Hidden Belief Systems On a recent trip to Tryon Creek Park, one of my favorite places, I parked next to a crumpled up piece of notebook...

Just Because Your Heart Says So Do you love the film Pay It Forward as much as I do? Yes, the ending is heart-breaking; I tear up just...

Honor Your Natural Rhythms One Friday in September I took a mini-retreat and spent the afternoon hiking along the Salmon River up by Mt....

I’m In a Music Video! I’ve never been much of a “joiner.” Life already seems full enough of obligations with work and family...

Connect With Others to Realize Your Authentic Potential If you don’t know this about me already, I’m a big proponent of the mastermind...

Get Your Weird Out (or Get Your Weird On or Have You Hugged Your Weird Today?) You know how a four year old will roll around in the...

For any of you in Portland, Oregon, Curves Gym is the host of a book signing for my cookbook, Comfort Food From the Heartland: Recipes...

Gina’s Creativity Tips With all the writing I’ve done lately re: creativity and poetry, I decided to check in with someone who actually...

How to Write a Poem While we’re on a creativity jag…check out this awesome poetry exercise! I love it and I’m not a poet (I do like to...

The Summer of the Cold Socks Whether by grand design or random coincidence (I suspect in many cases they’re the same thing), people have...

Cultivate a Sense of Wonder As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth; to see the land as an...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S-hnYuSlM0&feature=youtu.be Praise for Authentic Performance: Fundamentals of Acting: “I gained a...

Being Present: How I Met a Horse on a Godwalk One of the best ways to ignore your authentic self is trying to focus on X while doing Y....

Pistachio Bundt Cake My cookbook, Comfort Food from the Heartland: Recipes from a South Dakota Farmer’s Daughter, went into production...

How Dreams Come True “The Evolution of a Dream” Dream is implanted into brain. Dreamer becomes thrilled. Dreamer becomes terrified. If no...

Your Authenticity as a Model for Others There is no duty we so much underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd6fKLlop08 Hi All! I’m excited to share this free ten minute presentation for any of you who speak in...

The Worst Mistake I Ever Made Part of authenticity is becoming clear about our motivations. Understanding why we make the decisions we...

Don’t Be Selfish – Own Your Greatness Not long ago in a Toastmasters meeting, I evaluated a speech that impressed me. I had a few...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhnweddjDU8&feature=youtu.be Special Announcement: An Introduction to Authentic Expression I am seated...