Raised by a Catholic father and Buddhist mother, I’m a hybrid of opposites: a candid, hustling, ambitious New Yorker; and a yoga loving, meditating, spiritual Angeleno. I subscribe to the ‘Law of Attraction’, made popular by the book and movie The Secret, but said subscription is not free. For those who may not be familiar, the Law of Attraction is defined as our ability to magnetize what we desire from the Universe by simply focusing on the feelings we’d have as if we’ve alr

In my senior year of college, while others were making plans for backpacking trips to Europe or figuring out their summer hang out plans before grad school, I decided it was time to launch my career. It was 1993, we were just coming out of a recession, and many of my friends who had graduated the year before were having a tough time finding a job. I landed interviews with several different companies, but I was hungry for the entry level position at a major New York City base

My most vivid memory of Christmas Day 2008: Sitting on my living room floor next to the Christmas tree with my then five year old son. We were both in tears because I had purchased a Spongebob Lego kit in a box clearly marked for 7-12 year olds, which I somehow missed during the race to finish holiday shopping at Toys "R" Us. This was one of the gifts that delighted him the most, and in my sleep deprived, frazzled state, try as I may with assembly instructions, I could not f

One of the most powerful women within my network is a petite and soft spoken colleague with the class of a geisha and the entrepreneurial agility of a ninja. When most in her bracket are revving towards retirement, she's perched in her eagle’s nest of success; both to admire the view and to call the shots. She leverages her tenure, experience, and clout to support the hustlers and dreamers who really distinguish themselves within her enterprise. She always knows where her tea

When my son Ryan was six weeks old, I left him with a caregiver and cried hysterically all the way to the airport for a business trip, work bag and breast pump in tow. I was the primary breadwinner for my family, and we were feeling the additional expenses of a new house and parenthood. Trip went great and during the one hour flight back home, I calculated that I'd have just enough time since my last pumping session (in a public airport bathroom stall) to make it home to feed