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I admit it, I live in a bubble. My neighborhood is safe and clean, friendly, and well-maintained. I am very lucky. This morning on the way to the office, I saw police cones creating a new lane with signs for “Food Distribution”. While the news…

We all have hopes and aspirations that get pushed to the back burner because of life’s responsibilities. Can you think of something you’ve always wanted to do, but haven’t yet? Perhaps it’s time to revive your forgotten dreams. Today I’m thrilled to speak with an…

I have to admit, my younger days were filled with discomfort. I'm not a natural schmoozer and find small talk challenging. I know men who can walk into a room of one hundred strangers and walk out with 98 business cards. (Remember when that was…

I feel it in my bones. Spring is on the doorstep and it's my favorite season. With the warm weather we experienced last week, all I can think about is what the new season will bring. Not only thoughts of getting the garden ready to…

The CDC recently came out with guidance that people who are fully vaccinated can be together indoors safely. This is OUTSTANDING news. I am chomping at the proverbial bit to reconnect with friends and family. After a year of virtual meetings, virtual cocktails, texts, calls,…

Our lives are a series of beginning and endings. Yet the process of closing one chapter and opening a new one is never easy. How can we navigate times of change by building more resilience? According to Thom Allison, the key to redefining the next…

For too many of us, we see our lives as ordinary. It’s not like we’ve walked on the moon, discovered a new element, or won the Nobel Peace Prize. You know, things that stand out as extraordinary. At least in the sense of world-shaking or…

It sometimes feels as though our choices and decisions are binary. As if it’s either this or that; wrong or right. But not everything is reduced to an opposing idea. Maybe it’s simply the values that we’ve been instilled with—or where we're comfortable with our…