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“I have to say, Mama Gena did not impress me.”

Darling, Women are like trees. When we are given fertile soil, glorious sunshine, abundant water, and a perfect climate, not only will we thrive and grow, but we will provide so much beauty and joy and...

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Does “having it all” piss you off?

Darling, Do you get as irritated as I do when you hear the phrase “having it all”? Bleh. I have met that woman. I have been that woman. Madly dashing around, trying to look good, feel good, do good, be...

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I am so, so, so grateful

Darling, So grateful. So moved. So overwhelmed. Still floating in the ecstatic brew of the fragrant spell of Mastery. I am deeply grateful for the 250 exquisite women who have come together for this...

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Where women store the most garbage

Darling, I am going through this absolutely agonizingly delicious process, right now, of clearing out and reorganizing my office. (Impatient sigh.) Taking each book from the shelf, holding it in my...

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Under Pressure

Sister, When was the last time you were brought to your knees? Literally or figuratively? There is you, in one corner. And there is that next step that you need to take, in the other corner, looking...

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Have you met your inner courtesan?

Darling, In exactly 16 days, a group of 65 women will board a plane and land in Paris. These women are part of my intimate inner circle called The Creation Course. Our purpose? For each of us to ignite...

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How to ensure your mediocrity

Darling, There are days, there are times, there are actions that we inhabit that ensure our mediocrity. You know this feeling. You drag yourself from bed, follow the deep grooves of the tracks you laid...

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From rupture to rapture

Darling, This is it. This is the moment I’ve been waiting for since the conception of the Creation Course last year. Paris. In just 48 hours we will all be converging at the Warwick Hotel on the Champs...

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From Paris with love

Darling, I am writing to you on my last night in Paris. All the women from the Creation Course have just left, and I just had to share that I am so deeply grateful. Swept away. So moved. So astonished...

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Seeds don’t fuss (and why that pisses me off)

Darling, The seed versus the flower. I am compelled by the resilience of a seed. Throw them anywhere that approximates good conditions and you can have yourself an oak tree growing in a sidewalk crack....

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Like to watch?

Darling, What’s more informative than Wikipedia, more energizing than a green drink, more exhilarating than a roller coaster ride, and more inspirational than the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on a Sunday...

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What are you doing June 23rd?

Darlings, June 23rd… Each year it gets better and better, just like you. Yup—hotter and hotter, just like you. More filled with exploding possibility—just like you. What is it? It’s the Graduation...

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We have to do THAT—again?

Darling, Reinvention. Really? We have to do that—again? But I just re-created myself! I thought I dealt myself a brand new set of cards, after taking untold risks and doing a gut reno on my life. Why...

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The KEY to men

Darling, I have a little gang of close man-friends. Each of these guys is a rare and wonderful pearl of a man, prince of a man, king amongst kings, in his own unique way. I love my man-tribe, for many...

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Your annual LIVE mega-dose of Sisterhood

Darling, Whether you’re coming to celebrate one of our current students, or joining in with one of our alumni…whether you’re a former student or a future student…if you’re a woman age 18 or older, come...

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Sisterhood to the Rescue

Darlings, So, next week, my daughter Maggie leaves for camp. It’s a big deal, leaving for camp.  She and I won’t be together for 7 weeks, except for one visiting day. And guess when her departure is?...

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When you’re told you have no future…

Darling, We are fresh off our Mastery Graduation weekend and I’m floating in a pleasure-filled haze! I am in deep gratitude for the extraordinary experience that Mastery 2013 has been for me. This was,...

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You are the stuff a Revolution is made of

Darling, 240 years ago, a gaggle of American women living in Boston started a revolution. Pissed off at the ever-increasing price of tea, they called a huddle with all their girlfriends, and got their...

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Are you a One-Trick Negative Pony?

Darling, We all have voices in our heads. Come on, admit it. You know you have them. Chatty little noxious voices that yammer on all day, giving us a running commentary on everything we do or say....

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What are you dying to ask me?

Darling, We all have them, and I want them. Your questions. I want your questions. The itty bitty to the vast interminable. I am doing something I have never done before: next week, I am gathering a...

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