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Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 19, 20192 min read

Right Now

Life is uncharted territory. It reveals its story one moment at a time. Leo Buscaglia After enjoying a New Year’s Eve dinner at Nepal’s...

From the Depths of Your Well Tap Your Will

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 11, 20191 min read

From the Depths of Your Well Tap Your Will

Belly Up: Thriving and Surviving Beyond a Cruise Gone Bad Cheaper Than Therapy: How to Take Risks to Create the Life You Want No Tears...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 6, 20192 min read

Chill

It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it. Lena Horne Two New Zealand airlines sent me ping-ponging between their...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 28, 20191 min read

Scream Squat Run

“Screaming… …squatting… …running… …all those three things you should do every day.” Lynda Barry ◊ ◊ ◊ Don’t Take Yourself So Seriously

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 21, 20192 min read

Grab Hold of Your Joy

Motor scooters have been my preferred mode of transport in India, Bali, French Polynesia, Vietnam and the Caribbean. It’s one of my...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 15, 20193 min read

Cheaper Than Therapy

Harry taught me how to eat with chopsticks when I was 17 years old. I had taken a break from college to work full time, and we were...

The Best Coaching Advice I Ever Received

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 7, 20192 min read

The Best Coaching Advice I Ever Received

“Gina, have you focused on your own life as much as you’ve focused on mine?” The Coach My soon-to-be ex-lover. The Scene The deck of a...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 3, 20192 min read

Living from the Inside Out

During a root canal a few years ago, my dentist and his assistant were discussing what he viewed as her excessive TV-watching habits....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 23, 20193 min read

An Unnatural Act

I grew up fearful. Fearful of a mother whose two forms of communication were silence and rage. Fearful of a father whom I adored but...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 17, 20192 min read

The Introvert’s Guide to Group Dining

I’m in a restaurant dining with a dear friend, who is an extrovert on steroids, and nine people in her network of friends and family....

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 9, 20192 min read

Stop Waiting

From Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels: “We don’t go on because we’re ready; we go on because it’s 11:30.” ◊ ◊ ◊ During my late...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 2, 20193 min read

Stones

She drifted into my studio, more unencumbered then most. Hartford. Late April. Cold enough for outerwear, yet no coat, no pocketbook. A...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 25, 20191 min read

Work Your Knack

You probably already know what your knack is. Others have observed it in you. You’ve observed it in yourself, though you’ve yet to claim...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 18, 20191 min read

The Late Adopter

I am a human who, by marketing industry definition is a “late adopter.” I enjoy 21st century digital technology as long as it enhances...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 13, 20192 min read

Jack Up Your Creativity

Years ago I attended Boston’s Open Studio Weekend. At the time, I was living in an artist colony in Hartford, Connecticut. This was a...

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 7, 20191 min read

Use the Difficulty

OMG. Now what? What we focus on expands. I know this because there was a time when I attempted to distract myself from writing anxiety...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 28, 20191 min read

End On A High Note

I used to be an in-car driving instructor. Each driving lesson lasted 90 minutes. Often, when I introduced a new maneuver – parallel...

Want More Fizz In Your Life? Shake Things Up

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 23, 20192 min read

Want More Fizz In Your Life? Shake Things Up

Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. The fearful are caught as often as the bold. Helen Keller In the...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 15, 20192 min read

Mentors are Everywhere

For years I lamented not having an “official” mentor. Since childhood, everyone I knew seemed to have one. As did those I didn’t know....

Gremlins: Not Just for Breakfast Anymore

Gina Greenlee, Author

Apr 7, 20193 min read

Gremlins: Not Just for Breakfast Anymore

Emineggs Benedict Named for writer Marshall Mathers III (a/k/a Eminem), this recipe encourages you to embrace, not censor your dark side....