I just logged in to TypePad after being away for a long time. I didn't go away, I just changed what I was doing on the internet. For the longest time I felt like I had something to say, and then one day I didn't anymore. Looking at my last... Continue reading

It happens at work, at home, online, and all over the television programs which continue to stir the pot -- encouraging it to boil over. What am I referring to? People who can't have a discussion that involves empathetic discussion. What is empathy? Empathy is defined as the ability to... Continue reading

No one starts out as a child thinking that that she may be alone, evicted someday without a place to stay. No one expects to feel wrecked by a death of a loved one that rocks our world so hard you feel it for years. No one expects to find themselves feeling alone after years of being surrounded by family and friends, and yet so many of our fellow humans are by themselves and are suffering from depression because they lack a good group people who care. Continue reading

Writing honestly is not about being clever. It's not about serving your ego either. For me, it's about having a conversation. It's about expressing thoughts that need to be said so that a connection is made with another person. That's it. Pretty simple. If you spend all your time crafting the exact prose -- you may miss the whole point of writing -- that is -- to communicate. Continue reading

Success in business requires both strong leaders and strong teams. It's a symbiotic relationship. Continue reading

When things are going well, the law of attraction states that more must come to you! And before you know it, you are buried again, trying to get out from under all the work that has come your way as a result of all that good karma generated when those cylinders were all firing! Continue reading

We have stopped being critical thinkers. We have become so overwhelmed with getting by that we don’t have time (or more appropriately, we don’t stop and make the time) to think before we act. We feel a need to DO and therefore we ACT without planning. Continue reading

Why do some people and some situations make us feel incredibly confident and creative and others pull out our insecurities and put them on display for all to see? Continue reading

We can go months, even years without seeing each other and yet, we can pick up the phone and continue as if no time has passed. That is a gift of the present. Continue reading