Category: Self

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“Nah! Not today!”–Leading Courageous Conversations
I can still remember the day, about twenty years ago, when a close friend and mentor told me a hard truth about myself. It was unflattering, hurtful even, and in that moment I did what any and self-respecting person would do. I launched a three-pronged counter attack. Ha!!

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Out of Our Poverty
For too long, I had operated under the misconception that I needed to feel better to act differently. This misconception is crippling. If we fail to act against our base instinct, we run the risk of having that unwanted spirit deplete our nobler aspirations…

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Lessons from my Father and a Summer Garden
My father had two girls, but I don’t think anyone ever told him we were girls. While other neighborhood girls were busy painting their nails and playing dress up, we were often working as his “go-fors” on any one of his many projects, or we were cleaning the yard, putting fertilizers around the tomatoes, or helping him get his crop of watermelons ready for … Read More Lessons from my Father and a Summer Garden