THE PRESENT
The book launched April 6! We celebrated by hosting an Instagram Live virtual party on 4/9, which then inspired an online Spare Room gathering. The first one is planned for 4/23, World Book Day!
I launched this site in the midst of my “professional halftime,” in Fall 2019. After 20+ years in the corporate world, I took time off to pursue a passion project (writing a book!) and spend time with my family. Who knew COVID-19 would happen and gift us with more quality time than we could ever have imagined!
Then, in July, 2020, I also started a new role as CEO for McCann Worldgroup, China.
This job sits at the intersection of all my passion areas:
HEAD: Designing and building branded OMO HX, online-meets-offline human experiences.
HEART: Supporting creative, intelligent and passionate people to do what they love to do.
SOUL: Working for an organization that puts creativity and purpose at the center of all they do.
I’m loving this company, my team, our clients and the job!
Please flip to THE FUTURE for an update on the book.
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Our funniest Spare Room memory
Our family loves chatting in the car, and we appreciate that in China, we either take taxi's or have our beloved Mr. Zhao to drive us where we need to go. This practice is not only comfortable and convenient, it also buys us precious family time. Together in the car,...
How a star stays alive
One beautiful advantage of living on the outskirts of a city is that we can once again see the stars. Nothing beats a warm evening outside, glass of shiraz in hand, gazing upward as one by one, the twinkling lights begin to reveal themselves. One evening as I watched...
Meet Tara. She’s extraordinary.
I had the great privilege of interviewing Tara Baswani for my book and have featured the award winning performing artist in Chapter Three of The Spare Room, "A Voice for the Voiceless". And oh, what a voice. Tara broke professional ground as a leading creative...
Proceeds of my book will go to SOS Children’s Villages.
Our family has had the enormous privilege of sharing our spare room with 16 vulnerable kids and young people over the last 21 years. Over time, we have come to see this service opportunity as our social legacy - our way to positively impact the places where we live......
Join me for a live book launch party!
So our family was celebrating Easter with friends, and brainstormed the idea of hosting a live virtual party this coming Saturday. The book officially launches on April 6, so we'll be hosting a party on Friday night. Please join us on Friday 4/9 at 9:30PM EST! Just...
What I learned from yoga
Two years ago, I took on a 30-day challenge. And since then, I’ve come to love yoga and today, embed it my regular wellness practice. Here are some things I learned from yoga: I can do hard things. This pose does not look like something normal people can do. It defies...
