One minute, I was single, over 40 and living the most boring life imaginable... the next I was living in Paris, being a successful writer and entrepreneur --and married to a Frenchman!

How did THAT happen?

..........one day, I finally got it. What would really make me happy was being true to myself. To stop living on the fringes of other people's lives, doing what I thought was expected of me because it made  someone else happy or comfortable even when I was miserable. To take back my life and redesign it the way I wanted it. THAT felt exciting to me, and it felt RIGHT. It felt... BOLD.

The clock was definitely ticking as I crossed the mid-life line into my 40s. Four months after I turned 40 (by treating myself to a short trip to Paris, my favorite place on earth), the world itself turned upside down with the events of September 11, 2001. It was after the 9/11 attacks that I realized we never know how much time we've got left... and that I was wasting a lot of time doing things that weren't part of my higher purpose and weren't making me happy. If I knew that tomorrow would be my last day on earth, I'd want to know that I'd lived my life fully, with as few regrets as possible, and with as much fun, adventure, love and soulfulness as I could handle. Along with that, I wanted the work I was doing to be meaningful, to reach people and serve to transform lives

And Living Boldly® was born.

I began actively reinventing myself (not for the first time and probably not for the last, either) and reinventing my business. I figured out what I liked and what worked well, and kept that; and the rest, I started to change, one step at a time. I knew I wanted to write more, and to have a portable business that would make it possible for me to work, travel and live anywhere in the world I wanted -- like Paris!

So I took my combined 20+ years of computer programming, strategic business planning, business and life coaching and web design experience, and I leveraged it to design a business model that would let me have the kind of lifestyle I wanted.

In Paris, I spent hours wandering around with my camera, delighting in the ancient architecture and the "café lifestyle". I made friends and developed a social life. I worked when I wanted to work, knowing my business was there to support me. I even took a two-week "vacation" around Europe, soaking up the ambiance in Switzerland, Italy, Austria and Germany as well as other parts of France. And about a year after arriving in Paris, my life took a miraculous but unexpected turn when I met the man who would become my husband! It was, literally, love at first sight, and it didn't take long before we decided to merge our lives together -- me as the never-married American entrepreneur and writer, and he the father of three great kids who are now my step-children. I went from being on my own to having a ready-made "turnkey" family!

And my business has come along for the ride. With the flexibility of the business model I created, I was able to make some adjustments to allow for the new demands on my time and energy that came with becoming a wife and mother, and still the business has continued to grow, evolve and expand -- the innovative spirit in me constantly pushes me to develop new products and services that might help others live the lives of their own dreams, and I have a fantastic time doing it. Now, Paris is my permanent home, and I run my American-based business from the beautiful City of Light!

The Living Boldly® suite of products and coaching programs is here to help YOU create your own bold life story. And it all starts with the CHOICE and the COMMITMENT to invest in yourself so that you can reinvent your life to your own custom specifications!

I look forward to the opportunity of becoming YOUR partner in helping you achieve your dreams. I invite you to experience Living Boldly® for yourself, in any (or all!) of the following ways:

Check out the Living Boldly® product line for self-paced tools, books and home-study programs that will help you take your life to the next bold level;

Find out about Living Boldly® teleseminars and short-term group coaching to provide you with training and support for creating your bold dream;
Join the NO EXCUSES Coaching™ Club (starting at just $24.97 per month for the PEARL level!) to get group and private coaching support while you design and implement your own business and life strategy;

Subscribe to my FREE ezine, "The Exception™" to get valuable tips, resources and motivational articles each week via email; and

Read my blog, The Bold Soul™,  in which I have chronicled (and continue to write about) my journey of moving to Paris and reclaiming my true self.

Contact Information

Because I am based in Paris, which is 6 hours ahead of New York and 9 hours ahead of Los Angeles, my business hours are typically Monday through Thursday from 6:00am - 1:00pm Eastern Time. I can be available  at other times on weekdays by appointment only.

You can contact me via any of the following methods:

 Via phone:

    In the U.S./Canada: +1.908.850.5411
    In France/Europe: +33 (0)1.76.66.08.97

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 Via Twitter: http://twitter.com/TheBoldSoul