DEEP GRATITUDE GOES TO…

I don’t believe I can adequately express the depth and breadth of my gratitude for the support I’ve received that has allowed me to birth this work into the world. First and foremost, to my dear friend and brilliant teaching partner of ten years, Claire Zammit, whose extraordinary capacity for clarity, along with her deep devotion to making a positive contribution to the evolution of culture, has had tremendous influence on the creation of this work. I thank you, Claire, from the bottom of my heart for the hundreds of ways you have supported and inspired me over the years to bring forth the highest and the best I have within me. And to Craig Hamilton, for generously supporting me to develop these ideas by offering a program at Evolving Wisdom.

To my Conscious Uncoupling team at Evolving Wisdom, Juliana Farrell, Khristina Kravis, Brian Hamilton, Ashley Fuller, Ben Schick, Katy Rawson, Christine Kriner, Katharine McCarthy, Therese Factora, Sylvie Curran, Cami Elen, Sese Abejon, and the many others who supported the development of this work for years before it became this book.

To my brilliant literary agent, Bonnie Solow, who has mentored this work each step of the way and, by setting the bar high, inspired me to bring forth the best I had in me. To my talented editor, Heather Jackson, who is an author’s dream come true. Thank you for your patience and for gracing this project with your many gifts. Thank you, too, to my entire team at Crown, who are my partners in bringing this work into the world.

A great big thank-you to my brilliant research assistant, Dr. Karey Pohn, who has influenced this book more than I can say; and to Ellen Daly, Blu Cohen, Jenny Gladding, Lisa Steele, Lindy Franklin, and Marci Levin for your support in the trenches.

To my glorious tribe of great girlfriends who showed up with an extraordinary amount of sisterhood and support: Alanis Morissette, Marianne Williamson, Marci Shimoff, Debra Poneman, Arielle Ford, Geneen Roth, Janet Attwood, Susan Stiffelman, Jen Kleiner, Deborah Ward, Dianna Burdick, Wendy Zahler, Meredith Scott Lynn, Chris Faulconer, Karen Abrams, Carol Allen, Lauren Frances, Amy Edelstein, and (can I put my mom in the girlfriend category, too?) Sandra Pullman.

And to the loving men in my life who fed me a steady diet of encouragement: Mark Thomas, Jeff Carreira, Jay Levin, Bob Kersch, Jeff Brown, Michael Beckwith, Brian Hilliard, Jeremiah Abrams, Bill Farber, Hank Grupe, Todd Grupe, Richard France, and Kit Thomas, whose magical turn of a phrase initiated a global conversation.

To my wonderful, bright publicist, Emily Lawi; my brilliant mentor, Dr. Don Beck; and my generous and gifted coach, Joel Roberts. To Rose Rossi, Carey Campbell, Nita Rubin, and Maria Flores for your great attitudes and helpful deeds.

To the Conscious Uncoupling certified coaches who’ve been working with me side by side all along the way, and most especially to those who’ve supported thousands to move through the online five-week program: Dr. Jana Smith, Janet Webber, Lyndra Hearn Antonson, Mary Rizk, Melissa Erin Monahan, Senami Fred, Victoria Rose, Sara Wilson, Rochelle Edwards, Susan Reiner; and most particularly Lina Shanklin, Jeanne Byrd Romero, and Marilyn Hager, who have been there, strong and steadfast from the beginning.

Thank you, too, to my Calling in “The One” and Feminine Power certified coaches, most especially those of you in the “core,” who have so generously offered so much of yourselves: Prem Glidden, Judy Waters, Juli Stone, Keren Clark, and Jane Velten, as well as the Feminine Power Mastery sisters, particularly Jen Conkie and Sue Little, from whom I’m continually inspired. I thank you all for the honor of being your teacher.

I am also deeply grateful to Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, who so generously introduced this work to the world.

And finally, to my happily-even-after family: Mark, Alexandria, Sandi, Don, Bob, Barbara, Hank, Scott, Todd, Anne, Sarah, Kay, and Kelli. I love you all and am so very grateful to be a part of this good-hearted clan of ours.