“Um…HR is on the phone for you…” (Boundaries, Part 2) Last week I wrote about the importance of maintaining healthy boundaries for myself while remaining open to the concerns/needs of others. This week I saw what happens when others hold… Read More
Write Yourself a Doctor’s Note   A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post titled, “Quit While You’re Behind,” which resonated with lots of you. Today’s post is a follow up. Why? Because while… Read More
It’s 2022: Time to Raise Your Allowance—Hallelujah! Greetings and welcome to 2022! It’s a pleasure to connect in the New Year. If you’ve been a Wow reader for a while, you know that each year I pick… Read More
Anybody Home? : The Freedom We Have When We Have Self Respect One of my heroes died last week: Joan Didion. Famous for her screenplays (“Panic in Needle Park” and Barbra Streisand’s, “A Star is Born”) and her novels, the most well… Read More
‘Tis the Season – of Re-Gifting? Greetings all! The holiday season is upon us, with its attendant frenzy of gifting and—if we are honest—re-gifting. (Never fear, this is not a post on the etiquette of re-gifting.)… Read More
It’s Never as Good as it Seems. It’s Never as Bad as it Seems. A few weeks ago, I decided to begin educating myself about cryptocurrency by listening to an interview with Brian Armstrong, the inventor of Coinbase. After listening to it, I’m clearer… Read More
“A Car Accident, a Head Cold, a Lie Before Breakfast…” One of my favorite books of all time is J.D. Salinger’s Franny and Zooey. The reasons I love it are too numerous to recount. For today the lines below, describing… Read More
“I Made a Mistake” vs. “I Made a Bad Decision” This past August, The New Yorker published an article on a support group for white-collar criminals. The piece offers a lot to consider, but the thing that’s been taking up… Read More
“That’s Not a Terrible Idea…” As those of you know who have been on the Wow journey for a while, the nuances of language live large for me. Today, I’d like to look at a… Read More
Are You Doing New Things in an Old Way? Dear Former Wow-of-the-Week’ers—Now Intrepid Here-and-Wow’ers, It’s wonderful to reconnect! I’ve missed being in touch with you. As you may remember, my last post outlined some of the ways I thought… Read More