The Silent Mind
As I sit here in front of my laptop to document and finish my clients' files, I notice how many stories I have been working with daily. Each client represents a story, and each one is entirely unique, yet each has one central element in common: each level of...
Are You Skilled at Buying Goods and Services?
Why do you need financial literacy to be able to spend money? The answer is simple: To make informed spending choices. You should know your rights as a consumer, as well as how to research and compare products. It’s important to be able to read through manipulative...
International Literacy Day September 8, 2020
International Literacy Day 2020 has a history of being an important day of recognizing the ways and means to help all people learn to read. This year the initiative will change the format to accommodate the limitations of COVID-19, but the ability to read and the...
Cooking With Celiac Disease
My mom tried to teach me cooking from a young age, but she can confirm that I was having none of it. She has said a few times since then that she wishes she would’ve made me learn, but those of you who have children know it can be complicated to make them do...
Perfectly Imperfect, Organized Chaos and Other Nonsense
Throughout my life I have struggled with perfectionism. I enjoy having things in order, feeling prepared and accomplishing tasks. I’m an achiever. For others it may look more like having to look perfect, having to arrange perfect conditions in order to start a...
Networking and the Elevator Pitch: Takeaways from Her Career Catalyst
In times like these where getting a job is a challenge in itself, how do you get someone to listen to what you have to say? Well, it is here that Workshop Facilitator for Her Career Catalyst Christine Horstman comes to help us with these tips. Here are my takeaways...
Managing Anxiety Amidst the Pandemic
Without a doubt, this is an anxiety-provoking time. We’re not only facing the obvious stress of a major health threat, but an economic downturn, extended confinement in our homes, troubling reports of racialized police violence, and social isolation. Furthermore,...
How to Effectively Maintain a Cardio Fitness Routine
Body acceptance does not give you the excuse to eat unhealthily and exercise irregularly. You are still responsible for making reasonable choices to get your body in the ideal shape for your size and age. Exercise should be a form of self-care to get your body...
Intermittent Fasting: The Basics and the Benefits
In the age of COVID-19, I’ve been eating a lot. Much more than I ordinarily would because I’m cooped up at home all day. Just finished a particularly stressful assignment? Let me go and get some Ben & Jerry’s to relax. Trying to watch the newest season of my...
How Intersectionality Connects Us With the Past: A Women’s Equality Day Perspective
According to the National Women’s History Alliance, “the observance of Women’s Equality Day not only commemorates the passage of the 19th Amendment, but also calls attention to women’s continuing efforts toward full equality.” Striving toward full equality involves...
Honoring a Pioneer of the Women’s Suffrage Movement: Susan B. Anthony
On November 18, 1872, a deputy federal marshal went to Susan B. Anthony’s home and said he wanted her to come with him to see the commissioner, and that she would be arrested for voting on November 5, 1872 in the first district of the Eighth Ward of Rochester, New...
Understanding Business Growth Stages: Which One Fits You?
“The 10 Stages of Corporate Life Cycles” was originally written for executives and their companies, but I also use it to help my individual clients identify the type(s) of companies/cycles that would be the best fit for them. It also is used to help entrepreneurs...
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