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You Are a Genius

Those are the words I heard at a recent workshop that I gave.  I had just helped a participant make sense of key events in her life, to tell  a story of how her past fits into present and how...
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Why The World Needs More Pen Pals

I've been catching up on decades of movies via a free trial of Amazon Prime.  Last night, I watched  You've Got Mail with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The movie was released in 1998. I miss the 90's, especially the...
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What Is This Blog About?

It may be that you are reading this post because you've subscribed to one of my previous blogs/sites (e.g., via Feedblitz), including: Boundary Crosser A Bigger Voice Networking Naturally Ordinary Life, Extraordinary Living Don't worry.  Even though this new blog...
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The Luckiest Woman in the World

Note: This is another in a series of articles that I wrote a decade ago.  Looking back, I can see that my history with cars has taught me the value of partnering with life--listening to what life brings me, good...
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How Big Will You Dare to Be?

The following article was originally published on HR.com.  It's one of my favorites.  Re-reading what I wrote so long ago, I'm pleased that this essay has stood the test of time.  Now seems like the perfect moment to re-introduce the...
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What I Believe

What I believe drives my actions.  How I experience the world influences my behavior.  Your inner world creates your outer world. Which is a whole other blog post in itself.  Photo by katerha. But first, what I believe: About Careers...
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How Friday the 13th Became Boulder’s 9/11

In just 5 days, Boulder County, where I live, received over 14 inches of rain.  I've heard that's more than 75% of the typical annual rainfall for this area. What started out as a blessing from a late summer heat...
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Week One: Not as Bad As I Imagined

This is Week One of my new life, as an empty nester. For years I've been anticipating this moment--two children, now men, out in the world. When my older son, Casey, was a senior in high school, I remember thinking,...
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How a Presence Turns into Genuine Love

I never expected to be a cat owner.    Several years ago, I remember going to an office supply store, getting out of the car, looking over at an adjacent pet store, and thinking, “That’s the last store you’ll ever...
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Pledge to Myself: Write, Just Write.

Yesterday, I had a coaching session with someone who barely knows me.  She asked me what I was doing to get out of my head and into my creative flow.  I thought I was in my creative flow. I was...