Small Gestures, Big Impact
Here's a one-minute story about how a cheap pair of rhinestone earrings changed a life.
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- Mar 14, 2019
- 1 min
How to Unblock Writer's Block
Writer’s Block, aka Creative Constipation. It’s brutal. Words won’t come. The blank screen mocks you. A coaching client who wants to...
- Mar 13, 2019
- 2 min
Influence Shows Up When We Least Expect It
You never know when or where your influence will be felt. This morning when I was doing my Morning Momentum (Movement, Meditation, &...
- Feb 25, 2019
- 1 min
Corporate Comedy Minute: There Is No Partial Credit
Don't you hate it when someone says, "I was gonna do that" AFTER it's too late?! Me too. Ugh. It's so cheesy and half-baked. (Half-baked...
- Feb 11, 2019
- 2 min
Mindfully Cleaning Out Closets
I recently did some Mindful Spaces coaching, helping a woman dig out of a walk-in closet she could barely walk into. She had hundreds of...
- Jan 28, 2019
- 1 min
Award-Winning Lost Opportunities
It's award show season! The gowns! The glamour! The gag-inducing acceptance speeches! (Pardon me, my pet peeve is showing.) Enjoy this...
- Jan 27, 2019
- 2 min
What Bob Seger Taught Me
I recently saw one of the final shows from a God of Classic Rock. While I'm not a rabid Bob Seger fan (I’m more into Bruce & Bruno), I...
- Mar 30, 2018
- 2 min
Strategic Planning at Sunset
Ahhh... exhale. I am in the Tampa airport right now on my way home after a perfect vacation to Paradise with my best friend Jean. As with...
- Mar 12, 2018
- 2 min
Monday Morning Energization
"How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives". This quote from Annie Dillard is one of my favorites. I do my best to...
- Feb 19, 2018
- 2 min
Sweet Karma In Action
Last week I wrote a post about getting jilted on Valentine’s Day and how I pivoted towards joy. It received a lot of attention with...
- Feb 12, 2018
- 2 min
Weird and Wonderful
“You’re a weird dancer. You dance weird.” A little blonde girl about nine years old brazenly walked up to me during Sunday morning Dance...
- Feb 6, 2018
- 2 min
Following Childhood Dreams
When I was a little girl, I watched The Carol Burnett Show. With every skit, I wished with all of my heart that I could do what those...
- Jan 22, 2018
- 2 min
Still Minnesota Proud
Congrats to the Philadelphia Eagles who handily whooped the Vikings yesterday to go on to the Super Bowl. (This post is payment of a lost...
- Jan 4, 2018
- 2 min
You Can't (and Shouldn't) Please Everyone
A Speaker’s Nightmare: "What did you like the least about the conference this year?" "Theresa Rose. Awful. OMG. Hated her." This was on a...
- Dec 30, 2017
- 2 min
A Two-Word Growth Strategy
“More eyeballs.” That is the extent of my business growth strategy for 2018. Two years ago, my speaking business had but one focus: “More...
- Nov 16, 2017
- 2 min
Celebrate the Successes of Others (While Creating Your Own)
The ladder of success has no room for jealousy. I have a client/fellow speaker/wildly talented friend named Nancy Dahl. This week Nancy...
- Sep 16, 2017
- 1 min
Don't Let 'Em Douse Your Flame
"Complete waste of time" That's what one attendee recently wrote on an eval form about my keynote. WOW. Never mind that 96% of the...
- Aug 27, 2016
- 2 min
Lessons From a Ghost: How Our Past Becomes Our Future
I was Tracy Picotte once. Before I got married twenty years ago, and before I legally changed my name from Tracy to Theresa (which is a...
- Jan 19, 2016
- 4 min
Share Your Inspiration, Even If You Are Sporting Scary Hair
Now more than ever, people need to feel joy. They need to feel seen and heard. They need to belong. They need to feel appreciated. They...
- Oct 18, 2015
- 2 min
The Life Lab: When Preparation Meets Opportunity
This morning reminded me of how important it is to be prepared. I got a panicked phone call from a bureau with whom I work who said that...
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