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Greetings to my Tribe

Greetings to my Tribe

It’s been a long time since I’ve corresponded with you, during which I have been immersed in writing a new book. You see, I spent the last twenty years or so devising ways to help introverts develop skills to become visible and valued in a world that typically...
Build Your Happiness

Build Your Happiness

Personal note Autumn is indeed the time for quickening pulses and the sensation that something new and exciting is about to happen. Well, it is. In fact, many things are going to be happening in the next few weeks. Next week I go to Toronto to meet with my coach, Pat...
Can I be an introvert and a champion too?

Can I be an introvert and a champion too?

The short answer is, You Bet! Too many people equate introversion with shyness, when in fact introverts are simply people who rely more on inner resources than outer ones, and deeply need a certain amount of solitude in which to re-charge their batteries. Introversion...
Underlying Issues

Underlying Issues

Personal note In Minneapolis, as in much of the country, we are sweltering under an unprecedented heat wave.  This Northern city, which was once a choice vacation spot for Southerners hoping to escape the heat in the South, has posted numerous temperatures in the high...
Feedback

Feedback

Personal note What a week!  I gave a talk on “Expand Your Time and Tame Your Tension” at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation’s health fair on Saturday, delivered while swaying a bit from fatigue, as my aging cat decided to get me up – and keep me up – at 3 a.m....
Rose sniffing

Rose sniffing

Personal note Last week I flew to London, Ontario, Canada, to meet with my Master Mind group, and especially, my dynamic coach, Pat Mussieux.  I can’t say enough about this group and our coach; when the man at Passport Control on the U.S. side asked,  incredulously,...
Watch How You Tell Your Story!

Watch How You Tell Your Story!

Personal note   This week I’m off to London, Ontario, Canada, to meet with my coach in person, as well as the other wonderful people in my Master Mind group. The very thought of traveling (which makes me more creative, especially at 30,000 feet altitude) and sharing...
Take charge of your stressful assumptions

Take charge of your stressful assumptions

Personal note Last week was a whirlwind of activity, ending with the Bloomington Writers’ Festival (9thyear!) on Saturday.       It was inspiring to see so many writers proudly displaying their creations, which were often based on personal experiences that would have...
Is anybody listening?

Is anybody listening?

Personal note During the past two weeks I have been involved with setting up not one but several projects, each of them involving a small group of people. Communications between us have flown back and forth; revisions have had to be made, misunderstandings corrected,...