How Old are You Now?
I found myself walking up to the gates of the mecca of childhood memories; the Magic Kingdom. The happiest place on Earth. Home of Mickey Mouse and his make believe friends dreamed up by a genius many years ago – the one and only Walt Disney. This wasn’t a dream – this was my 46th birthday present given to me by my husband. A day of play. A day to be a kid again. A day to return to the land of imagination. A full day at Disneyland to indulge the child within! When is the last time you took the time to connect to your inner child and let her/him run wild? I highly...
Read MoreStart Something!
and to start a blog in mid-sentence is poor English and somewhat confusing to the reader. Wouldn’t you agree? Me too – but I’m not going to let anything get in my way today…not even the challenge of not knowing where or how to start. Writing a blog article is an interesting process most days. And then there are the other days. The days when you sit down with a whirlwind of ideas and none of them come out in a sensible form and so you sit and wait for some semblance of order to materialize. Sometimes it comes. Others times it doesn’t and the first sentence...
Read MoreThe Wrong Message: Competition
I was flipping through the television channels last night and working through my disappointment at the lack of quality programming to choose from when something started to really stand out to me bigger than it has before: the Competition Stereotype of women on television is alive and raging! Four Weddings; a new show where four brides tear at each other’s happiness and special day through competing for the “best” wedding! (I thought weddings were about vows and commitment and love?) Toddlers in Tiara’s; beautiful young girls and their horrifying mother’s...
Read MoreFeelings are Not for Sissies
EI Mentor, Marcia Reynolds, Psy.D. What is the difference between someone who is “in charge” and someone who is an effective leader? What takes someone from parenting to being an effective parent? What do 90% of high performers have that middle of the road workers often lack? What makes someone go from being an acquaintance to a valued friend? What skill determines 58% of your job performance? What is that something special that some people have that makes them so easy to like, so easy to follow, easy to be around and someone who can resolve conflict or deliver hard news without creating...
Read MoreDreams to Reality: Where to Start
I have never met a person who didn’t have a dream. Everyone wants something, right? What is your dream? How much do you want it? Do you want it enough to actually do what it takes to get it? What exactly does it take to get it? Where do you start? Not all dreams have to be monumental. Reaching our little dreams can produce a great deal of satisfaction and can really add up to one incredible journey. Consistently achieving my little dreams is actually a strategy of mine for reaching larger ones. Here’s how it looks: Big dream: I want to be a catalyst for change that results in the...
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