by Stephanie Huffman | Jun 7, 2013 | Career/Job, Family, Relationships, Spirituality
A group of us were chatting when one person mentioned the recent story of a Valedictorian that tore up their “school approved” speech while at the podium on graduation. The student then launched into The Lord’s Prayer. I think it’s interesting...
by Stephanie Huffman | May 29, 2013 | Career/Job, Dating, Family, History, Life, Politics, Relationships
As we watched the TV show together while munching on pita chips and hummus, my friend and I kept hearing this one character on the show complaining about the fact she was continually being “bullied”. Ok, I thought to myself. How do you handle a bully? To...
by Stephanie Huffman | May 8, 2013 | Family, History, Relationships, Women/Relationships
When I finished the book Founding Mothers by Cokie Roberts, I remember saying, “Wow, everyone should know these stories!” What struck me the most was the amazing mothers, not only of our country but of ordinary citizens as well. Moms contribute more to our...
by Stephanie Huffman | Apr 21, 2013 | Dating, Death/Mourning, Relationships
Our country experienced some great losses this week. The Boston Marathon. The explosion in West Texas. Great loss. Leading to great pain. And the temptation to freeze, give up, do nothing… I remember a conversation a few years back with a colleague. They had...
by billyzh | Mar 20, 2013 | Career/Job, Family, Relationships
John D. Rockefeller was a very successful man. And very wealthy. But that didn’t make him immune to problems and conflict. If anything, there were more people in his daily life, and therefore, more conflict. He was quoted as saying: “The ability to deal with...
by billyzh | Mar 1, 2013 | Career/Job, Dating, Family, Financial, Relationships, Spirituality
There’s an old Chinese proverb that I just love. It goes like this: Care about people’s approval and you will be their prisoner. (Tao Te Ching). Stop and think about that. I imagine we’d be pretty shocked if we realized just how much of our day or week...
