The Ins and Outs of Redefinition

I have always held that the most challenging times of our lives come when we face redefining ourselves. Like when we go from being a high schooler to being a college student. From being a college student to being employed. Or employed by someone else to employed by ourselves. Or from being single... Read More »

August, 2000: Ten Years Gone

August 15, 2010 by Michele Woodward  
Filed under Clarity, Happier Living, Managing Change

Exactly ten years ago – August, 2000 – I took my then 7 year old son Munroe on a mother-son trip to New York City.  It was so fun, and something we’d planned and anticipated for months. We took the train from Washington, DC to Penn Station.  We stayed in a swanky apartment near the... Read More »

Walking The Walk

Sometimes, when you least expect them, great things happen. At least that’s what happens for me.  I was vacationing at the beach in South Carolina – eating more shrimp than Forrest Gump – when I got a call asking me to consider taking on a new project.  To be honest, I was fully... Read More »

Yes, This Is For You

July 25, 2010 by Michele Woodward  
Filed under Authenticity, Clarity, Happier Living

In case you’re wondering, I’m writing this for you today.  Because I know how much you struggle.  I know how you try to be brave and strong, and try to be positive, and try so very hard to bring only good things into your life. In an effort to preserve the peace, you’ve swallowed... Read More »

Why Being Brave Matters

I recently read that corporate America has $1.8 trillion dollars in cash, on reserve.  Which is a lot more than they had at the beginning of the recession. And unemployment still stands at 9.7 percent.  When you stop counting the people who’ve grown so discouraged that they’ve stopped... Read More »

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