Shock, pain and anger. They don’t often come to me and certainly not in the form and way that they did yesterday as I stood in Brookline waiting for two dear friends to run through with another on and off Facetime. Someone I work with texted to ask if I were alright, I was confused... Read More →

“Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ”  - Stephen Hawking a·dapt·a·bil·i·ty the ability to change (or be changed) to fit changed circumstances Most of my life I’ve faced one challenge or another.  Nothing special, plenty of people have faced darker roads. A host of them came from making bad choices in the midst... Read More →

You’ve freed yourself. You are discovering what exactly you want and knocking down the obstacles that stand in your way. You’re feeling the good vibes of and working hard to attain a sense of accomplishment. Wonderful achievements are epic. However, depending on how you handle the headiness of achievement, you’ll need some ground support to make... Read More →

lilamrta aka Lila who is @athenrein on twitter! I asked C.C. Chapman and my friend, Jason Konopinski to help me choose because I was so torn by all of your entries. Lila, I’m inspired by your push to take care of things and yourself, despite the way I know that depression pushes back.  I highly... Read More →

A bit late putting this up as I spent most of yesterday thinking about what words fit what I wanted to achieve. The story behind #3Words is Chris Brogan inspired me and a lot of other people to set goals for the year and then define them using 3 words.  This past year, C.C. Chapman’s... Read More →

My friend C.C. Chapman wrote this fantastic little book called Amazing Things Will Happen.  It’s small, it’s short and it’s packed with things that will help you reach your goals in 2013 and beyond that.  This is a timeless book that you will revisit. I have two copies and I much prefer my Kindle version.  I... Read More →

Hate running?  Skip this post. For those of you who are into this sort of thing, here’s my story. Hopefully if you’re just getting started running or thinking about it these will give you something to consider. After struggling with a pair of typical running shoes that cut off my circulation no matter how I... Read More →

We’ve all heard the theory of surrounding yourself with people who are smarter than ourselves.  It occurred to me that we also need people who are learning at our level. To learn with. Education has been around for centuries for a reason. Students learn well in a shared environment with peers to contribute to the... Read More →

In this post I’ll be walking you through how to install the Facebook WordPress plugin released yesterday by Facebook themselves.  This plugin makes it easy to publish your posts to your timeline, add like buttons (among others) and Facebook comments with SEO support. There are some minor issues with how to activate the publish to... Read More →

The inspiration of the new year has faded into the warm, (well, today overheated) fresh (filled with pollen) breath of spring.  Spring always makes me feel as if anything is possible yet it’s also the time where I realize the year is passing in a rush of busy with a side dish of procrastination.  Where... Read More →