When Passion Meets Purpose
Recently, I signed up for a 12-week spiritually based finance course to sharpen my spending, savings, and investment habits. The Wealth with God course also includes charitable activities, as well as both financial and time commitments. All prerecorded during the pandemic, the pastor leads students through a thorough and candid process of truly evaluating your…Read More
Shifting Gears
Career transitions are seldom easy and rarely happen overnight. Often, a change in direction is connected to another shift that leads you on a totally different path. Loss of loved ones, health issues, relationships, a job, or even a beloved pet can be catalysts for professional change. During COVID-19, workers got a taste for the…Read More
Closure
Never underestimate the importance of getting or giving closure. For twenty plus years, I waited for someone to return for closure. That day never arrived. Because of the harsh words exchanged and the distance erected on both sides, I spent two decades in bitter resentment, masked by a feeling of “I’m o.k.; you’re o.k.” I…Read More
Piling up the Pennies
Have you ever felt like you were stuck on the financial black-hole hamster wheel? You know that sensation you have that you’re running in place to get ahead of the game only to realize that you are still only hovering inches above the financial sinkhole of suck? If you’re like most of Middle Americans, you’ve…Read More
Manifesting Destiny
Have you ever felt stuck? You know that feeling that no matter what you do, how well you do it, or if you time it so well that Rolex wants to put you on the payroll, it is all just for not? The past decade, for me, has been an exercise of tar and feathering,…Read More
The Healing Nature of Laughter
Who doesn’t like to laugh? Laughter creates a natural release of tension, stress, and toxins. When we laugh, our body and spirit merge together in a blissful state of happiness. I love to laugh. Much to my roomie’s chagrin, I laugh out loud with a howling cackle that rivals that of a coven of witches…Read More