I recently met Michelle McCullough, a speaker, strategist and success coach, at the National Speakers Association annual convention a few weeks ago. She has a proven track record of success in business AND purposefully balances the role of Mom to two small children at home. After visiting her website, I found a video blog with…
DetailsThough I write this in the middle of summer, I realize this easily applies to back to school season, the holiday season, or ANY time of the year. We always hope that life will slow down, no? As women, we are often charged with running a household, balancing work and family, managing kids and their schedules,…
DetailsHow do I balance my speaking business and taking care of the kids this summer? I would not exactly call it balance… I prefer to call it “electronics and a new package of cookies”.
DetailsI just returned from the annual convention of the National Speakers Association. This is THE event for professional speakers. It is a jam-packed five days of non-stop learning, laughter, and ideas from brilliant people. I have made good friends through this organization and this is the event where we all come together to take our…
DetailsI had JUST told my friends how very excited I was that for the first time in eight years, I was going to have the house to myself, for a week! My three kids were heading to Vacation Bible School (VBS) for three hours, all five days that next week. I had been looking forward…
DetailsI had high expectations for the week of January 6, 2014. Everyone in my house would be back at school/work and I still have one more week before I had to be on the college campus for the first day of spring semester. I was going to get so much done…. Emails sent, projects completed,…
DetailsAre you struggling with forgiving someone? Are you holding a grudge? Is there hurt in your life that you just can’t seem to let go? I have to imagine that we all have struggled with forgiveness and healing at some point in our lives, or are still struggling. This MUST be something that we all…
DetailsWhat are your strengths? Skills? Talents? Gifts? Call it whatever you want, but everyone is good at something. EVERYONE. Lately I have noticed that women, particularly Moms, appear to be more comfortable with admitting what they are (supposedly) not good at, instead of identifying their strengths. I caught myself, as well as others, who fell…
DetailsThe first day for my Public Speaking class, I asked my college students if they are familiar with “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off“…not to my surprise only a handful of these students have seen the movie. We briefly described the plot of this cinema classic, as the main character, a high school student, plays hooky for…
DetailsYears ago I bought my dream car… a Jeep Wrangler. I was 25 years old and gainfully employed. I did not care what my hair looked like after I exited the top-down vehicle. I did not care that it had plastic, zipper windows that needed my very thick Franklin Planner shoved in between the door…
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