Who I Am

I wanted to be Harriet the Spy when I was eight, an enlightened master when I was twelve, and a brilliant comedy writer at 22. Instead, I became a personal growth writer, penning my first bestseller, The Woman’s Comfort Book after my first “it’s too late” moment at 25. 

I wrote 7 more books including The Woman’s Retreat Book, The Life Organizer, and Why Bother? and ran a successful business based on my books, including speaking in the U.S., Canada and Germany, writing a national magazine column for a Martha Stewart magazine, being quoted in two of Brene Brown’s books, and running many successful online communities and in-person retreats. 

I’m writing a contemporary cozy fantasy novel about a magic school for mid-life women. The women learn to use desire and regret to control newly hatched magic to turn back the climate crisis, and then, rule the world. Because how many times have you said, “If only women were in charge!”

Of course, it’s not going to be that easy…

I lead writing retreats that have been called the “best on the planet.”

I’m also a climate activist, a very slow trail runner, married the love of my life at 50, and am very sad I didn’t start drinking coffee until I was 54.