A few weeks back, I was driving to a speaking engagement in New Jersey and I spent the two hours in my car listening to my friend Melissa Anzman’s Launch Yourself podcast. The Launch Yourself podcast features interviews with successful entrepreneurs about their business, lifestyle, launches, struggles, goals and dreams. People I admire like Jenny …

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Getting gutsy means being brutally honest, even when you don’t want to be. It means being authentic and real…and sometimes part of being real means admitting that everything is not okay. Yesterday morning, I tweeted the following: I was a bit surprised when the tweet received a few favorites and several replies of people agreeing …

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Welcome to Get Gutsy Week 2014! It all started with a small idea. I share what it means to get gutsy all the time here on the blog, but hadn’t yet given YOU the opportunity to tell me what getting gutsy means to you. In early December, I announced the #GetGutsy Essay Contest, never expecting …

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If 2012 was the year of conquering the impossible, 2013 was truly the year of getting gutsy. Of course, getting gutsy is kind of a theme around here, but in 2013, getting gutsy took on a new and deeper meaning in both my day-to-day life and here on the blog. After spending some time reflecting …

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Editor’s Note: This contest ended on 1/5/14. Feel free to click over to this post to read the 29 inspiring and gutsy entries. Still want to share your story? You can do that at any time. Click here for details. 2014 is just around the corner! In preparation for a brand new year, I want to …

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Add trapeze lessons to the long list of adventures I never would have even dreamed I’d have the opportunity to try. But last week, when Aversa PR invited me to take a two-hour trapeze class at Fly School Circus Arts to celebrate their grand opening in Philadelphia, I jumped at the chance to learn how …

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This time one year ago I was quite a different person. I sat at this same kitchen table, sipping a mug of coffee, preparing to hit “publish” on a post that would kickstart a series of events that would alter my life for the better. Thank goodness I did. A year ago today, I started …

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