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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 | One 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 …

Three Minutes at a Steinway
November 18, 2007 – 7:01 pm | No Comment
Three Minutes at a Steinway

contemplating incipient sea change
Last New Year’s Eve, I found myself at the piano after a 20-year absence. As a direct result, I am now faced with the largely self-inflicted terror of playing a Bach …