth, and live in a cleaner, safer world. With over 30 years of experience as an executive and board-level advisor, she leverages her strategic planning and coaching […]

  Let’s talk menopause.   Sally Mueller is the Co-Founder and CEO of Womaness, the brand changing the conversation around aging and menopause. Recognized as an industry leader, Sally is renowned for her business acumen in the fashion, beauty and lifestyle sectors.   Sally and her team are helping us navigate the changes in our […]

Our physical money is held and managed within a financial institution, most commonly a bank. However, what if we applied this concept to our energy? We all have varying capacities for what our physical, mental, and emotional states can take on at any given time. There is no way we can be firing on all […]

Is it just me, or has the first three months of the year felt like five years instead of three months? Between the political unrest, wildfires in California, and issues in my own personal life, I have been in dire need of inspiration and hope.     Though it seems like Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) […]

One of my favorite Friends scenes is the pivot couch moving scene with Ross and Chandler. Pivoting isn’t always fun, but this scene is a great reminder that we can find humor in the moment especially when surrounded by friends.   When we think about pivoting, I want us to consider what it’s like to […]

R.C. and I are huge Wicked fans. We both love music and especially music that moves us, that has so much meaning on the surface, but also deeper meaning.    I had the amazing opportunity to see the original Wicked cast on Broadway many years ago and took R.C. to see it when they were […]

We have just come out of what is typically a very busy season of doing thanks to the holidays. There is just a general uptick to do more even though our time allotment in the day is the same.   Oftentimes, people assume that because I’m the woman who gets shit done that I’m always […]

Well, here we are again, staring December 31 right smack, dab in the face.  Every year, I find myself thinking, “Whew this year flew by!”  I realize that there are the same amount of hours in each year, but I’ve somehow convinced myself that time seems to move faster every year.  Either way, around this […]

Being present.   Being present may seem like a more passive GSD attribute, but the reality is that being present involves a great deal of intentionality. Think about it. All of the sub-attributes in this section require constant consideration and adjustment of our perception. You cannot keep showing up; focusing on progress, not perfection; being […]