Category: personal development

• Is the world your oyster?

  Most recently my husband and I took a long awaited trip, one that we had planned pre pandemic. It was an important trip for my husband, as we went to Scotland and Norway his ancestral homes. The trip departed from Amsterdam, so we took advantage of a few days in the Netherlands as well. On…

  Blemished but not Broken

  June 27, 2023

  Inspiration, life observations, Person Reflections, personal development, Personal Story

  Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Personal Story, Positivity, Self Development

• Listening With Your Heart

  Listen, can you hear your heartbeat? What is it telling you? Is it beating slow as you sit down to read a book? Or are you on the elliptical machine and maybe it is beating faster than it should. Or maybe you just saw your favorite person and your heart even skipped a beat or…

  Blemished but not Broken

  June 22, 2023

  Inspiration, life observations, Person Reflections, personal development

  Personal Reflections, Positivity, Self Development

• Learning to Utilize Discretion

  #Self- Love/ Respect I was thinking about some of my life decisions recently and reflecting on what I would have done differently, given the opportunity. During this reflection, the biggest lesson that I learned was how to use discretion. I came to the conclusion that discretion is needed in all aspects of one’s life. Whether…

  Blemished but not Broken

  September 11, 2022

  life lessons, life observations, Person Reflections, personal development, Personal stories, Uncategorized

• The Power of Imagineering

  #Lesson: Positive Thinking Have you ever heard of the word, Imagineering? I had not ever heard of such a term until I published my personal memoir back in 2017. It was on the advice of an astrologer that I initiated the writing process, and I had the courage to complete that part of my journey.…

  Blemished but not Broken

  July 31, 2022

  Inspiration, life lessons, life observations, Person Reflections, personal development, Personal stories, Uncategorized

• The Adventures of The Red Wool Coat

  #Lesson: Learn to Laugh at Yourself I had just landed my job at a large investment company in January of 1985. The company had very specific dress code requirements, and they were very conservative. A time when businessmen wore three-piece suits and women were not permitted to wear slacks to the office. Upon getting my…

  Blemished but not Broken

  July 11, 2022

  humor, Inspiration, life lessons, life observations, Person Reflections, personal development, Personal stories, Uncategorized

• Finding My Voice

  I love the quote that Madeline Albright once stated, ”it took me a long time to find my voice and now that I found it, I am not going to be silent”. That particular quote made me to think about how I have learned to utilize my own voice, but in a different way. Madeline…

  Blemished but not Broken

  June 28, 2022

  Finding My Voice, Inspiration, life lessons, life observations, Person Reflections, personal development