Privilege or a Given?

I spend quite a bit of my day writing.  Writing proposals, writing sessions or workshops, writing emails, writing blogs etc.  Writing can be very cathartic and meaningful or it can be arduous.  How often do we write things, have someone misinterpret...

Confidential Schmonfidential

So, when I think something is baloney I usually rhyme it with a ‘schm’ prefix like this ‘confidential schmonfidential’.  Or education schmeducation when someone boasts that without a University degree you won’t make it in today’s world.  I say ‘education...

Admire the Discipline of the Remarkable

What makes someone remarkable?   The dictionary says it is ‘worthy of notice or attention’.   And to be considered remarkable, well, I assume that would be a compliment.  And I imagine, it is also something that sets you apart from the rest of...

Two Sets of Rules – A Women’s World

I’m a runner, which we’ve already talked about.  A recreational runner, and I like to run outside not on a treadmill unless I have few options or I need a break from our crap weather.  I run early in the morning, usually in the dark. ...

Choices Choices Choices

“Once You have experienced a thrashing and failure – even if it’s self-imposed – You have a choice; You can let it be the end of You or You can fight to come back.” – Joaquin PhoenixI don’t know about you but I have experienced a thrashing and failure by my own...