The Pre-coming Out Party

On October 7th, we will unveil ourselves five years from now in our "coming out party" at the Columbia Tower Club.

The women who show up that night will toast and boast about our careers, and the lives we have created for ourselves. We will be required to stay in character for the entire evening. And, no topic will be off limits. For the first time, we will "act as if" our visions have come to life now that many of us have a clear sense of where we are headed when it comes to our careers.

I suspect there will be stories of trips to India, a journey around the United States, a labyrinth, changing people's lives, dragonflies, a book, happy marriages, leaving the comfort and safety of a stable job, taking on the issue of obesity, helping others to live healthy lives, following the Buddhist path, hanging out their own shingle, honoring a place for art, being a loving mother, impacting the issue of education, and tales of well adjusted children.

For the last nine months, we've played in a life-sized petri dish; we've meditated, pretended the recession didn’t exist, let go of limiting beliefs, learned to be peer coaches, unearthed our natural gifts and learned to put the important first. And, this coming weekend we will hold our own version of Burning Man. And, all these wonderful experiences have led us to a place where we can celebrate our coming out.

It seemed only apropos to use this time to transition to using our real names, for those who consented. So, this month's newsletter highlights Laura's progress to date in her pre-coming out party....though she can't join us this weekend, I know she was will be there in spirit.

Enjoy

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