Over the weekend, Doug and I went hiking in the forest. As spring is burgeoning everywhere, so to is the forest, albeit at a slower pace, perhaps due
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I have recently discovered that, in our new normal, we have forgotten to think for ourselves. For example, let’s take the never-ending Zoom call
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Last night at about 9:15pm, the phenomenal news quickly circulated that my niece had given birth to her first child! A beautiful baby girl. And 20 yea
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Yesterday, I had the pleasure of being the guest on a webinar for Raymond James. My friend, Karen, a wealth management advisor for RJ, invited me
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Tuesday morning I was returning home from a run. From the start, everything about this run was a mental (and physical) battle. The last part of the ru
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My sister, Susan, is a nurse and a hero, although she really doesn’t like us to use that word to describe her. She performs infusion therapy dai
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If you have college-age children, you are hearing a lot about pass/fail. Many colleges are allowing this spring term to be graded as pass/fail instead
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I am hearing a lot about loss right now. Senior year lost, social interaction lost, travel lost, prom lost, freedom lost, financial loss, etc. Some of
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How many of you enjoy conflict? Do you like verbalizing your thoughts that are not in alignment with your boss, your spouse, or even your friends? I d
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When I was in training last week with the Schranner Negotiation Institute, the instructor shared a mantra she used her whole professional career
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What do you want? Can you answer that question truthfully? Some people can only answer it in the negative—what they don’t want. That answer is
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If you wanted to go somewhere that you have never been before, how would you go about getting there? Would you Google it on a map or would you immedia
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