My palms were already sweating when the first lady began speaking in front of a group of men and women in sales. The speaker, an ever-smiling chatterbox who clearly loved the limelight, had asked four of us to speak. This really was beyond my comfort level and I don’t know why I said yes. The…
End Wilderness Wandering
Have you been wandering around in circles trying to figure out your next move? How great would it be for someone to lead you straight to the place you need to be? Last week kicked off with Passover followed by Feast of Matzo. This was a daily reminder of how Moshe led the Israelites to…
Are You on the Right Path?
In another lifetime, you would have found me meandering around art shows perusing paintings, admiring pottery and wishing I had enough money to buy the whole collection of metal wind sculptures. To say I was immersed in art was a vast understatement. For years I drew and painted and sculpted and threw pots. My passion…
Purple Mindfulness
When nothing is certain, everything is possible. ~Unknown After many years, I finally took the plunge and launched my new business as a full-time professional writer. Before leaving my part-time office gig, I had just enough business to justify setting out on my own, and enough set back to carry me for a year. So,…
True North
What happens when the beliefs we’ve carried around our whole lives turn out to be untrue?
A Life of Choice
The baseball game blared from a portable television and everything in my apartment reeked of cigarette smoke: courtesy of a roommate for whom I didn’t harbor good feelings. I woke up one day to an iteration of my life that wasn’t pretty. Not much food in the pantry, all of my socks had holes in them,…
Refresh, Reset, Unspool
Hey, I’m glad you stopped by. How’s your new year going? With the crazy weather in Central Ohio, I’m already thinking of spring. One of my long-held beliefs is that if you do the same things; you get the same results. If you want to grow, you need to do something different to shake up…
When the Wave Crashes Over You
When the day to day becomes like a tidal wave threatening to pull you under how do you cope? This occasionally happens to all of us sooner or later, that overwhelm engulfs even the most self-aware among us. I wanted to be “on” for the people I was meeting for the first time and the…
Happy Winter!
May your winter season be merry and bright.
The Tail of A Year
I’m not big into new year resolutions. I find that turning over a new leaf does hold a lot of promise, but without an actionable plan, most new endeavors fall flat fairly fast. I think about the recently passed NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) as an example. While a great many people are able to…
Happy Hanukkah!
YHWH bless you and guard you; YHWH make His face shine upon you show favor to you; YHWH lift up his face upon you, and give you peace. ~Bemidbar 6:24
Be the Shining Star
I met John Hanson this summer and had the privilege of sharing over a cup of coffee and talking about his first book, WOW Your Customers! 7 Ways to World-Class Service. John is not only a fascinating storyteller, he has a great attitude and a genuine desire to help people. His contagious energy and the…
Juli Ocean 