Join With Others

Join With Others

The best kind of friend, the one you start laughing with for no reason, and keep laughing with, doubled over, tears in your eyes. Laurie was that kind of friend, though we didn’t know each other long. I moved to Ohio and started in a new high school during my...
Seeing Yourself the Way Others See You

Seeing Yourself the Way Others See You

Quick, tell me. How do you see yourself? Do you look at yourself with critical eyes, noticing shortcomings, failures, and missteps? Do you focus on the not-good-enoughs? Or, do you see yourself with kind eyes? Do you focus on your best qualities and accomplishments?...
A Healthy Relationship With Technology

A Healthy Relationship With Technology

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. -Arthur C. Clarke It started to become a real problem when I was eleven or twelve. I would stay up late thinking, writing in my journal, listening to the sounds our old, creaky house made when the...
Get Buffer

Get Buffer

Consistency in using social media channels is important. But life is not predictable, even when we would like it to be. For my part, I live an exceedingly predictable life. I get up early; I work; I spend time with my daughters for breakfast and exercise; I work...

A Heart Full of Gratitude

“God gave you a gift of 86, 400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you?”  {William Arthur Ward} From 2004 to 2008, my husband and I followed our dreams, and traveled the world. We worked on small airplanes in the bush of Mozambique, became...
Experience #TWIRL

Experience #TWIRL

Have you ever met someone face to face who you initially met through Twitter? That’s #TWIRL — Twitter in Real Life — a phrase coined by Whitney Johnson, the author of Dare, Dream, Do, a client of my company, a mentor to me, a friend. Whitney landed on the phrase...
A Perfect Day

A Perfect Day

I know it’s been a good day because Natalie, my 8 year old, who often complains about how much I work, announced earlier: “This is a perfect day.” Today was our first work day at home after two weeks away, my annual working vacation. As the day...