My Thanksgiving Reminder

The day before Thanksgiving, and all through the town, the people were shopping, not looking around…. This was me earlier today. I was rushing to get from the mall, (where I had been selfishly shopping for myself – sorry hubby, it’s for an event!), to the grocery store as one of the many phone calls I…

Looking How You Feel, or Feeling How You Look?

The fine line between looking like you feel…and feeling how you look!  Which comes first?  The chicken or the egg?  The look, or the attitude? Ladies, We have all probably heard at some point the advice to, “fake it ‘til you make it”, especially in terms of what we wear.  There is a fine line…

The Non-Threatening Threat

Ladies, Is the only way to be liked as a woman to be non-threatening?  Listen ladies, I’m all for tuning into my primal instinct once in awhile…but we as humans have souls, the ability to reason, and we can rationalize our instinct a bit.  So let’s give each other a break! I suspected this new…

Not All At Once

Ladies, You can’t do it all at once, something , absolutely,  has to be done first. Having recently moved, my mind falls into this groove more often than not: Do I unpack this box, or or that one first? Do I re-arrange, or put away?  Today, I was excited to finally put clothes away into…

Putting it Together for Work

Putting 2 and 2 together… I spoke with a good friend the other day who is a working Mom of 3.  She’s always been successful in the work-place, is loving and hard-working, but still struggles like the rest of us to find the work/life balance, and beat her insecurities on a daily bases. If fashion…

Sell Yourself with a Smile

So once upon a time, I was meeting up with one of my girls at the local bar.  Now, I’m not a “go sit at the bar” type of girl, I’m more at home in a coffee house, but sometimes you go where your friends go and embrace it. I decided to truly embrace the…

Be Your Brand

Welcome to Peacock Anchor Starfish,  I’m so glad you’re here!  This blog is about personal branding and style for women with ambition.  You see, as we go about our day, perhaps without even realizing it, we are constantly teaching people about ourselves as the see and interact with us.  All these little interactions begin to…