I don’t golf.  Well, that’s not entirely true.  I have golfed about 18 holes total in my life.  And most of those were at night under the cover of darkness—but that’s a different story.   The point I am trying to make here is golf comes in handy for business. Since I am not an avid […]

Years ago I was at a motivational conference when the speaker asked the group what at the time seemed like a simple question. She asked: What would you do if you knew you would not fail? If you were guaranteed success what would you attempt? I still find that question to be one of the […]

They say the first step is admitting you have a problem… My name is Lisa, I am a multi-tasker.  Is there a rushing rehab? A retreat for multi-tasking mavens?  Or do you just have to go cold turkey? I have taken multi-tasking to new and embarrassing heights.  I knew something had to give the day […]

Soon Moms across the land will be waking up to receive their Mother’s Day gifts.  I can’t help but  smile when I think back over all the years of finger paint art and sticky pancakes in bed. I recently read that 91% of Moms would rather get an iPad than flowers this year.  While I […]

It is often said that necessity is the mother of invention.   I want to honor some of our unsung sheros who invented things we use everyday. Marion Donovan was a young mother in the post-war baby boom era. Tired of the leaky cloth diapers she invented the disposable diaper. Marion made her first prototype […]

I just heard that internet searches for “spring cleaning” are up over 183%.  I am not surprised.    I think a lot of us are ready for a fresh start.  And our closet is a great place to begin! I’m a gal that loves order and organization. For me the bliss of spring cleaning is […]

Several years ago I was talking with a woman I considered invincible. She was an athlete, a woman who ran marathons, went backpacking alone, and climbed mountains most of us only view from the ground. I was telling her how much I envied her courage and lack of fear. She looked at me and smiled, […]

We may not all have the moxie to walk across a high wire nearly 3000 feet above the Yosemite Valley floor, but we all have hopes, dreams, and secret ambitions. My daughter sent me a truly inspiring video a while back that actually made me gasp out loud. And I can’t seem to stop thinking […]

The way we spend our time is ultimately the way we spend our lives. What do you always think about doing, but don’t actually do? What does your heart desire? Have you always wanted to run a marathon, take a trip to the land of your ancestors, take a photography class, learn to speak another […]

To keep a lamp burning, we have to keep putting oil in it. ~Mother Teresa I think women are a lot like lamps. Over the last forty years, research studies have shown that women’s overall level of happiness has dropped.  This decline in happiness has no connection to whether or not we have kids, how […]

Last year for Christmas I got a Goat, Water, a small business in Haiti, and a Brain.  Please allow me to explain… My son donated a goat in my honor through Heifer International. My daughter donated to Kiva in my honor.  Through Kiva I was able to fund a woman with a micro loan for […]

Apparently I am a slow learner.  For several weeks I have been referring to a situation as a pain in the ass.   I like a drama free zone, and it has been anything but around here lately.  One of those times, whether on the home front or at work we all want to look […]

I often hear women and men question whether or not they have what it takes to see their idea through.  People frequently come to me for advice about how I found the courage to follow my passion and start my own company.  The fact is many people are selling themselves short. If you are raising […]

One of the things that was really important to me after starting my first business was continuing to eat dinner together every night as a family. During the early years it was a real challenge and we had to get very creative. We literally moved our kitchen table down to the office. We also ate […]

The other day I was trying to untangle a bunch of necklaces that had become twisted up together in one big ball of knots.    After about twenty extremely frustrating minutes on this mess it became quite clear to me that the harder I pulled on each chain, the more ensnarled it all became. Half an […]

Often, after I have shared a personal story during a speech or workshop, women approach me, expressing a deep sense of gratitude for my willingness to reveal my warts and all. The discovery that they were not alone in their imperfections was like water on dry ground for these women. You could almost hear their […]

For a long time, I was really just a two dimensional person. It was all about work and family.  For many years it stayed that way.  I had to cut out just about everything else. But I think I am wiser now.  I am trying to find more balance in my life. I always thought […]

They say don’t sweat the small stuff, but maybe it is the small stuff that actually matters. I have been thinking about all of the weight we give to the big decisions in life. How much pressure we place on ourselves to make the right choices when it comes to deciding on a career path, […]

An amazing thing always seems to happen when a group of women get together —we discover we are not alone. For some reason women always feel like we are the only ones who, fill in the blank…. have the inability to remember someone who we met just a week ago (thank you Laurie for letting […]

I would like to publicly apologize to my Dad.  Back in the day, when I was growing up I used to think it was down right cruel of my father to hide his stash of Pepsi from his kids—especially this kid! He had gone so far at one point he actually started locking his favorite […]

In my home we frequently use the expressions, get an “app” for that, or we need an app for that.  As an iphone loving family app’s are part of our vernacular.  So when I got my own apps, it was VERY exciting!!!  As far as my twenty-something kids were considered Mama had finally hit the […]

Ladies what is the deal?  More and more of us gals are starting to wonder out loud why it is okay for men to walk around like Sasquatch while women get dirty looks if we show up with a tiny bit of stubble on our legs. We are expected to fight nature and wax, shave, […]

My dear friend BJ Gallagher is the author of this post in honor of “Take Your Child to Work Day”.   Enjoy! Every April when “Take Your Child to Work Day” rolls around, I think of my friend, author and entrepreneur Lisa Hammond. She was a young mother of two when she started her business […]

A while ago I was searching all over my house for a certificate I needed to find.  It was an important document so I thought it might be in the safe.  Yet as I started pulling everything out of the safe, I had to laugh.  What is in my safe wasn’t legal papers or fancy […]

It seems that we are being given reminders in both large global ways and in small personal ways to focus on what matters.  A new sense of hope and opportunity seems to be emerging. Let’s embrace it! Find the time to give back, speak and show your affection often, keep promises, believe more strongly in […]