In this huge "struggle to juggle," I hear from so many burned-out professionals just trying to keep all of their balls in the air.  From all different parts of the country, age groups, and specialties, people are screaming "UNCLE!"  It brings to mind my all time favorite Seinfeld quote, "SERENITY NOW!"  Are you available to [...]

"Do something every day that scares you." Eleanor Roosevelt
This is a picture of my son Ryan, after he helped his team score a goal.  Second grade flag football.  It scared him. Check out the worried and pensive fiddling with his mouth piece shot.  I love that one.  That’s the "before." 
I met a really [...]

I’ve informed my husband that if we weren’t already married, I would be immediately finding the doorstep of Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Workweek, by sundown.  That might be kind of hard, considering he’s a world traveler and all. And, Scott reminds me that last year my crush was on Johny Resnick, lead singer [...]

It seems like inspiration is everywhere when you look for it.  Consider my latest source of joy, Harry Potter.  I haven’t even seen the new movie, only the previews, and was moved to tears.  My six year old daughter Emily thought this was rather amusing, as I passed the popcorn.
What struck me as so awesome [...]

I have a neighbor who is an excellent gardener.  I just realized this on my walk this morning.  My life balanced Beagle was too exhausted from his vacation at the lake to join me (ha!), so I was alone to observe other things.  I walk by this home every day, and there is almost always [...]

Inspiration to write always strikes me at the most unique times.  I never come up with articles during the time that I’ve set aside for creative writing. It’s during the moments when I am quiet and fully enjoying myself that topics leap out to me.  This happened figuratively and literally this morning.
I was walking with [...]