

They Are My "Podcast" Friends
There are three podcasts I have been listening to regularly, whose hosts are not people would probably enjoy hanging out with in real...


How “Regular” Divides Us
If you go into a Dunkin’ Donuts and ask for a “small regular coffee,” you will be handed a small coffee with two creams and two sugars....


How Many Pennies are in Your Jar?
If you spent this week putting one penny in the jar for each act of kindness you offered someone and took three pennies out when you had...
The Safety of "I Can’t."
There is a lot of safety in saying, “I can’t.” It is easy to validate, and it requires no risk or work on the part of person saying it. A...


Time Management: How Do You Deliver the Goods?
Back when I was manning front desks, one of my many duties was handing off and signing for packages. Over the years, I had many chats...


Motivating Yourself and Others
I just finished Michelle Obama’s memoir Becoming and the one part that stood out the most to me was a story she told about the connection...


Just Listen.
I recently completed a cross-country trip solo...sort of. I brought my friend Woody. On those long stretches through New Mexico and Texas...


How Can I Make Time When I Don’t Have Time?!?
We’ve all been there. The spiraling trap of not having any time. You’re eat crappy grab-n-go food because you don’t have time to grocery...


Inner Wisdom or Inner Critic?
We all have two inner voices that speak to us when we reach a fork in the road. One helps us strive to reach our potential and the other...


It is what it is....Or is it?
A former colleague used to like to say, “It is what it is.” She said it so often that I bought her a small ceramic plaque with this...