by Whitney | Mar 16, 2018 | blogging, community, Discovery, friends, happiness, social media
A long time ago, there was a pretty famous book entitled All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten. It was cute and seemed quaint, but it is so true. To be happy and reasonably successful as a grown-up, you can get quite a long way by just starting with be...
by Whitney | Jun 15, 2015 | blogging, books, community, happiness, Marketing, Uncategorized
I should start this post about by saying we are big “Game of Thrones” fans in our house. My son and husband have read the books, and w we all watch the show together. This morning, on Facebook, a friend posted: I found this intriguing. First of all, as...
by Whitney | Apr 14, 2015 | blogging, community, friends, happiness
Five years ago, 9 friends spent a weekend in Boston together. No real agenda, other than getting together and talking about the things that were most important to them, with the hope that it would spur them all to do better, be better, and grow from the experience....
by Whitney | May 3, 2014 | community, education, friends, happiness
Moms tend to put themselves last on the list of things that need to be taken care of and maintained. Too many women put off regular health screenings as a result, but that can put you at even greater risk for more serious problems. For example, if breast cancers are...
by Whitney | Sep 4, 2013 | blogging, education, friends, happiness, parenting, personal
Watching my kids navigate the waters of high school, and now watching the first one acclimate to college, I realize how much of our lives trades not only in monetary currency, but how much of it depends on the cultural currency you carry. For kids, we easily lump this...
by Whitney | Aug 28, 2013 | happiness
Everyone talks about the fear of failure, and how to look it in the eye. (See this post by Seth Godin.) Not as many people talk about the equally real fear of success that undermines and self-sabotages just as many. Here are just a few examples of fear of success:...