Book Recommendation – You’re Weird Journal

If you’re looking for a unique gift for yourself or for a person who has everything, I’ve got a book recommendation for you. My good friend and business partner, Circe Denyer, gave me a paperback book earlier this year titled, “You’re Weird – a Creative Journal for Misfits, Oddballs, and…

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Leadership is not about Competition

balloon stomp game

I believe an influential leader does his or her best to make sure all members of the team win. It’s not about “winning.” It is about cooperation and collaboration. Effective Leadership inspires Teamwork! Leadership is not about competition. There is a popular acronym: TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More. But…

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The Facebook Love Bear Project

Karen facebook love bear

While I have plenty of complaints about Facebook, when it came to supporting a friend with cancer, the Facebook love bear was a blessing A friend in need In early 2018 a dear friend I have known since 2001 developed ovarian cancer. As a person who refuses to let anything…

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Feel Good. Feel Better. Feel Happy.

feel good, feel better. feel happy

What do we really want? In my book, I suggest we redefine success. We tend to define success as getting what we want when the reality is we want to feel good. Feel better. Feel happy. I’ve come to realize that the bottom line of everything we want is to…

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People I admire – Dr. Thomas Polucki, DC

Dr. Polucki and me

I used to be like many,  roll my eyes at the idea of what is called functional medicine. That all changed in 2012 Functional Medicine? Yea Right Functional Medicine is a medical practice or treatments that focus on optimal functioning of the body and its organs, usually involving systems of…

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Is there Life after Death? A Mystic’s Experience

mystic experience life after death

I have cherished this excerpt for nearly forty years. I believe it explains in amazing detail life after death. The book titled, Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa-Yogananda, was a required reading while I was training as a minister in Science of Mind back in the 1970’s. This excerpt so…

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My Unusual Encounter with a Duck

encounter with a duck

As a photographer, I go where the birds are. Recently I had an unusual encounter with a Muscovy Duck while on a photo excursion. Lake Casitas, California Until just recently I never visited Lake Casitas, a manmade lake in Ventura County. Distance isn’t the issue. It is only 90 minutes…

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