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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. […]
November 12, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #9: 2011 – Time to Pivot

2011 kicked off on a gain and finished on a loss. That’s the nature of life. And that was the cycle of that year.   The […]
November 11, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #8: 2010 – A New Professional Chapter

By the time 2010 rolled around, I’d just begun writing for two publications, one for pay and one for free movie passes. Tri-C started giving me […]
November 10, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #7: Renavigating During the Chaos of 2009

2009 proved to be an interesting year. Interesting is such a broad adjective. Something people use when they don’t exactly know what else to say. Or […]
November 9, 2015

Career Coaching Backstory #6: The Big 2008 Crash

“I’m the Bad Guy?…How’d that happen? I did everything they told me to.” – Bill Foster, Falling Down, 1993 2008 began as a terrific year. Just […]


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 […]
March 25, 2015
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Clevelander Tom Miller Brings Limited Partnership to CIFF

Marriage Equality Meets Immigration Reform   “I was never political when I was in the closet. I think I always wanted to be invisible. But it […]
March 18, 2015
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Career TOOLBOX #44: Women On Top

To Climb or Not To Climb?   “I think being entrepreneurial is something women should strive for, rather than working up the corporate ladder.” – Martha […]
March 11, 2015
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Career TOOLBOX #43: Whiplash

The Backlash to Mediocrity   “There are no two words in the English language more harmful than good job.” – J.K. Simmons, Whiplash   Whiplash, the […]
February 11, 2015

Career TOOLBOX #42: Peter Lawson Jones – Creating Your Third Act

  “I plan to live to 100, so this is Act 2.” – Peter Lawson Jones   Peter Lawson Jones is a man with strong presence. […]
February 4, 2015

The Missing 6 Percent: One Year Since Leaving For Dublin, Ireland

On February 4, 2014, I departed Chicago’s O’Hare airport and headed for Dublin, Ireland.   A trip long in the making, I intentioned the adventure to […]