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I felt like Paul Revere.

A year ago today I was already pretty scared.

Mar 1, 2021

I felt like Paul Revere.

Mar 1, 2021

Lisa Sharkey

13 Things That Have Helped Me Cope During the #Coronavirus Crisis

1. The grounding and centering of my Oprah Winfrey and Deepak Chopra hope-centered daily meditation. They are so wise. The under thirty…

Apr 26, 2020

Apr 26, 2020

Lisa Sharkey

Ten easy ways to cure your smartphone addiction!

We all secretly know that we are missing out on real connections while seemingly being “connected”. Riding to work in subway cars filled…

Jan 10, 2017

Ten easy ways to cure your smartphone addiction!

Jan 10, 2017

Lisa Sharkey

COMPASSION IS THE #1 TRANSFERABLE SKILL FROM MY LIST OF THE TOP 15

I changed careers from TV News to Book Publishing nearly a decade ago and thought it would be helpful to look at some of the traits and…

Dec 4, 2016

Dec 4, 2016

Lisa Sharkey

Transferable Skills: FROM TV NEWS TO THE BOOK BIZ

People often ask me how did I make the transition between two seemingly separate universes: television journalism and book publishing?

Dec 3, 2016

Transferable Skills: FROM TV NEWS TO THE BOOK BIZ

Dec 3, 2016

Lisa Sharkey

PETALS: a true story about mothers and flowers and life and death.

My mom Mona was competitive. About everything. And successful, nearly all the time. She spent years running many top women’s fashion brands…

May 18, 2016

PETALS: a true story about mothers and flowers and life and death.

May 18, 2016

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Can Medium cure my Facebook addiction?

Like millions of other people I check my Facebook and Instagram feeds regularly. When the likes, comments and shares ping away I get a…

Dec 16, 2015

Can Medium cure my Facebook addiction?

Dec 16, 2015

Lisa Sharkey

Immigrants, they keep hope alive.

Each morning and evening as I ride the New York City subway back and forth from Uptown to Downtown I make it my personal business to meet…

Dec 8, 2015

Dec 8, 2015

Lisa Sharkey

Why I never gave my babies formula, with one exception.

When I finally held my newborn son in my arms after struggling with repeated pregnancy loss, it hit me hard that I would soon have to hand…

Dec 7, 2015

Dec 7, 2015

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How I Became a Mom

Shortly after our wedding we began thinking about becoming parents. Mine were young and I enjoyed having a mother and father who were…

Dec 3, 2015

Dec 3, 2015

Lisa Sharkey

Lisa Sharkey

Lisa is an SVP at HarperCollins acquiring books with her team after 2 decades as a TV News journalist. She’s a wife, a mom of 3 and the author of DREAMING GREEN

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