Author Archives: Laurie Gerber

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The 3 Biggest Time Management Booby Traps

What feels better than a day in which all your to-do’s are crossed off the list? The rare experience of “getting it all done” is empowering, thrilling, and deeply satisfying on all levels. But for every day we master time, we undoubtedly log twice as many feeling the pressure of deadlines, standing commitments, confused priorities […]

The Real Reason You Want More Money

As noted thinker Simon Sinek teaches, the “why” is everything. Humans are undeniably moved by certain things – and it’s a unique phenomena for each of us. When I ask myself why I design family time. That’s easy. I love the experience of togetherness. I love deeply knowing my husband and my kids and feeling […]

Three Bummers of Being Self-Employed

Working Mother magazine just interviewed me about the impact of working from your bed. Apparently, more than half of us do it and so we have to ask whether it’s good or bad. Currently in a cushy Tempur-pedic bed with my laptop, I think I surprised her with how “pro” I am. In many ways, […]

Career Change? Your Dream Job in 4 Kick-Butt Steps

If you’re unhappy at work and thinking about switching careers, you’re not alone. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Americans switch careers an average of seven times in their lives. This could be one of the most exciting moments of reinvention in your life. Unfortunately, most people don’t see that way – because change […]

5 Rules for Life-Altering Dreaming

My daughter wants to be a fabulously wealthy, world renowned OB-GYN with an amazing husband, two or three kids and plenty of animals. She loves dreaming this dream. She is ten years old. My other daughter, age eight, wants to be an abstract artist or a comedienne, or maybe both. She has similar love and […]

Crowd out Bad Family Dynamics

A client recently asked what to do when people around her were gossiping, now that she has declared a new rule for herself that she would not participate in gossip. Awkward.  I told her to use the “crowd out” method. I first learned about the crowd out method in one of Patricia Moreno’s fitness classes. […]

Top 5 Things You Must Do Before the End of the Year

I took a class at Barry’s Bootcamp today. How to describe? One hour of non-stop huffing, puffing, panting and sweating. Three letters just keep coming to mind: O-M-G. I have never pushed that hard in my life. If you are not familiar with this particular brand of New York style fitness torture exhilaration, perhaps you […]

My Bad Pregnancy Diagnosis

Let me take you through my latest trial/tribulation. They are always good for a lesson. I am about 26 weeks pregnant with my third kid. Surprise, for those of you don’t know! I’m pretty happy about it, but after 10 years full on in the work force as an executive for Handel it’s hard to […]

Show Your Money Some Love

Money is one of the most important and valuable currencies of your life. I say “one of” because I put two others before it: 1) Time: THE currency of your life. This is literally ALL you have to work with when it comes to designing a life you love, that makes the impact you want […]

Who’s Talking to You?

Behind the results you have in your life are your actions. Most consultants and coaches will work with you to tweak those actions – do more of this, less of that, change what you do or how you do it. These are obvious leverage points.  However, the less obvious and more powerful leverage point is […]