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for freedom fighting + love, conscious business, ruthless compassion, all forms of affluence, and passion that persuades ...

I'm interested in liberating truth, raw reality, and grace. I think feminine power and progressive commerce will revolutionize how we live. In my experience, if you steer clear of dogma and muster up more love than you thought you had to give, then your vitality increases, satisfaction sets in, sweetness surfaces. I believe in the creative power of good feelings. I’m convinced that the desire to be real is everyone's divine imperative. Yeah!

welcome

1. I write. I write here, for you, and on other sites and magazines. And I wrote THE FIRE STARTER SESSIONS: a digital book for entrepreneurs which is very hot stuff.

And when the right big company comes along, I create hip, "culture" books for them to use as tokens of motivation and innovative marketing.

2. I speak to audiences about authenticity and entrepreneurship and share my experiences from ashrams to raising venture capital. I do this on stage at conferences, and formerly as a weekly commentator on the CBC National TV show, Connect with Mark Kelley.

3. I'm a strategic and intuitive business advisor. In my Fire Starter Sessions, I work one-on-one and in groups with entrepreneurs who want to rock their career while making a difference in the world.

4. I designed a line of sassy-wise note cards, that people will think you're really cool for sending to them.

my past life

I never went to university. For this, I am very grateful.

A LONG TIME AGO … I had a real job, co-running The Body Shop Canada’s Department of Social Inventions. We refurbished Romanian orphanages, and ran recycling and rock-the-vote campaigns. So thankfully, it wasn’t really a real job.

I was the Executive Director of a Washington-DC think tank where I managed a team of brilliant, analysts to create future scenarios for the likes of the Pentagon, IBM and the State of the World Forum. I hung out with Navy Admirals and signed NDAs every other day. Trippy.

Before that, I ran my own communications and business development agency, “promoting visionary people and projects,” including a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, a philosopher-physicist, a rogue economist, the Pulitzer-winning co-founder of Greenpeace, and a few old pop stars.

NOT SO LONG AGO … I was featured in BusinessWeek.com, USAToday.com, Elle, Body + Soul, Vogue Australia, Better Homes & Gardens, Globe & Mail, The National Post, The Huffington Post, Entertainment Tonight, and numerous talk shows. I wrote Style Statement: Live By Your Own Design, which The Globe & Mail deemed, “Haute Minded”. It ranked as an Amazon bestseller and caught the attention of Oprah. That was fun. I built a big website and media presence based on that brand, and then went super rogue. Creative sovereignty is bliss.

contacting

: email is magic: [email protected] Am I, like, responsive? Everything I receive gets read, tho' it's not practical for me to reply to it all these days, especially the big life advice or general business questions. I don't do book or product reviews, nor do I run guest posts (it's all about moi, darling.)
: Twitter. Love Twitter. Love it. You're following me, right?
: Facebook. I'm there, but I never check my private Facebook messages, so direct email is mo' better.
: By phone: please email me first. I'm an introvert.
: Mail birthday presents (May 25, I like milk chocolate and white orchids) to: 1424 Commercial Drive, PO Box 21708 Vancouver BC, V5L 3XO Canada. If you need a non-PO Box delivery, just ask me.

: Want to hire me for a speaking gig? Cool, I love you already! Start here.
: Looking for some great coaches and designers? Check out this list of talent.

go ahead, take my stuff

Please do. Post it on your site, in your destined-to-be bestselling book ... with credit to yours truly. Spread the love.

Ever true,

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