The Blog For Real-Life Heroines

We are all Heroines.

 I have always been drawn to heroine and hero stories, and now I know why. It’s who we are! We are heroines through and through. It’s our potential, our hidden reality. Heroineism (yes, that’s a word) lives within our very core.

 We humans are pretty dense. We take a long time...

"The Heroine’s Journey isn't a destination; it's a reflective adventure". – D. Snow

 Whenever I’ve been asked over the past year, “What are you up to, Susanna?” I’ve responded that I’m building a school, a school for women. Not with a brick or with boards and nails, but online, and I’ve enlisted th...

We are here for the third annual Real-Life Heroine's gift guide! (here’s our first year). I hope that you’ll find something here to make gift shopping fun and easy this year. 

We have quite a few different options — from gifts for just you, to gifts for travel, fun, and peace for all the people on ...

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.

 – William Butler Yeats, The Lake Isle of Innisfree

I’ve been writing...

The Heroine’s Journey is an ancient and current story pattern that promises that there is something unique and special within you that deserves to be brought forth.

Introduction

A magic cape, a talking hat, a boot or a carpet to travel on, a ring of power, ruby slippers “Just click your heels, Dor...

Every problem, every dilemma, and every dead end we face in life only appears insolvable inside a particular frame or point of view – our particular point of view. We can create a new and different point of view! This is possible!

Here's the second part of my previous blog post, Move Into Possibili...

"In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and let life unfold.” - Benjamin Zander and Rosamund Stone Zander

Do you know what world you're living in? I didn't until I read the Zander’s book, The Art of Possibility: Transforming...

“It is the intention that is the important thing –

that’s what transforms a walk into a pilgrimage.”

– Caro Woods, artist

Do you want to see the world and stay in one place? Go to The Parliament of the World’s Religions which is what I did last month, from August 13-17^th – in Chicago. (But you’ll...

I said “yes.” It was a suggestion – not a request… a suggestion:

“Why don’t you come?”

Without knowing much about what I was getting into – really, nothing at all – I said, “yes” and stepped out into the unknown.

I’m attending The Parliament of the World’s Religions.

I’m here. I’m in my hotel r...

“Stop using weak language.” If you’re a woman, you’ve probably gotten this advice from a mentor, a coach or a teacher. If you want to be heard, use more forceful language. If you want a raise or a promotion, demand it. As the saying goes, nice girls don’t get the corner office.

This advice may be w...

Heroines listen to their inner voice.

They might try to put it aside or ignore it or tell it to “shush.”

They say,

“I can’t.”

“I will never make enough money if I did that.”

“I can’t leave him. He’s their father and he provides for us.”

“It’s selfish for me to think of myself. I have to help m...

The type of shows that get me (compel me to keep watching – yes, I’ll admit it, bingeing) and the books that I can’t stop reading are the ones where there is significant character transformation – for the better, that is. I mean the ones where the main character evolves. More specifically, the ones ...