Lift As You Climb

United Arab Emirates (UAE) has a significant expatriate population, with

recent estimates suggesting that expatriates made up over 80% of the country's

total population. Expats are individuals from various countries who come to the

UAE for work, business, and other purposes.

My daughter, Amanda Sheldon, first earned the “Expat” title in 2010 when she accepted a job in Kuwait, and helped to launch a popular North American brand in the Middle East...

Dr. Stephen R. Covey used a great metaphor for close relationships as joint emotional bank accounts. Today we talk about the reality that friendships worth having, require cultivation and nurturing. Why are we surprised when a friendship fades away or ends abruptly?

Let’s continue our conversation begun in Episode 07 about friendships and why that is something that's very important in every woman's life. Previously, I shared a very personal and painful story about a breakup of a friendship, and how different that feels than the breakup of a romantic relationship. I‘ve concluded that not all BFFs are meant to be forever...

BFFs are meant to stay forever - or maybe not. As we go through life not all friendships are forever and sometimes the end comes before you expect it...

I'm beyond thrilled to share with you this inspiring episode of "Teen Mom to World Traveler," where I'll take you on a captivating journey through my life's adventures. It's been an incredible ride, from being a young farm girl to becoming a world-traveling entrepreneur, and I can't wait to tell you all about it.

Let's rewind to my younger years, when I was just 16, a high school graduate from a small-town in a rural area...

What is your expiry date?

Seriously! Isn't that how society has planned it for us as women in our sixties and beyond, when we reach the “a certain age” stage, we are supposed to just go gently into that sweet night of obsolescence...

“GO AHEAD – START A MOVEMENT!”

I remember vividly where and when I heard that challenge and the electricity it triggered throughout my body!

Instinctively, I knew in that precise moment my life, at age 60, was about to have greater impact.

I was in a hotel ballroom in San Diego, attending a three-day conference. The year was 2015 and I was just beginning to get clarity about who I was in the next stage of my life and what mattered to me next...

Today, at popular request, I'm answering a question that's being asked of me a lot these days...

Q: What is the difference between Spider-woman and a Septuagenarian, known to many as The Diva Coach, who scaled down a skyscraper?A: Spiderwoman clings to surfaces and rappels buildings.The Diva Coach, now 74, repels retirement, and sticks to her passion for aging with vitality and purpose.

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Letting go of “stuff” is more than detaching from possessions.

Success is separating the emotion from the item, uncoupling the connection without releasing the love or memory associated with it...