How to Write a Killer Lead

How to Write a Killer Lead

The cursor blinked at me. Blink. Blink. Blink. White page staring back. Blank. Blank. Blank. How could I do it one more time? How could I write a compelling story about a subject matter so dry it made my lips crack. How? Has this been you, Dear Fellow Communications...

Bucket List

My friend Seth is going to the World Series. He’s ecstatic. He called yesterday to talk business, but what he really wanted to tell me was that he was going to watch his team, the Kansas City Royals, from right field of his home stadium. He really couldn’t believe it...

5 Ways to Be Happy Now

I recently wrote a guest blog for Spin Sucks, (as in media spin), a nationally recognized blog for communication professionals—writers, public relations practitioners, advertising folks. Though the blog was geared to that community, the message is universal. Everyone...

A Concert in Your Living Room

The first time I heard about house concerts, I was in a panic. I’d just learned that my favorite singer, Antje Duvekot, was coming to Seattle, and I had a conflict on the night of her show. I checked her website calendar and read that she was also playing a “private...

How to Meditate

I remember the first time I sat in meditation at the Chopra Center in Carlsbad, California. I had just been given my mantra, ( a sacred word that you repeat over and over in your mind). I was so excited!  I was about to begin my training! So, heart pumping, I opened...

Inspired Health & Wellness

Christine LaChance ditched corporate life in favor of following her passion. She created Vital Solutions Health & Wellness to help companies, and the people who work within those companies, create health & wellness programs that save companies on health...

Adventures in the bookstore

I had just taken a yoga class at the Skagit Valley Co-op, a health food and healthy lifestyle store in my town. I stopped in to their mercantile and found my book on the bookstore shelf. I tried to be cool about it, and not make a scene. But I was pretty darn happy...

A Conversation with Stacie Zinn Roberts

How to Live Your Passion & Fulfill Your Dreams What is the story behind the What’s Your Avocado? personal empowerment concept? Why is gaining clarity so important? What is the top tool you can use to gain clarity and why? How do you define the power of self talk?...