“the way it is with children”

Janie Cook | August 6, 2010 | 0 Comments

Today I read an editorial on Anne Rice’s recent comment about no longer professing to be Christian.  She claims to continue to be a “follower of Christ”, but  rejects “being anti-gay, anti-feminist “. . . ultimately “anti-life.” . . .  . her brief but brutal description of what Christianity has become.   She refuses to allow the heart of her [...]

Janie Cook is a retired teacher who lives in Austin, Texas with her husband, Gareth. She shares her days with family and friends (a precious privilege), facilitates a bereaved parents’ support group and enjoys digging in the Texas Hill Country dirt & learning about natural gardening.
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18th Century Rules for 21st Century Mentoring

Kory Wells | August 4, 2010 | 0 Comments

Having my first book published has marked a real threshold in my creative writing life. Not only is it a thrilling accomplishment in itself, but it’s also opened up a lot more opportunities for me to teach and mentor.  (In fact, I’m now officially a mentor in The Writer’s Loft low-residency program at Middle Tennessee [...]

Kory Wells would like to say she brazenly tossed aside her twenty-year career as a software developer to forge a lucrative career in poetry. She’s content to report that she now writes poetry, prose, corporate communications, and the occasional snippet of software code in a life-work balance that functions pretty well most of the time. Author of the poetry collection Heaven Was the Moon, she’s been recognized by Ladies’ Home Journal for her “standout” writing in the anthology She’s Such a Geek. Visit Kory's website.
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A Nutty Risk

Tessa Lemos | August 2, 2010 | 3 Comments

For most people food is a source of enjoyment and social activity. But for the parent of an allergic child, it can be a source of stress, especially if the reaction is severe or life-threatening and if the allergen is a common ingredient. My son was diagnosed with a food allergy two years ago making [...]

Tessa Lemos is a Chicana who grew up and was educated in the Pacific Northwest, blossomed in New York City, and now lives in Nashville where she continues to learn and grow. She is a lawyer by training, administrator by profession, and organizer by habit. She spends her days with her children and her nights with her husband and squeezes in the words as much as possible.
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Seeing/Identifying Myself Differently

Dawna Wade | July 31, 2010 | 2 Comments

The last time I posted, I was on my way to a quilting class at John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, NC.  The risks were many (as elaborated), and I not only survived the experience, I thrived.  And now I have to do some more risking . . . What am I risking?  Seeing [...]

Dawna Wade is a Certified Spiritual Counselor and Spirit Coach, an Angel Therapy Practitioner and a Certified Hypnotherapist. She is well equipped to be your spiritual coach, psychic counselor, clairvoyant, medium, and your intuitive guide through the spiritual world. She would love to help you along your spiritual path. Visit Dawna's website.
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Laura Gets Around!

Laura Biering | July 29, 2010 | 0 Comments

There’s a new kid in town – more blogging!

Laura Biering has an infectious zeal for coaching people who want to do enlivening work and live inspired lives. She's fired up about the power of taking risks - great and small - and the rewards that come as a result. She's also passionate about (1) creativity and authenticity and their potential to change the world, (2) frolicking with her adorable four-legged children, and (3) retreating with those she loves at her farm in Southeast Georgia, Brinson's Race. Visit her website at True Voices.
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Kitty Karn | July 28, 2010 | 2 Comments

Well, our time in Evanston/Chicago, Illinois has come to an end. For those of you reading my blog for the first time, my husband and I took a summer sublet here, although we live and teach at Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, a small rural town near the Iowa border. Earlier I blogged about [...]

Kitty Karn risked it ALL and moved to the cornfields of West Central Illinois where she found her dream man and her dream job. She can hardly wait to see what the Universe has in store for the rest of her life and is even more excited to see what happens on everyone else's journeys!! Let's share in each other's joys and sorrows.
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Risks ahead

Carolyn Cook | July 23, 2010 | 3 Comments

I did it!  I set a date for my concert!  I reserved a space yesterday, motivated by the shame I would feel if I didn’t do it before this month’s blog.  So, my recital/concert will be August 28, and if you’re interested in coming, just let me know. Now I risk failing miserably, but of [...]

Carolyn Cook is a sometimes peaceful, sometimes frazzled individual who works to manage a household, homeschool a daughter, build a marriage, and explore the human condition through theatre. She is an actor, director, producer,and teacher, and serves as education director of Théâtre du Rêve, a company she founded in 1995 (more info at www.theatredureve.com).
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One Voice, One Vote – and the Sticker to Prove It!

Laura Biering | July 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

When I got up this morning, it was my intention to vote in the primaries here in Georgia. (The risk in that? Making oneself heard at the risk of being unheard.)

Laura Biering has an infectious zeal for coaching people who want to do enlivening work and live inspired lives. She's fired up about the power of taking risks - great and small - and the rewards that come as a result. She's also passionate about (1) creativity and authenticity and their potential to change the world, (2) frolicking with her adorable four-legged children, and (3) retreating with those she loves at her farm in Southeast Georgia, Brinson's Race. Visit her website at True Voices.
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Inspiration from an E-mail?

Helen Medve | July 20, 2010 | 0 Comments

I must apologize to all of you. I wrote the following post, and thought I had set it correctly to post on the 12th of July. Apparently, I did something incorrectly and it didn’t post. I left shortly after writing this and just got back into town after twelve wonderful days in Colorado, visiting my Mom, [...]

Helen Medve is recently retired and is currently trying to figure out where her life will take her next. She wears many hats: wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, ex-professional person, friend. She is excited about where life will take her next, and invites you along on her journey.
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Hot Cold Calls

Martha Carnahan | July 19, 2010 | 2 Comments

Rule-breaker that I am… today, I’m actually going to follow the concept that Laura (our wonderful Risk Guide) is teaching us about the power of taking risks. As she says, they don’t have to be huge risks. (This morning I risked letting myself sleep in very late, even though I have a lot to do. [...]

Martha Carnahan coaches entrepreneurs, leaders and marketers in the professional services world. She has noticed that taking risks, whether bold and scary or seemingly small (and easy to avoid) creates a fresh awareness of the joy, audacity and quiet reverence of a full-spectrum life. Its not just about doing more stuff its about hanging out more in the sweet spot of life. Visit Martha's website.
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