Random Magical Meetings George and I visited my family in South Dakota for a week over July Fourth. While there, I saw my sophomore year...

When It’s Hard to Say Something Do certain situations make you feel tongue-tied, struggling to find the words (or perhaps more...

A Custom Home of Your Own The city of Portland is in the middle of a housing explosion. I was about to say crisis, but that depends on...

Goodbye Lava Lamp, Fish Tank and Aunt Marge’s China Does your authentic self change her mind from time to time about home décor? Mine...

A Break in our Regularly Scheduled Programming George and I are in my home state of South Dakota, computer-free, for a week visiting...

Who Lives Here? The Friend and the Snob I once visited a friend in her brand-spanking-new, upscale condominium in Scottsdale, Arizona....

Fake It If You Have To I went out of town on a creative excursion/working retreat not long ago with more must than mojo. I did intend...

Celebrating Success: Let’s Hear it for Julanne! (A Sneak Peek into the Voiceover Industry) This picture was taken in 2005, five years...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYCljUwipks Develop Confidence as Your Brain Re-Wires “I would guess that it was not the awareness of...

Step out of Old Habits Like a Worn-out Pair of Undies. (Meatloaf, forgive me.) As a proponent of living in the Thriving Zone, I’m...

The Freedom of Less I regularly take coaching programs and subscribe to newsletters - so many I needed to cut my subscriptions by 75% to...

Don’t Die with Your Music Still in You April 21st marked the date of my 10th Toastmasters speech. I am now an official “Competent...

Seek the Good If I go too long without walking, I get irritable and edgy. I love the exercise, but it’s not just that. It’s the...

We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Two Foot Hollow Chicken: A Glimpse into the Wildly Creative Mind of Devin VanDomelin  Have you ever walked...

The Art of a Purposeful Walk I’ve mentioned my personal walking practice before, and I’ll mention it again! A Godwalk practice is one of...

The Zen of Chopping Vegetables I just figured out why I love to cook. Or at least a big part of why I love to cook. Cooking has always...

His Four Dark Secrets: My Two Deep Regrets A colleague of mine recently wrote a blog post entitled My 4 Darkest Secrets & Why I'm Coming...

You’ll Never Get Everything Done and You Can’t Get Anything Wrong I’m in a wonderful and intensive training program which has me...

An Easter Reminiscence – With Free Food! (Okay, a free recipe.) With Easter Sunday coming up next weekend, I’m riding a trip down memory...

Our Inner and Outer Selves If you will resolve to work each day for self-realization, your whole world can change…The two women you are,...