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This is the place where I explore stories, looking for wisdom about how to live, love, and leave with no regrets.
I don’t have all the answers, but I’ve got a flashlight and I’m using this place to leave a brave and honest map.
Want an honest window to the challenges of life?
This is the place where I explore stories, looking for wisdom about how to live, love, and leave with no regrets.
I don’t have all the answers, but I’ve got a flashlight and I’m using this place to leave a brave and honest map.
Latest Blog Posts
Creativity and a Controlled Study
Mike and I decided his engineers needed to know the rationale behind the organization’s structural change, and to apply that knowledge to handling building issues …
“You’re HR. You don’t belong here.”
We’re back to winding down the series of things I’m proud of. With this one, I’m more proud of the other person than I am …
Base Salary
Writing about my $26,000 salary triggered a memory. Or maybe I’m still not over it. At Andersen, we sat in cubicles, in pairs. It was …
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Hard Times & Hope Podcast
André: Clean, sober, and living on purpose
Hard Times & Hope Podcast, episode 25 When we sit in a stylist’s chair, especially if it’s a stylist we’ve seen many times, they get …
Interlude: Jule Q&A
Hard Times & Hope podcast, episode 21 In this episode, instead of an interview with someone about a hard time, I answer questions people have …
Nadine: Becoming the doctor she always dreamed of being
Hard Times & Hope podcast, episode 20 Nadine Kelly pursued the path of high achievement, excelling in school, medical school, and pathology residency, followed by …
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- Are you curious?
- Have people told you that you’re strong?
- Have you loved… and have you lost?
- Do you believe in getting better?
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