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Gwen Woods, a national communications expert and business/career coach, has spent more than a decade helping others shift perspective on how they think about their strengths and interact with others at the office and at home. As co-author of "Wabi-Sabi at Work: A Natural Path to Career Change" and speaker, Gwen promotes real-world quick fixes to the common communication challenges that snag others.
It’s been 4 years, 2 months, 1 days and 2 hours (or thereabouts) and the reaction from others is still the same. Now I’m much more melodramatic about my announcement because I yearn to see the startled reaction – “You what”? ... Read more...
When my two 80-something-year-old in-laws (Pop and Mars) and my family – husband, two kids, three dogs and a cat, all chose to move in together, we had grand plans for expanding our space and re-doing a home that while nice, needed some refreshing. Enter ... Read more...
Trying to Survive and Thrive While Dealing with Aging Parents, Young Children, Work and Everything In-Between
I am a Bologna Sandwich Generation Mom who is trying to survive and thrive while dealing with aging parents, being involved with young childre ... Read more...
It’s easy to keep score and trust me I do (especially as I fold the four loads of laundry piled on my bed). Every week I find myself doing certain tasks that I don’t feel should be only mine and yet I grudgingly do them.
Living wit ... Read more...
I write today about a different kind of living confrontation (it’s not always about the in-laws) - the spousal variety. Fresh from a verbal lashing from both sides, it’s clear to me that his Yin and my Yang are at battle. Since it behooves us a ... Read more...
To begin to grasp what Wabi-Sabi is all about, means finding treasure in the every day. Instead of focusing on moments of perfection, Wabi-Sabi quietly appreciates the fading bloom on a flower or even the ... Read more...
During a 3-week vacation in Florida, my in-law’s (who also happen to live with me) agreed to merge the family pool business into a larger company. They had full buy-in on choosing retirement and let the idea of being unemployed swim over them for several glo ... Read more...
What lesson has a tree-hugging vegetarian from California choosing to live with her in-laws, two kids, husband, plus three dogs and a cat learned about finding career and life satisfaction? The path is unexpected and imperfect – and that’s okay.&nb ... Read more...



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