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New Model of Care
Susan: Why did you choose a career in pediatric medicine? Ellie: I have always enjoyed working...
Serving Lunch
I met Joyce Russell through C200, a caring and supportive organization for C-suite women, and the...
New Job, New Life
In this blog I feature a dear friend, Patrick Moody, who found his way to new, purposeful work. In...
A Conversation with Rachel
I have two amazing nieces. One, Lauren, twenty-seven, is working happily in engineering on the...
Two New Ideas for Your Summer Vacation
Rest. That’s Idea #1, and a novel one for a vacation. If you’re anything like I was–driving...
A Cautionary Tale at Stanford Business School
Stanford Business School invited me to speak on one of my book tours. Universities have comprised...
Packard Park & Elon Musk
They’re selling the building. When I was getting ready to leave HGTV a few years back, the leaders...
How to Write a Book
For a writer, hope is the open page. But filling enough of them to write a book is a process. Over...








