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Looking Back to Move Forward: Year-End Reflection Questions
2025 was a wild ride for me. I don’t know about you, but this past year felt like a full-body exhale and a shove from behind at the same time. In numerology, 2025 was a nine year—a year of completion, release, transformation, and closure. And now we step into 2026, which is a one year:…
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Understanding Energy: The Bridge Between Your Human Self and Soul
Let’s Talk Energy!What does it really mean to understand your energy, and how it shapes every part of your life? In this episode of Live Your Jam, I am joined by my brother Matt McGinnis for an intimate and often hilarious conversation about energy, intuition, and living from the inside out. Together, we explore: I…
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From Corporate Success to Soul Alignment — A Conversation with Dick Ayres
What happens when you’ve built a wildly successful career — yet something inside whispers, there’s more? In the very first episode of the Live Your Jam Podcast, I sit down with my friend and colleague, Dick Ayres, a global business leader who traded 25 years at GE for a life of purpose, impact, and alignment.…
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Empty Nest? Not Exactly.
Redefining what it means to be a good mother. Three months ago, I did something that would have once felt impossible: I moved 800 miles away from my two sons, who are 17 and 18. My oldest is heading to university this fall, and my younger son has two more years of high school. I…
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Breaking the Cycle of Exhaustion — Our Grandmothers Are Cheering Us On!
Like many women my age, I grew up watching women work themselves to the bone. The area where I was raised in the Midwest was full of settlers from Europe – hardworking people raising their families. My family was no different. Both my parents worked very hard, but my mother worked non-stop. She raised five…
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5 Ways to Connect to Your Inner Wisdom
Hi Everyone! I recently gave an interview on Jumpstarting Your Midlife Revolution on The Morning Blend. You can view the 7-minute interview [here] I’m grateful to Molly Fay, co-host, for inviting me back on the show. Molly is an experienced TV host, news anchor, and reporter—but more than that, she calls herself an Illuminator. I find that powerful. It’s a soul-level…
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Shifting from Achievement to Alignment! Reclaiming your inner spark!
Thank you to The Morning Blend TMJ4 for the conversation on how to shift from achievement to alignment by reclaiming your inner spark at middle age! Whether you are a leader looking to move from success to significance, a high-achiever who wants to explore new aspects of yourself or a woman at middle age wondering…
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Finding New Trees
Last week, I returned to the rolling hills in California after six years away. This time, I’m north of the Bay instead of east. As I began my hike up the local mountain, my heart swelled walking amongst the majestic live and blue oaks on the first ascent. Trees have been a constant companion during…
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What We Wise Women Know
Like most of us in middle age and beyond, I believe I am much younger than my age. This fallacy reveals itself when I see or read about someone who is my age and I am certain that the person is older than me. It’s not about who looks older (or younger) rather, the way…
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The Importance of Reflection and Questions to Review Your 2024
Every year, I create a list of reflection questions to help my clients close out the year before they move into the next. The holiday season can be hurried and hectic, so it is a bit of a paradoxical time to do exactly what winter asks us to do – rest and go inward. Reflection…
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Do we really have a Life Purpose?
I appreciate it when an online article title captures my curiosity. I am less enthusiastic when I have to sift through a lot of content to sate my curiosity. So, if the title, “Do we really have a life purpose?” piqued your interest… The short answer is Yes, we really do have a life purpose. …
