I am currently watching a house on a corner in our neighborhood being built. They tore down a ranch that was there and now are building new. As I go past it, I have noticed an excitement in myself. I...

I had two different experiences with people and their dogs that taught me a lot about how to handle personal crisis while at work. The situations were similar. Two co-workers had dogs that were very sick. The dogs were at the...

I was recently asked about all the writing I do. How do I come up with my ideas?  Do I find it a hard process? Good questions! I had not really thought about the HOW before. Until recently, I did not even...

Here is a story I recently read on the interwebs. (There was no author’s name given). A father said to his daughter, “You graduated with honors, here is a car I acquired many years ago. It is several years old....

I recently read an article in Oprah Magazine (the one with Breonna Taylor on it – the only cover in the magazines’ history that did not feature Oprah) about Gabriel Dawe. Gabriel grew up in Mexico City and when he...

Strap on your “Anything Is Possible” wings because I had a mystical experience that gave me another way to further my mission to Defy Career Hustle Culture AND have Career Success! (Read the Career Hustle Culture blog). I was out and about in my car,...

I recently started working with the App called Lose It!. I had been slowly but surely losing weight for almost two years. I adjusted what I ate. I was eating less breads, pasta and sugar and more proteins, fruits and veggies....

For all of March and April and most of May, I was busy at work. There was not much recruiting going on, but I had lots of projects to work on (including wrapping up the final details on Take Charge: Job...

This past weekend we had our monthly meetup. Our topic was More Fun From 9-5 and we talked about the benefits of fun, how much fun we currently have in our day and how to bring more fun into our work. A...

I was recently talking with a coaching client whose job has significantly changed since Covid19. She has been moved to a new team helping to develop a new product. Doesn’t sound so bad, right? Wrong! She LOVED what she was...