Diversity Awareness Month – Celebrate The Green Brain Personality Type
Today begins the 3rd week of Diversity Appreciation Month. Jim Henson, the genius creator of the Muppets, said, “There is a sense of our characters caring for each other and respecting each other. A positive feeling. A positive view of life. That’s the key to everything we do.” Your interaction with the other Brain Colors…
Read moreChicago Marathon Commitment
On July 17th, I wrote about my fellow Women In Networking (WIN) member, Christy Suerth and her commitment to her run with a LUNGevity team in the Chicago Marathon. Christy was training and running to find a cure for lung cancer, which is the leading cancer killer, and to honor her mom, Kay Barmore’s legacy.…
Read moreDiversity Awareness Month – Celebrate the Blue Brain Personality Type
To celebrate the second week of Diversity Appreciation Month, I want to share one of my Blue Brain workshop experiences. Last September 17th, I had the pleasure of working with Brenda Judson, the Assistant Regional Administrator Region 2 of Department of Labor/OSHA, and her colleagues. Brenda had purchased a copy of What Color Is Your…
Read moreDiversity Awareness Month – Celebrate the Yellow Brain Personality Type
October is Diversity Awareness Month. I was fascinated to read that Carole Copeland Thomas, MBA, founded Diversity Awareness Month in October of 2006. The following is Carole’s definition of diversity: “Diversity is understanding, appreciating, and ultimately managing difference and similarities at the same time. Its reach is all-inclusive and may represent categories such as: Class, Race,…
Read moreRosh Hashanah Raspberry Pie
One of our Jewish New Year traditions is celebrating Rosh Hashanah with my cousin’s from my father’s side of our family. Another tradition is my contributions to the holiday meal. I baked our dear friend, Joyce’s French Apple Pie and my Black Bear Raspberry Pie. I was given the recipe for the Raspberry Pie as a gift from the owner of the…
Read moreSpeak Fluent Brain Color As A Second Language
Shirli Gajda is a 7th grade Language Arts teacher at the Lake Zurich Middle School North. We met (and continue to work together) when I had the pleasure and privilege of facilitating What Color Is Your Brain?™ Workshops for their the MSN Teacher Institute Days last Spring. To learn more about the MSN “Fabulous Faculty,” visit my 5/7/08 blog post: Appreciating…
Read morePersonality Traits Book Review
A “What Makes Us Tick!” Book Review Last, June 10th, I had the privilege of presenting a What Color Is Your Brain? Workshop at the Schaumburg Business Association Good Morning Schuamburg Breakfast meeting, which was sponsored by Itasca Bank and Trust Co. I was thrilled that after my presentation, book sales were brisk! While chatting with Pamela Marte…
Read moreDiabetes Comfort Companion Story #5
The following is the 5th “Comfort Companion” Story from Purr-fect Pals, my picture book for children with diabetes. WHAT’S IN A NAME?Our phone rang at one o’clock one morning. It was Mike, the principal of Joshua’s high school. He asked my husband, Jordan, if Joshua, our son who has Type 1 diabetes, had come home from the basketball game.“He…
Read moreWomen’s World Magazine Brain Color Personality Article
Extra, Extra, Read All About It… There is full page What Color Is Your Brain? article in the Sept. 8th Woman’s World Magazine on magazine newsstands, in grocery stores and drug stores, NOW! The article is located in the Personal Insight section on page 49 and entitled: The brain-color clue to your true personality! Last January, Jeffry O’Brien,…
Read moreDiabetes Comfort Companion Story #4
POP TARTS RULE!The following story is the 4th in the series of 10 from my “Comfort Companion” stories collection in Purr-fect Pals: A Kid, A Cat and Diabetes, a picture book for children with diabetes.This “munchy memory” always brings a “sweet smile” to my face. Before he was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, our eldest son, Joshua, and…
Read moreOrange Brain Color Personality Happiness!
Happiness for my “Orange Brain” is finally having a healthy computer. Sorry, I missed my posting my normal and Weekly Brain Color Clue about what makes an Orange Brainers’ Happy, last Monday. Having fun is a primary requirement for an Orange Brain Happiness. I love practicing Julia Cameron’s idea of an Artist Day, which she wrote about in…
Read moreAnnual Top Cats Motorcycle Club Picnic
Last Saturday morning, my husband, Jordan and I enjoyed another beautiful ride and picnic for our Annual Top Cats Motorcycle Club Picnic, which was organized by Mike and Cathy Bradbury.We rode with 13 other bikes. Our “Responsible Road Captain”, Dennis lead us on a scenic ride from Wauconda up to Genoa City, Wisconsin, West to the Wisconsin and Illinois State line, down…
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