Inspiring Quotes: Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase – just take the first step.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Midlife Transitions: Career Transitions
There’s no denying that something disruptive happens to women around midlife. It happens to men too, but it’s more obvious in women, especially since our hormonal makeup is a bit
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My Refugee Family
Earlier this year, I joined a group of people who wanted to sponsor a refugee family. We got matched to a large African family with a mother, 2 teenagers, 3
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Hooked on TED: Do Schools Kill Creativity (Sir Ken Robinson)
Sir Ken Robinson gives the most hilarious talk I’ve seen yet. And to boot, his message is spot on about the importance of cultivating creativity in our schools. “We’re educating
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Inspiring Quotes: Buddha
“The mind is everything. What you think, you become.” – the Buddha
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Recipe: Frozen Bananas
It’s impossible to go through the summer without ice cream, right? Especially a summer that was so very brutal (extreme heat & drought)! Thankfully, this was the summer I discovered
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Inspiring Quotes: Bill Cosby
“Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.” —Bill Cosby
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Hooked on TED: How Great Leaders Inspire Action (Simon Sinek)
Simon Sinek proves the idea that people don’t buy what you do, they buy WHY you do it. “Inspire people to do the things that inspire them and together we
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Are You Trying to Please Everyone?
An old fable quite brilliantly shows the futility of trying to please everyone. In the end, it’s never worth it anyway. Best to be yourself and hold fast to what
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Hooked on TED: Poverty, Money — and Love (Jessica Jackley)
Jessica Jackley from kiva.org talks about how her views on poverty formed and morphed throughout her life. Offering loans instead of charity has created relationships built on respect, hope and
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