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April 7, 2016

Beethoven Rolls Over to Cleveland

CIFF Welcomes What Would Beethoven Do? One of the great joys of the Cleveland International Film Festival is exposure to great culture. Mostly, this culture is […]
November 23, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #13: Writing Seminars – Part 1 – Hay House, Wayne Dyer and Cheryl Richardson

“Writing isn’t something I do. It’s something I am.” – Dr. Wayne Dyer . Along the corporate life trajectory writing has kept me consistent company, decade […]
November 19, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #12: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 2

From January till ~ June of 2013, I lived 6 months in a monastic lifestyle: work, work out, write, sleep, repeat. Once in a while I’d […]
November 17, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #11: 2013 – Sinking Ships, Cortés Style, Part 1

2013 built on the loss of 2012. And more was to follow. Pruning the dead leaves of one’s life is a critical component to letting the […]
November 13, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #10: 2012 – A Welcome Fresh Start

2012 began with life in a new, beautiful apartment, two teaching gigs, two online writing gigs and two book pursuits. Two seemed like the magical number. […]


May 24, 2015

John Nash: A Tribute to A Beautiful Mind

“I don’t think exactly like a professional economist. I think about economics as an outsider.” – John Nash   Today, on May 24, 2015, the Nobel-Prize […]
May 18, 2015
Jack Welch Suzy Welch

Career ToolBox #45: Meeting Suzy and Jack Welch

One MBA’s Full Circle Professional Moment   “It’s a choice that you make and there’s consequences. It’s something you have to own.” – Suzy Welch   […]
May 2, 2015
Becoming Bulletproof

Becoming Bulletproof Comes to Cinematheque: CIFF Award Winner Returns to Cleveland

Becoming Bulletproof, the prestigious Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award-winner at this year’s CIFF, returns to Cleveland for a two-night engagement at Cinematheque, Saturday May 2 […]
April 19, 2015

Leviathan, The Fool and Child 44: Film Troika

“There’s No Murder in Paradise” – Child 44   I just watched the new commercial film Child 44, based on the book of the same name, […]
April 3, 2015
Downtown Cleveland

Passover: From Austin to Cleveland

What a Difference a Year Makes   Passover is my favorite Jewish Holiday. It’s about freedom.   I’m an Aquarian. A free spirit. A woman who […]
March 29, 2015

Bread and Butter: Everyday I Read the Book

Bread and Butter, the romantic comedy Liz Manashil brought to the CIFF, gives platform to Amelia (Christine Weatherup), the 30-year old virgin, whose safe universe exists […]