Chaos It’s six p.m. on baking day. There are sprinkles, sugar, crushed peppermint, flour, and chocolate chips on every counter and on the floors. All available counter space is covered with ingredients, cookies cooling on racks, cookie sheets, wax paper, and kitchen...Read More
With the premier of Justice League right around the corner, it’s a great time to look at the leadership lessons we can learn from Diana Prince. I watched with pride as Diana navigated an unfamiliar world, all the while discovering the purpose for which she was...Read More
My little one, Allie, is about to turn 10 years old. Being a social media savvy kid (she did grow up with a mom who worked in technology) she created a wish list on Amazon and sent me this message. “I really, really want this hoverboard. Can I get it?” “Sure,” I...Read More
Are you going home drained at the end of the day? So busy at work you barely have time to visit the restroom? Or you go to the restroom to get moments of silence? It’s time for ruthless prioritization.” The National Academy of Sciences conducted a study about decision...Read More
The 2016 Athenas Dr. Maria Harper-Marinick, Maricopa Community Colleges, Catherine Alonzo, Javelina, and Rebecca Clyde, Ideas Collide participated in a panel discussion at the Professional Women’s Alliance luncheon last week. There was all kinds of awesomeness...Read More
Do you ever end the day feeling as if you didn’t get anything accomplished? Do you feel as if you need more time to get everything done in your day? Or maybe you find yourself wishing you had more time to do the things you love? Phoenix motivational speaker...Read More
“The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.” Edith Stein My mom was born in 1940. She grew up in an age when children were seen and not heard. A proper Southern Belle, she like many her age, was taught that a woman’s success was...Read More
There is no key to happiness. The door is always open. – Mother Teresa Feeling stuck? Got a big thorny problem overcrowding your path? Here are 5 ways to conquer the cactus and go through the door to happiness. Challenge Challenge your way of thinking. Often times...Read More
We began our journey on the day of our visit at 5:30 in the morning as we walked/prayed through the Via Dolorosa (the actual stations of the cross.) It was early dawn, before the markets were open. We were there during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, so in old...Read More
“You are supposed to pay attention in Mass!” Allie admonishes me. At eight years old, she is very aware of “the rules.” As an active child who would always rather be outside playing than inside doing anything else, she has heard this from me many times. I was sharing...Read More
“We have to eat his body?!? “ Allie turned to me with eyes open wide and a face of shock and surprise. She just turned eight, and she has been sitting in Mass hearing these words, “TAKE THIS ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR...Read More
My mom gave me many things. She gave me an unwavering confidence. She gave me joy in the face of disaster. She gave me a love for the silly. But one of the things I treasure the most is she instilled in me a love of words. I have very fond memories as a young child of...Read More
About 15 months ago, I was hit by a tsunami. Swiftly and unexpectedly, most everything I had come to know in my life was gone. In a matter of a few days I lost my mom, my job (where I was a respected and successful director of a large sales team), my child’s school...Read More
Part 7 It was a Monday. All of Allison’s 5 original larvae had made the metamorphosis into butterflies by Sunday evening. We had enjoyed watching the transformation. The seemingly lifeless chrysalis had remained unchanged by our eyes for the entire last week. And yet,...Read More
Part 6 It was a Monday. It was a week ago that hospice called to say that Mom had passed. When the family gathered in her hospice room, I couldn’t help but feel that the role Mom played as the keeper of the family had been handed to me. Before she had passed, she had...Read More
Do you ever end the day feeling as if you didn’t get anything accomplished? Do you feel as if you need more time to get everything done in your day? Or maybe you find yourself wishing you had more time to do the things you love? Phoenix motivational speaker...Read More
“The world doesn’t need what women have, it needs what women are.” Edith Stein My mom was born in 1940. She grew up in an age when children were seen and not heard. A proper Southern Belle, she like many her age, was taught that a woman’s success was...Read More
There is no key to happiness. The door is always open. – Mother Teresa Feeling stuck? Got a big thorny problem overcrowding your path? Here are 5 ways to conquer the cactus and go through the door to happiness. Challenge Challenge your way of thinking. Often times...Read More
We began our journey on the day of our visit at 5:30 in the morning as we walked/prayed through the Via Dolorosa (the actual stations of the cross.) It was early dawn, before the markets were open. We were there during the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, so in old...Read More
My mom gave me many things. She gave me an unwavering confidence. She gave me joy in the face of disaster. She gave me a love for the silly. But one of the things I treasure the most is she instilled in me a love of words. I have very fond memories as a young child of...Read More