What A Music Video Can Teach You About Writing

I broke my ankle a number of years ago. I ended up in the gym after six weeks of going crazy at home, which is precisely what happens when I don’t run.  I don’t tend to watch TV or music videos, but I happened to be on the stair-master one morning when this...

57 Things I Love About My Irish Hood

The crazy Border Collies laying in wait to chase our car just beyond the barn. The farmer on the hill who tells us jokes we can barely understand, what with his brogue being so thick. I’m pretty sure they all involve traveling salesmen and farmers’...

Your Story, A Chocolate Mess

So, here’s the thing. Most of us become coaches, speakers, or service professionals if you will, because we’ve had to solve a particular problem for ourselves. Through trial and error, we figured out the process required to get the desired outcome. Somewhere along the...

Why I loved wearing a headscarf

Whenever I tell someone I used to live in Iran, he or she asks me a few standard questions, the most common one being, “Did you have to wear a burqa?” In short, no, but I did have to wear hijab, in my case, a trench coat and a headscarf, which I loved. And...