Courage

Can Women Talk About Shoes and Still be Taken Seriously?

When I lived in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, I took part in a program called “Leadership for Five Seasons.” It was one of those year long programs where young leaders could learn about the community with the intention of discovering the volunteer opportunities they’d love.  At graduation, we were all given a tag line, and since

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Creativity: Cotton Candy or Problem Solving?

As a child of the 60s, decked-out in my bell-bottoms, peace-symbol shirt and dangling love-beads, I dreamed about being creatively me.  In my mind, creativity and freedom held hands and made a fist at the establishment—anyone over 40.   Looking at 40 from the other side, I realize that I didn’t know what I didn’t

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Personal Shark Stories are Powerful

In honor of “Shark Week,†I’d like to say I’ve learned this fact: If it weren’t for the shark events (problems) in our lives, we wouldn’t have any lessons, spice or drama. In other words, our lives would be dull.  Yet we don’t usually think of them in that light. Some of us are afraid

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Happy Birthday to the Boy who wasn’t “College Material”

Do you have a brother who means the world to you? I have 3, but today I’d like you to meet Lenis Edward Whalen—or Doc, as he’s called. He’s the doctor you’ll meet at Whalen Chiropractic in Zephyrhills, Florida.  At one time, Dad didn’t think Len or I were “college material,” so the day Len

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