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Underlying Issues

by | Jul 23, 2012

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...

Be your own best caretaker

by | Jul 9, 2012

Taking care of other people can be a kind and charitable act.  We now know that acts of kindness can physically affect our well-being as well as being psychologically heart-warming. Altruistic emotions – the “helper’s high” – seem to gain dominance...

Be a Good Samaritan and Reduce Your Stress

by | Jun 18, 2012

Personal note The normal chaos of everyday life has continued in the past week, and I have had an excellent opportunity to add more coping skills to my repertory. The inspiration for today’s article came on a particularly busy (and frustrating) day, when obstacles...

Evaluating Other People

by | Jun 11, 2012

Personal note This has been the last week leading up to my new seminar, “Expand Your Time, Tame Your Tension … and Expand Your Life!”. It has been filled with a myriad of opportunities to practice what I teach – remaining serene and focused when social hurricanes...

Feedback

by | May 28, 2012

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....

Planning to take a risk

by | May 22, 2012

Personal note This has been an exciting time, stepping out to meet with different women’s groups, such as the Women’s Health Leadership TRUST, Magnetic Women Networking Group,  Women Speakers’ Association, and more.  During these meetings  I have met so many different...

Why take a risk?

by | May 14, 2012

Personal note These last two weeks have been filled with many opportunities to meet new  people and to share with them the exciting things I am doing. As I did so, I reflected upon my past, when I was so shy that the patterns on the wallpaper made more impact on a...

Movement is good for you

by | May 7, 2012

Personal note The past two weeks have been a whirlwind of meeting new people at networking events:  The Women’s Business Exchange, Magnetic Women  Business Networking, The Twin Cities Human Resources Association, Women in Networking, and Women of Words. In each case,...

Rose sniffing

by | Apr 30, 2012

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,...