Last-Minute Gift Ideas

by | Dec 22, 2014 | Trends

With just a few days left until Christmas, you may be frantically searching for some last-minute gift ideas. Our writers got together to share a few of ours. Favorite Things – I have some friends that I’ve been giving gifts to for a long time and after many years of...

Distracting Laugh

by | Dec 18, 2014 | Leadership

Do you have a distracting laugh? “Jolene’s laugh is really distracting.” That comment on a class evaluation took me off guard. As a public speaker and teacher, I have received a lot of interesting comments and feedback over the years, but no one has ever criticized my...

Staying Fit Through the Holidays

by | Dec 15, 2014 | Health and Wellness

Staying fit and healthy through the holidays is more about your motivation and one small (but effective) trick than checking off a list of to-dos. Before you read on, ask yourself why you want to stay (or get) fit this season. Are you going on vacation? Do you want to...

It Is Positively Difficult to Stay Positive

by | Dec 15, 2014 | Faith

I pulled out of the driveway and pushed the CD into the player. Today, it wasn’t music; today, it was Norman Vincent Peale’s book, The Power of Positive Thinking. On a typical day my drive to work takes about 15 minutes but once I hit the main road, I could see...