My Mother’s Long Spoon Wisdom for Solving Problems In Your Relationships!

Problems With Relationships Have you ever had a problem with someone, which caused discomfort in your relationship and made you wanted to keep your distance from that individual? I think we all have experienced that type of situation. My Mother’s Wisdom and Metaphor My mother created her own axiom for dealing with those circumstances. She…

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My Blue Brain Loved Being Back in a (Virtual) Classroom!

Back in the classroom This afternoon, I told the GlobalEdSsChat teachers and student leaders that it was GRAND being back in a (virtual) classroom and being part of their remarkable program that connects teachers and students from all over the world.  See yesterday’s blog post: Education Chat for Students, Teachers and Parents – Building and…

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Join an Exciting Global Education Chat for Students, Teachers and Parents – Building and Keeping Virtual Relationships!

GlobalEdSsChat My Orange Brain is excited to be a guest panelist for the GlobalEdSsChat for December 2020. The Topic will be: Building and Keeping Virtual Relationships. My friend and colleague, Leigh Cassel, who is the founder of the Digital Human Library, asked me to share my Brain Color concepts with the students. Chat questions The…

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NO BUNK, JUST BS (Business Sense) Update #2 and Cover!

TA-DA! Time for another NO BUNK, JUST BS (Business Sense) update. My Orange Brain is excited to display my new book cover.  Chris Geimer of Chris Geimer Design created the perfect book cover that also incorporates business memoir color details from the book. Below is the second section of the NO BUNK, Just BS Introduction that will give…

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Learn How to Build Your Success with Familial Relationships!

You can easily use the recognizable metaphor of a family to emphasize the importance of each family member helping to successfully build your relationships. I am including the following Meet the Success Family story in my new family business memoir. It is a perfect example for the chapter, which is entitled: Achieving and Maintaining Success. Let me…

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Mimi’s Long Spoon: A Solution for Discomfort In Your Relationships

Have you ever had a problem with someone, which caused discomfort in your relationship and made you wanted to keep your distance from that individual? I think we all have experienced that type of situation. My mother, a.k.a Mimi, created her own adage for dealing with that those circumstances. She would simply say, “I am…

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Happy Spring – March 2013 BrainBuzz Newsletter

Tomorrow is the first Day of Spring! After a long Chicago winter I am looking forward to reading, working and enjoying  in my garden. I find that the following simple gardening equation works for me in every facet of my life. Planting + Pruning = Profusion! I trust that my March BrainBuzz Newsletter will offer a variety of ways to Plant, Prune and…

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Conserving Your Brain Color Energy

Drought conditions and the lack of rain is stress the people and farmland in the much of the United States. It has been an unusual summer and my gardens are also suffering from the unusually dry and hot weather. One of my personal mantras is: “If you are aware, the gift is there. You may…

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Weed Your Own Garden & Relationships

It’s Spring Clean-up in my yard and gardens. My Yellow Organized Brain has already begun feeding, water and nurturing my trees, shrubs and perennial flower beds. Amongst all the beauty of new growth are the fast growing weeds, thistle and unwanted grass, which grow everywhere I don not want them to grow. It is amazing how they grow without any special…

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