My List: Chicago Beyond Navy Pier and Uno’s
Crossrhodes in Evanston (I know, I know, it’s not the city) This post was written a bit ago so please google a business before heading out to make sure it’s […]
How to get the fearful to shrug their shoulders and say, “Why not?”
You know challenging myself and getting others to challenge themselves is my jam. In my sixteen years of being an adult, I’ve learned various best-practices to ensure that hurdles on […]
GUEST POST: My Journey with a Life of Yes
This Guest Post is by one of my favoritest people, Kate Buckner. I’ll let her share the story of how we met. What I want to share is how straight away […]
How watching TV the day I left for college impacted the lives of thousands
An excerpt of this was first presented at Flick Lit: Reel-to-Real Storytelling for Movie Lovers, the Musicals! Edition, at Chicago’s Logan Theater. Performers shared personal stories about a musical film of their choice […]
GUEST POST: What if I don’t KNOW what I’m supposed TO DO in life?
This is a Guest Post by Melissa Joy Kong. A no-brainer guest as she oozes Life of Yes℠. Whenever I share her work with Cheese-Its, y’all fawn all over it. So I […]
How many inspirational quotes do I need in this post to feel I’m not making a huge mistake?
A few weeks ago, over a surprisingly quick span of hours, I had a thought which turned into a revelation which turned into an action. I realized that when I stopped […]
Lois Weisberg: the Queen of Connections
Photo via Leah Missbach Day I admit, when Melissa Harris called me ‘Lois Weisberg 2.0: The connector for the next generation’ in a Tribune article years ago, I didn’t know […]
When is it time to walk away?
I used to do daily early morning posts of positive quotes — “Cheese-It Breaks” — to a, on the grand scale of things, tiny wave of enjoyment and appreciation, if […]
Celebrating 11 years of post “I got let go, er, fired!” life
2000 – 2003 office 2003 – 2004 office 2004 – ??? office I sat at my desk, staring at but not seeing my tangerine iMac, applying my own Soft Focus filter. […]
How to make an entrepreneurial dream reality in 38ish steps
Have life-changing experiences during childhood summer camp and collegiate retreats Graduate college and enter the world of commuting, bills, coworkers, 401Ks, the gym, and watching Friends re-runs Bemoan your lack of rejuvenating getaways, […]