Creative Cadence

April 11, 2016

Take 5 With Award Winning Filmmaker Doug Blush

World Premier: Accomplished Documentarian Brought Beyond Laughter and Tears: A Journey of Hope to CIFF Doug Blush and I first met back in 2012 when CIFF […]
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 […]


June 18, 2013

“No! No Exceptions! I Want This Job, I Need it, I Can Do It.”

“No! No exceptions! I want this job, I need it, I can do it. Everywhere I’ve been today there’s always been something wrong, too young, too […]
June 17, 2013

“You Can Bend The Rules Plenty Once You Get To The Top”

“You can bend the rules plenty once you get to the top, but not while you’re trying to get there. And if you’re someone like me, […]
June 16, 2013

An Immigrant’s Story: Summer, 1978 Kiev, Ukrainian Region of the U.S.S.R.

Chapter 1 Summer, 1978 Kiev, Ukrainian Region of the U.S.S.R. I do not recall the walk from my home, at Zhylyanksya 142, apartment six, to the […]
June 9, 2013

Teaching, Coaching and Propelling

“Once I add all the students, the paying clients, the pro bono ones and the articles on filmmakers, authors, musicians and business leaders, I realize that […]
June 2, 2013

The Rain

      The Rain The rain outside pours down like an anxious waterfall Just set free by the great gates of a mountainous dam The […]
June 1, 2013

Be Curious

“Be curious. Be open. Be hungry. #CreativeCadence Photo / Quote: A. Sukhoy Cabo, Mexico HayHouse Cruise, 2008.