5 ways to ditch depression and start living out loud
July 19, 2009 – 12:16 pm | 2 Comments

The bridge between depression and “living out loud” is right there within you; it’s your invincible voice!   At The Self Development Place, you can put together your own unique mix of five different services …

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Your Invincible Voice

The No Lost Voices blog. The challenge: to deliver the message of No Lost Voices to 100 groups in 50 weeks, come rain, snow, sleet — or stagefright.

sea change

Insights and stories to help you step into your invincible voice and make the tiny shifts that can trigger amazing transformations in your life and relationships.

a space that's you

Tips, photos and inspiration to help you transform your space into a personal refuge that reflects who you are and who you are becoming

classes and events

Up-to-the-minute details on workshops, classes, and events at The Self Development Place.

your daughter's voice

Thoughts to help you raise your daughter to be an independent thinker with a natural exuberance for life and a voice that rings clear as a bell.

summer got you dreaming of a space of your own?
July 23, 2009 – 11:40 am | No Comment
summer got you dreaming of a space of your own?

For a quick pick-me-up, sneak a peek at this oh-so-cool space – long on charm and created with more genius than budget. Here’s the point: self-expression cures depression.

speaking out — not a luxury
July 23, 2009 – 8:24 am | No Comment
speaking out — not a luxury

This just showed up in my email five minutes ago.
“Depression is a widespread condition affecting approximately 7.5 million parents in the U.S. each year and may be putting at least 15 million children at risk …

Emotions and productivity – inseparable workplace cousins
July 22, 2009 – 8:07 pm | No Comment
Emotions and productivity – inseparable workplace cousins

More powerful than a new desk and corner office is the psychological climate and whether it builds or, in fact erodes workers’ self-esteem and self-efficacy.

learning to say “why not?”
July 21, 2009 – 12:55 pm | One Comment
learning to say “why not?”

Myths can rule our lives! Nonsense like: “algebra is hard and you have to be at least twelve to get it”; that playing a rhythm of three against four takes genius and math instead of …

Author Holly Schlaack at Élan!
March 25, 2009 – 9:07 pm | No Comment
Author Holly Schlaack at <i>Élan!</i>

Being Real kicks off on April 7, 2009
with guest speaker Holly Schlaack, author of
Invisible Kids: Marcus Fiesel’s Legacy
Holly will share her passion for advocating on behalf of Cincinnati’s most vulnerable children: abused and neglected …

sea change from a bird’s eye view
March 1, 2009 – 6:01 pm | No Comment
sea change from a bird’s eye view

There’s so much advice about reducing stress that it’s created a entire new genre of stress.
Hundreds of tips to try right now. Self help guides with months-long action plans. Shelves of books. Magazine …

rage over the lost keys
November 16, 2008 – 2:06 am | No Comment
rage over the lost keys

Driving home last night, I heard on the radio a virtuoso performance of the classic piano solo, Rage Over the Lost Penny (Rondo Capriccio by Beethoven).  Having recently had not a penny, but …

pond view
March 16, 2008 – 1:53 am | No Comment
pond view

What a stroke of gentle luck – to glance out and see brand new goslings on the edge of the pond across from my house!
Not by themselves, to be sure. Mama and Papa watch their …