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Last week I was a guest speaker for a Management Consulting class at Belmont University. My topic? Building self-awareness. Being self-aware is an essential quality for consultants and leaders. [...]

With the end of Daylight Savings Time and the early onset of dark afternoons, it’s easy for gloom to creep in. You may know or are a person who experiences Seasonal Affective Disorder (otherwise [...]

Falling out of love with your job happens. Why? Because things change. You may have more skills and experience now, or your interests may have changed. Maybe you are an empty nester, and you want [...]

At a business conference last week, a colleague I see only twice a year asked me, “Are you over it yet?” I was speechless. She was referencing the loss of my husband this past March. Was I over [...]

Late afternoon on a recent Sunday, golden autumn light filtered through the trees as an energetic gaggle of nine-year-old boys practiced baseball. An assortment of moms, dads and grandparents sat [...]

Last week, I went to a wine tasting with a friend who founded a very successful winery decades ago. About forty of us sat at tables with a selection of cheeses, water, a wine glass and a glass [...]

As recently as last week, while I was touring Rocky Mountain National Park, I was astonished to hear a skeptic on climate change snort derisively as our guide pointed out myriad signs of global [...]

These end of summer nights remind me of catching fireflies when we were younger. I loved the chase, but I had mixed emotions about actually trapping them in a jar with a lid. Friends with no such [...]

There is almost no such thing as ready. There is only NOW. And you may as well do it now. Generally speaking now is as good a time as any. – Hugh Laurie Do you remember the excitement of a new [...]

E*clipse (v.): to make less outstanding or important by comparison; surpass. (definition #5, Dictionary by Farlex) If I ask you to recall an embarrassing experience or a time when you were not at [...]