With Thanksgiving just hours away, it crossed my mind I should post something about gratitude here. It’s especially a good idea since a grateful mindset improves mood and quality of life. But I noticed a friend and colleague, Amy Johnson, had just posted an article far better than what I could say. It’s on a [...]

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Pursuit of Happiness: Work and Play It crossed my mind during the Veterans’ Day celebrations that in the many years I have been focused on the field of creative career choice I can’t remember any discussion of the military.

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Pursuit of Happiness: Money One of the big questions that comes up whenever you decide to change your life is, “Can I afford to do this?” This is especially true when you’re thinking about a career change or becoming a stay-at-home parent. There are lots of recommendations about cutting back to save up for a [...]

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Elephant Burgers This month I asked a colleague, Sarah Sharp, to write an article for this section of the Blog-Zine. Sarah has an exceptional telcourse she offers about simplifying your life by focusing your time, energy, and commitment on things that align with your mission. Enjoy! –Steve We only have one head, but most of [...]

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On Friday my younger son’s school had a special program for Veterans’ Day. They invited all family and friends of students who were veterans and active duty military to attend. They also invited all of us, including the parents who have never been in the service.

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Striving and Thriving In recent years the field of Coaching started expanding from the corporate world for work-related performance to private lives for all sorts of personal improvement. People are now seeking Personal Coaching to accomplish specific goals. But many are looking for something bigger and less defined.We want more purpose and meaning in our [...]

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The Mentorship Approach With Kids & Teens Adapted from an article written for the Highland Meadow Montessori Academy Newsletter I work as a volunteer child advocate with CASA of Tarrant County and have a fantastic supervisor named Charlotte Smith. Last month she received a community service award from the Tarrant County Black Bar Association. I [...]

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The Mentorship Approach With Teams & Groups What makes a community? This is the question my friend Sarah Sharp used to begin a telecourse called Cultivating Community we co-presented at the beginning of the month.

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Pursuit of Happiness: Work & Play This is a journal style account of my day off, taken to learn more about my interests and passions and unique way of viewing the world. I’m sharing the day in detail to encourage you to take a day off and see how much you can learn about yourself. [...]

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Pursuit of Happiness: Money One huge obstacle people often face when they’re ready to make big changes to improve their lives is money. At least, it looks like money’s the problem to most of us. We want a different job or a completely different career but need the current salary level to cover all our [...]

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