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It’s been a challenging last few weeks, starting with two deaths. The first loss was the spouse of a friend and client. While she lived with health challenges, she was a fighter and committed to living a full life. Watching her fall into sickness and…

It came as a surprise when I found out that my former partner was closing our physical office. While I am not involved in any day-to-day activities, my office remained with my books, pictures, and other knick-knacks. As the office will be turned over shortly…

Sometimes I find myself in a state of malaise, frozen from exploring things that light me up. It isn’t that I lack things to do, but more that I have such varied interests and ideas that settling on a path becomes difficult, so I get…

Life presents us with a wide array of possibilities. Some things we choose, and others are just beyond our control.  My guest today is Clint Hatton. He is an author, motivational speaker, and personal development and leadership coach who recently published his first book, Big…

The turning of the new year is a good time to reflect on the past year. It’s a perfect opportunity to create a scorecard that explores what went right--and what didn’t. But beyond the mere line items of wins and losses, it's important to invest…

2022 was a year of transition for me. It’s been both wonderful and challenging, but that’s life, huh? Chapter X is my passion project, between our monthly Zoom get-togethers, podcasts and the pieces I write each week. I am grateful to all of you who…

Do you struggle to have difficult conversations with your adult children? These types of conversations are unavoidable, but they don’t require you to sit down for a long, in-depth discussion. It just means that we can’t ignore the things we need to talk about to…

I love books. Moreover, I love stories with interesting characters. The book club selected for our next meeting two detective stories, one of which is Agatha Christie’s “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.” At the beginning of the book, where Poirot first appears, he converses with…