Canvas of Life
“I just need to make it to Thanksgiving.” I say to my friend Joyce this morning as I lay my head on the surface in front of me. I want to bang my head repeatedly, but don’t and feel I…
Reviews: Social Thinking ®
Michelle Garcia Winner is a Congressional-award-winning speech language pathologist (SLP) who began a practice more than 20 years ago. When working with children, she realized more and more of them were having trouble relating to others. She explored the non-verbal…
CALM
This post is based on my speaking engagement format, so it will read a bit differently than other posts. There will be snippets of stories sprinkled throughout versus a central story with a related theme. ANXIETY & STRESS We Americans…
Monkey Anyone?
The 11-year old girl, Dad & Mom are sitting on the back deck where the Dad is making breakfast on the grill. They are looking through cookbooks as mastering cooking is an obsession with the girl and learning is a…
Connections: Young Living Essential Oils Janice Cassola
Family life is busy and as a parent, I always try to maintain the health and balance of my husband, children and myself. In so doing, I am constantly on the lookout for ways to make our lives healthier, easier…
My Foot in My Mouth: Leadership & Parenting
“All parents should be leaders & all leaders should be parents,” I say a few weeks ago to a group of managers who I am leading through a strategy session. What? Where did that come from? Although not completely off-topic,…
These Last Days of Summer
We are in the middle of August and the count down to back-to-school has begun. In my house, our conversations have started something like this… “Why do we need to buy everything new again this year? Where is your ruler,…
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