From the Spotlight to Solitude

February 22, 2012

“Follow effective action with quiet reflection.  From the quiet reflection will come even more effective action.” – Peter F. Drucker Last week I appeared on stage with my blog partner at the 92nd Street Y in New York City.  We were part of a panel entitled Women on the Web.  It was our blog’s debut […]

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What Do You Plan on Doing This Year?

January 24, 2012

I know some of you prefer to win tickets to the Super Bowl (Go Giants!).  Or, maybe you still haven’t landed tickets to the amazing The Book of Mormon on Broadway (I haven’t either).  We can’t help you there but we can help you score tickets to the 92nd Street Y for a night of […]

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Yoga, In the Flesh

January 19, 2012

This is a guest post by Diana Spechler.  She is the author of the novels Who By Fire (Harper Perennial, 2008) and Skinny (Harper Perennial, 2011). She has written for The New York Times, GQ, O Magazine, Esquire, New York Magazine, Self, Details, The Wall Street Journal, Nerve, Glimmer Train Stories, and elsewhere. She is also a Moth StorySLAM winner and […]

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It’s the New Year: Make a List but Don’t Call them Resolutions

December 30, 2011

We’ve all heard it before:  New Year’s resolutions don’t work. In fact, according to an article in this week’s Huffington Post, psychologist Richard Wisemen says nearly 80 percent of people who set New Year’s resolutions fail. Wiseman also says that resolutions can be achieved but most people simply set themselves up for failure. We couldn’t […]

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Ahh…Kabbalah

December 20, 2011

“I’m astounded by people who want to ‘know’ the universe when it’s hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.” -Woody Allen I recently took my first Kabbalah class. It is something I have been meaning to do for a very long time. I am not sure why it took me so long to get […]

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Changing Course

October 31, 2011

Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.  ~ Paula Poundstone I was having a conversation with an acquaintance recently and after mentioning to her that I am looking to go back to work on a full-time basis again, she said to me […]

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Dancing With The…

October 13, 2011

“If you get tangled up, just Tango on…” — Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman, 1992 “You write better than you dance,” my husband joked as we awkwardly tried to do the Rumba.   The last time we took a dance lesson was the obligatory, “I am twenty-something”, pre-wedding dance lessons 100 years ago. Let me […]

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Hello My Name Is…

September 22, 2011

Did you read our update on the52weeks?  Check out what’s going on with the blog here. This is a guest post from Jami Kelly. She is happily single, lives in New York City and is continuously getting “unstuck” doing amazing, interesting things. Jami’s last post for the52weeks covered some big ideas for getting unstuck and […]

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What’s Going on with the52weeks.com?

September 20, 2011

We know it’s been a bit quiet. Over a year has passed since we conceived the52weeks.com and we are still working hard to get “unstuck” and checking things off our to-do list! We quickly realized that doing something (even something small) and writing about it weekly was much easier said than done!  But our concept […]

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Escaping to Mexico…Sort of!

August 29, 2011

Note: This post was written before Hurricane Irene was approaching.  I hope everyone is safe and sound and enjoys the last week of August now that Irene has passed… One Tequila, Two Tequila, Three Tequila…More! —  adapted from George Carlin The Hamptons is a popular summer destination for many New Yorkers.   There are beautiful sunsets, […]

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