A Shot Of Optimism

How many times have you been told that it’s a waste of time to talk about what you could have, would have or should have done?  Using these phrases keeps us focused on the past. We use them to [...]

Have you caught yourself saying something like:  I’m not as creative, smart, talented (or some other positive trait) like my brother, sister, wife, friend, parent? You may insist that this true [...]

Ten days ago I sent the manuscript for my upcoming book, Live Large – An Achiever’s Guide to What’s Next, to a publisher along with all the submission paper work they had requested.   I was sure [...]

For the many fans of A Prairie Home Companion, the live radio show hosted by Garrison Keillor, it was a week of saying good-bye.  Keillor, the forever inventive host decided to “hang it up,” [...]

New Year’s Day, beginning of the quarter, your birthday, even Independence Day.  What day do you “start over”?  What day do you draw a line under what has been, turn the page and move on with the [...]

The first time I went to Europe I was a teenager.  Arriving in Madrid, smelling garlic simmering in olive oil, I knew I wasn’t in Kansas (or in Jackson, Tennessee in my case) anymore.  The [...]

Have you ever wanted to fit in?  Be recognized?  Included?  If you are like most of us, the answer is: Of course! Some years ago, I joined a professional association.  All the members had [...]

I spent a full weekend helping The Barbershop Harmony Society – a seventy-eight year old organization that has promoted, taught and celebrated harmony singing—to plan and strategize about where [...]

As the daylight hours become longer, and we look ahead to the start of summer, we hope this post serves as a gentle reminder to be present, engage and experience what is happening around [...]

This week’s blog comes to you from sunny Las Vegas! Until next Tuesday, Elizabeth