I am one of many Wise Women walking on this earth.

I survived a traumatic childhood and learned to leverage the power of self-reflection to redefine my core beliefs and chart my own course.

Lady Luck smiled on me in my 40s, and I became a national award-winning successful entrepreneur who mentored hundreds of employees and thousands of customers.

After failing retirement in my 50s, I escaped my second unsatisfying marriage by moving to Africa and founding a charity. We helped over 100,000 highly marginalized people through initiatives in Water, Hygiene and Sanitation, Functional Adult Literacy, Reproductive Health, Women Empowerment, Environment, and Orphans and Vulnerable Children.

I met and married the “love of my life” online in my 60s, and now, in my 70s, I have the time and mind-space to identify patterns and extract lessons from my wild and unusual life.

The Magic of Yes is a common-sense guidebook that shares lessons extracted from my journey. Sticky Thoughts shares motivating stories extracted from the lives of extraordinary, ordinary women who overcame adversity to discover a sense of peace in their own skins.