8 Ways People Give Power Away and What They Can Do About It

8-4-17 Been thinking a lot about power and influence, and what it represents in the variety of relationships we attend to at home, in the community, and at work. For many years, I had shied away from these concepts – they seemed arrogant and sinister to me and at odds with “who I was” until […]

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Friday Night Gratitude

Friday Night Gratitude ArtBeauty To Start Your Weekend Every shift in thinking or being requires some measure of transition.  On this Friday night, if you head is still at work, but you aren’t…take the time now to stop, look around, and allow yourself some peace and gratitude.  You are allowed to feel fulfilled.  If you […]

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5 Teenage Boys and Ideas on Transition

I must admit I was a little bit apprehensive (ok, I was scared) …because last weekend we hosted five 14 – year old boys for a sleepover in our cozy home. Boys this age are not known for their ability to think through consequences.  We all know that.  The brain is still developing and it […]

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Just Make the D*** Decision!  5 Reasons Why You’ve Been Straddling the Fence and What You Can Do About It. 

Are you pushing yourself to “just make the damn decision?”  It could be about a new job, a new project, a new city, a new car.  You want to get to the action part, but haven’t been able to make the decision.  Here are five reasons why you may be hesitating. There is not enough […]

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Personal Power – Let Your Light Shine!

Influencer: Marianne Williamson “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of […]

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Bad Decision Or Calculated Risk? A Story About Navigating Transition.

6-17-17 Back in 2013, I quit my job without having another one in hand. I had taken out loans to pay for my Master’s Program, we had very little runway, a fair amount of debt, but I did it anyway. I didn’t qualify for unemployment. On the face of it: an extremely bad decision. I […]

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