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Dorothy

Dr. Dorothy’s life story of coming from an orphanage, being raised in the housing projects of South Boston, becoming a Catholic nun, an international airline stewardess, a wife, mother, graduate faculty member, Clinical Instructor at a Medical School, and so much more provides the perfect backdrop for her message of joy, humor, passion and faith as the necessary tools for life.

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Breaking Through the Barriers of Transition Transition

Breaking Through the Barriers of Transition

Overcoming the Blocks That Hold You Back Major transitions are some of the most pivotal—and challenging—moments in a leader’s life. They bring opportunity, but they also bring to the surface emotional and mental blocks that can feel insurmountable. Fear, self-doubt, or even a sense of loss may arise, leaving us wondering if we’re truly ready for what’s next. But here’s…
Dorothy
January 10, 2025
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Honoring the Past, Envisioning the Future: A Leader’s January Reflection. Planning

Honoring the Past, Envisioning the Future: A Leader’s January Reflection.

Celebrate Where You’ve Been. Define Where You’re Going. January is a month of duality, a bridge between reflection of the past and your ambition or vision for the future. I know, for myself, I am always changing and growing, and my visions or dreams keep expanding. As leaders, we often focus so intently on what’s next that we forget to…
Dorothy
January 5, 2025
The gift of time
This Season, Give Yourself The Gift Of Time Transformation

This Season, Give Yourself The Gift Of Time

Pause. Reflect. Reconnect. This holiday season, approaching the end of the year, and with so many unspoken expectations, often carries a familiar whirlwind—meetings to wrap up, plans to finalize, and the ever-present drive to make the most of every moment, personally and professionally. For people facing a transition, this season can also offer something profoundly valuable: a time to slow…
Dorothy
December 29, 2024
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Fear: The Call To Grow!!! Mindset

Fear: The Call To Grow!!!

After months of no travel, life has been a whirl wind of activity and travel these past few months. I just came back from a business trip to Costa Rica, which was wonderful and yet, OMG, an adventure to put it mildly. The organizer, Linda Fisk, of LeadHERship Global, an amazing woman of immense skill and compassion, organized some activities…
Dorothy
December 15, 2024
How to overcome the stress of transition and growth
The Risk of Growth and Moving On Leadership

The Risk of Growth and Moving On

"You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water" ~Rabindranath Tagore Years ago I developed a Leadership Self-Assessment Tool. It addresses the 5 styles of leadership I have seen over the past 30 years. Creative Leader, Team, Supportive, Visionary, & Organizational Leaders.  Each has a unique set of skills, vulnerabilities and predispositions to particular diseases based…
Dorothy
December 6, 2024
Mountain pathway to freedom and joy
Finding Comfort in Transition: A Pathway to Freedom, Energy, and Joy Transition

Finding Comfort in Transition: A Pathway to Freedom, Energy, and Joy

Having gone through many dramatically life-shifting transitions myself, I am fully aware that transition can feel like standing in the middle of a storm—unsteady, uncertain, and overwhelming. Yet, in my experience, it is also the moment when profound growth and freedom begin. You discover a self you never realized was in there and a lifestyle you may never have thought…
Dorothy
November 20, 2024
drinking coffee while writing a plan for transition and transformation
Transition as Transformation: Leading from a New Place of Power Transition

Transition as Transformation: Leading from a New Place of Power

"The greatest danger in times of turbulence is not the turbulence—it is to act with yesterday's logic." – Peter Drucker In working with leaders who have had extraordinary success, who have frequently reached the top of their fields, yet who are now ready for a whole new stage in life, whether because they need/want new challenges or because life has…
Dorothy
November 20, 2024
resilience
The Gift Of Resilience Mindset

The Gift Of Resilience

Resilience is a trait many of us know about, some of us have developed, and still others may have discarded as useless or perhaps not an important or necessary skill. However, every one of us has gone through experiences that have knocked us on our butts. Whether personal or professional, divorce, job loss, bankruptcy, serious illness, or a forced major…
Dorothy
November 11, 2024
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Claiming Every Stage of Life BlogTransition

Claiming Every Stage of Life

This has been a week of supporting clients, and friends, in relishing the gift of the next stage of life. So many don’t have the opportunity of that experience. It truly is a blessing. Whether moving into marriage, or divorce, a job change, loss of a life partner, or retirement and opening a new business, there is a reason we…
Dorothy
November 4, 2024
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The Many Sides of Vulnerability BlogLeadershipMindset

The Many Sides of Vulnerability

Even with the many books, articles, podcasts, and Ted talks, concerning vulnerability, for so many it is still seen as a fragile time, if not a weakness, to be hidden or protected from so that the “enemy” doesn’t jump when you are most incapable of protecting yourself. Rather, what if that concept, that understanding, was only one sad if not…
Dorothy
November 1, 2024