Social media is the one of best things in my life… and also one of the worst. It has given me many gifts and made me feel connected, educated, invigorated and inspired. But, equally often, it has made me feel “less than,” lonely, angry, and horribly depressed. In spite of this, I’ve been unwilling to walk away from social media entirely since it’s my life line

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I have chronic pain, (due to a hereditary degenerative disease in my spine–many of my discs are damaged, herniated or fused.) I also do a lot of public speaking, professionally. Recently, someone asked me how I juggle the two. To be honest, it isn’t always easy. Beyond preparing a presentation and performing it, there are a host

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You’re busy with a business to run, people to meet and a personal life to live. So understandably, content marketing may not rank high on your list of things you want to do today. It’s time to change that. Content is important for marketing your business. It can help ensure online traffic flows to your website, connections

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Some days I feel like the Internet is a continual re-run of the movie Groundhog Day. While the news changes daily, the basic communication cycle we humans engage in about the news plays out the same way over and over again (sometimes with the same people playing the same role each time.) Does this sound familiar? ____________________________

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I’m the type of friend who will tell you when there’s salad stuck in your teeth or toilet paper on the bottom of your shoe. And it’s in that spirit I’d like to address something equally awkward and embarrassing about content… Some types of content can make you or your company look really lame. Likely no one

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Is radical self-care a priority in your life? If you’re like me, the answer is probably, “I don’t think so.” You probably make basic self-care a priority, (for example, I eat regular meals otherwise I get hangry.) But, beyond that, your to-do list is likely dominated by things that serve other people or things that improve your self, career or home. This can come back to

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