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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...

Hassles and the havoc they can create

Personal note A full week for me, attending the “High Heels, Higher Heights” conference of Women’s Health Leadership TRUST with roughly 800 excited and capable women in the health care industry, then meeting the dedicated small business group at the Woman’s Club...

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?

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,...

Stress and Your Health

In my last article, I talked about “stress stupidity” and how it causes us to make mistakes and lose time.  It actually does more than that: A recently released Yale University study, published online the week of  January 9, 2012,  in the  journal Biological...

Women’s Warning Signs of a Heart Attack

Personal note   February is National Heart Month, and I have been more than ordinarily busy giving my talk, “The Angina Monologue,” in which I describe women’s heart attacks and give preventive advice.  Seeing all the “red” clothing and decorations, hearing of...

New Year’s resolutions, will power, and the February Fade

Personal note Early January found a friend and me in Chicago, that “toddlin’ town,” as the song goes.  An exhausting but exciting day in the Chicago Art Institute found us foot-sore and hungry; dinner at the Russian Tea Time was reminiscent of the old Russian Tea Room...

The Dark of the Year and the Dancing Saints

Personal note Sometime shortly after Thanksgiving, my brain seems to go on vacation.  All I can do is wander about, gazing at lights and humming music softly to myself.  There may be wisdom percolating in that brain, but getting in touch with it seems to be very...