Staying connected with JOY matters. I have found that reading inspirational stories and insights around joy greatly increases my joy factor. I have also found that sharing some of my best tools and techniques for keeping JOY alive are useful and helpful. I created the JOY beat to provide a fun and joyful blog for you. In addition, it’s a way for you to keep up to date with all the happenings in our Life Full of JOY world. Don’t miss a beat-sign up today!
I couldn’t believe it when I looked at the calendar and realized my blog would be coming out on Christmas Day. That doesn’t happen often. As I reflected on what I wanted to write about, it was so clear to me—it’s all about the JOY of Christmas. I know we
I recently attended a fun, interactive watercolor class. Now, I must tell you that it took a lot for me to sign up. The last paint class I took ended with the instructor fixing A LOT of my canvas. When I say I struggled, it is not an understatement. This
I recently did a training for a group of business owners. Part of this training involved putting different colors of duct tape on the floor. I’ve done this hundreds of times. Imagine the horrified look on my face when part of the floor started coming up with the tape when
Recently, one of my clients was struggling to release tasks to others, both in the office and at home. Even though there were perfectly capable family members to help with laundry, cleaning, meal prep and more, there was this sense of, I need to do it myself. Let’s get real
The morning before the election, I dropped off my mail-in ballot. I wanted to get there early and I had a full workday. The process went smoother than anticipated, so I decided to stop at one of my favorite downtown coffee shops. I was literally the first customer to walk
I had the opportunity to work with small business owners a few weeks ago on a concept around Playing Your Bigger Business Game. Play Your Bigger Game is a book written by Rick Tamlyn; he also developed a concept around a tic-tac-toe board with specific pieces in each square, which
