Striving and Thriving Highland Meadow Montessori has three different buildings for classrooms and all three look like part of a farm home. They are white frame with red shutters and dark red shingles. The driveway is named “Miss Pat’s Way” after the school’s long-time Administrator and guiding spirit, Pat Howard. Things at the school are […]

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The Mentorship Approach With Kids & Teens My understanding of children and their psychological development was electrified when I studied play therapy under Dr. Garry Landreth, a world-renowned expert. In addition to giving us his own powerful insight, he introduced our class to great developmental psychologists and child therapists. Among the best of the best […]

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The Mentorship Approach With Teams & Groups Around the spring of 1993 I started having two careers. I maintained a part-time therapy practice, and I became co-owner of a child development center with my mother. My responsibilities early on were training and supervising staff specifically on ways to work well with children. Over time I […]

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Pursuit of Happiness: Work & Play I first learned about the field of Creative Career Choice when I was trying to find my own new career. I “Googled” and “Yahoo’d” different phrases. They led me to ChangingCourse.com and its founder Valerie Young, to Barbara Sher, and to Barbara Winter. I am a huge fan of […]

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Pursuit of Happiness: Money You might be thinking, Christmas just ended. Why are you talking about a Cash Christmas now?Because right now, when your credit card bills from the last Christmas are coming in, is the time to start planning to have a Cash Christmas!

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Elephant Burgers Ordinary things done consistently produce extraordinary results.~Alex Mandossian I was out of town for over a week from Christmas through the beginning of the year. When I got back my first entry to my career change blog Twisting Road was about things that happened to move my business forward without me guiding them.

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