Category : Empowering

  Integrating into the unknown…   The term hikikomori (derived from the verb hiki “to withdraw” and komori “to be inside”) was coined in 1998 by Japanese psychiatrist Professor Tamaki Saitõ. Saitõ chose the term to describe the many young people he saw who didn’t fit the mental health diagnosis criteria but were in a state of extreme, distressing […]

In my business I meet with working mothers weekly; working both inside and outside the home. Most of these women are questioning their life purpose, satisfaction and enjoyment, and the unfortunate reality is that almost everyone believes the other side of the “work” fence is better. In 2017, after 20 years in a corporate, I […]

2018 has been a wonderful and deep experience on some many levels since I left my position at HP to start The Silver Leaf Company exactly one year ago today, I have been known to dance in my car after a great meeting, panic because I took on too much work, panic because I don’t know if […]

We are all driven by a deep inner restlessness. We may feel this restlessness as a sense that something is missing in us, although it is usually difficult to define what it exactly is. We all have sorts of notions about what we think we need or want – a better relationship, a better job, […]