Blog — empowering

There's something about Back to School that I've always loved.  New school supplies top the list.  But it's also the feeling of a new beginning, a clean slate, a new adventure with new people to meet.  This is the first fall I'm not going back to school.  Ever.  In my life.  When I finished college, I went back to school to get  my teaching credential, then taught, then enrolled in grad school, then continued to teach. That's a lot of first days.So when the first day of school came and went this year, and I wasn't a part of it...

Nicole is the brains and beauty behind An Eye For Pretty, a design service that helps busy women create beautiful spaces in their daily environments.  But that's not all!  I think one of the reasons why Nicole and I click so much is that she is also totally multi-passionate.  She is a teacher (hello, kindred spirit!) a mom, a wife and a friend.

  Meet Suzi Istvan Suzi Istvan is a digital goddess.  She designs websites and creates spaces online with elegance, simplicity, and beauty.  She helps entrepreneurs achieve their dreams by showing them how to run their online businesses in a more social way. I met this lovely lady through a business class in which we were both enrolled.  Her presence in our online community was huge. She thoughtfully engaged and interacted in our very large group and made connections quickly.  I think it's perfectly fitting her company is called Social Suzi.  She is social in the best of ways--drawing people in,...

(Anyone else have that 90's jam by Guy in their head right now?) Do you ever find yourself in the middle of chaos-- in your office, in your classroom, in the car, in your home-- and just feel like calling a big fat time out?   Please.  Must I even ask this question!?  We've all been there. Summer is for chilling, man! (insert hippiest voice here.) This week, I offer you 5 SUPER SHORT ways to decompress, hit the reset button, cool your jets, relax, and just chill-- all in 5 minutes or less. They all work--but some are more...