We are who we choose to be. It’s an uncomfortable fact, but hard to deny. Everyday, we chart the course of our own life through our choices. I recently attended a fabulous summit filled with women who have rocked the world. Great thinkers, awesome visionaries, and accomplished entrepreneurs. By anyone’s standards, every woman there had… Read More
Lifestyle
Can’t See the Forest for the Trees
I have always been active in just about any and everything you can imagine. My competitive drive is at times, overpowering, for lack of a better term. I relished my athletic abilities, but when I got to college I had no sport to play, no practice to attend, no active anything to adhere to. Therefore… Read More
Embracing Life and Its Rarities
There is a quote from my favorite comic book that goes, “You get what everyone gets…you get a lifetime.” Those words, from my favorite character and written by one of my favorite authors (Neil Gaiman), have stuck with me for years. It doesn’t matter how long you live. You’re given a lifetime and what matters… Read More
Will Caution Override Our Courage to Have Compassion?
I woke with my mind full of compassion for the mentally ill, and the families that love them. Another school shooting, another bout of global grief, another round of debate about gun violence and mental illness. How much will it take before we make material change to the way we diagnose and treat those suffering… Read More
Fighting with That Foolish Thing in Our Mouth!
Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me. Remember that nursery rhyme from when we were little? I recall saying it on the playground to a girl teasing me. Such bravado coming from such a little being! I was big and bad on the outside, but in my heart I… Read More
No Matter How Old We Are There’s Always Time to Learn Something New
Know who this is? I doubt you recognize her right away, but I’m sure you are intimately familiar with the empire she has inspired. Her name is Nike, the Greek goddess of strength, speed and victory. If you look closely you’ll see the famous swoosh symbol in the upper folds of her skirt. I met… Read More