What do you think? Where should we go to eat? “I don't know, you pick.” “You decide.” “What do you feel like?” Have you ever heard this line? Or better yet have been the one responding to these lines? I know I have. As the receiver of these lines, I…

Do you ever notice really random things? Things that stick in your mind and you aren’t really sure how they got here or why your finite brain energy is so focused on that detail? Why is this important to notice? I recently had a friend come join our Toastmaster club. She had been watching my journey and growth over the years and wanted to come to get some life-changing benefits a community can bring to help her along the route of her career development. (Community is powerful read this story).

What if every limitation you experienced was a result of living with dirty glasses? Glasses you have worn for so long you forgot what wearing clean glasses looked like. When our life glasses get the debris of our everyday lives accumulated over time our view becomes hazy, distorted, and unclear…

Nothing will humble you more than the bluntness of a child. This past weekend I found myself face to face with a truth and nowhere else to turn. “You’re not organized like mama” was the phase I was confronted with while on a scavenger hunt to gather ingredients for homemade…

“That's easy for you to say you are so talented” is the phrase I have come across over the course of my creative career. And I call Bullsh*t. The only natural talent an artist has is the desire to create, everything outside of that is the desire to create. …

What you can do to get out of a situational funk- clean your dang glasses already I started a new job last week answering phone calls from the comfort of my home because well I need some money. …

When art makes you feel naked It's a windy day, out in the country where your neighbors are seasonal, and at the moment nothing but dried up stocks from last year's crops the wind blows freely, fierce, and shakes branches free from trees. It takes me back to a few…

May 11, 2021 — Pandemic life round 2 I’m a pot of boiling milk, simmering in the process. Each “Mom…” uttered the heat cranks a little more. Patience. Patience brings the heat down. When that milk bubbles and overflows the mess is never worth it. Mom look at this! Mom…Mom…Mom…

Why is it so hard to let go of the need to go go go? Do you have that thing you do that you are probably by cultural standards a little too old to still be doing, but you just can't help yourself you just have to do it? It…