Category: personal

  There’s something about a crisis that brings clarity like nothing else can.   In April 2012, my dad had a massive heart attack. It was the kind of...

  It’s Tuesday—aka a workday. I just got back from an hour-long walk through my happy neighborhood, Boise’s charming and slightly funky North End. I spent the next hour...

This week has been National Eating Disorder Awareness Week—something I just learned about a couple days ago (thanks Facebook friends!). I promised myself I wouldn’t let the week pass...

  These days, kids are asked to make classroom presentations as early as 3rd or 4th grade—yet their teachers rarely give them any public speaking guidance, much less ideas...

  A LinkedIn group I belong to recently posted a question about the best advice to give a group of professional women about making public speaking.   Naturally much...

  Students and clients are often interested to learn that I’ve experienced plenty of speaking anxiety too. One said that it gave her hope, knowing that I could stand...