By Jackie Sue Griffin, MBA, MS “She hates it when I say this, but we’re the grandmothers of event planning—it wasn’t even an industry when we started,” said Lisa Cook of her decades-long career as event planners with her partner, Leslie Heins. (Our slightly tongue-in-cheek suggestion...
By Jennifer Davis Dodd Three years ago, Lisa Cook and Leslie Heins co-founded a nonprofit dedicated to women’s empowerment and connection. The two have worked together in their event planning business for decades. “We started out as business partners, not friends,” Cook said. “But now we’re sisters.” Their...
By Tiffany Rucker, MBA Practicing self-care means deliberately doing what is best for you. That doesn’t necessarily mean “me first,” but it does mean “me now.” Knowing—and editing—who is in your circle is one of the best things you can do to care for yourself. Family members can be...
By Sherry Jackson This is Michael’s story…. I will share it with anyone willing to listen, because I promised him I would never rest until there was a cure for the nasty disease that ended his life way too soon. Cystic Fibrosis. I had never heard of it. Michael was...
By Tiffany Rucker, MBA It all started with vital signs during clinicals. I was in a nursing program, and every night we practiced taking vital signs on each other. One evening, my usual vitals partner was absent, so I was working with the instructor, who was a 30-year...
By Tiffany Rucker, MBA You’ve heard the saying, “you are what you eat,” right? And we understand that bad eating habits manifest into severe health conditions over time. Well, what do you think happens to you physically when you dine on a steady diet of negative thoughts? Let’s...
By Elliott Potter COVID-19 has claimed so many victims and caused so much damage that it almost seems uncaring to look beyond the troubling death toll and pointlessly frustrating to focus on just a single mucked-up aspect of daily life. We’re still coming to grips with the...
By Ellen Nastir When was the last time you were alone? Really alone. No podcasts, TV or watch/exercise tracker vibrations. No cell phone, computer chirps or video game tings. No books, no articles. Just you! Alone. With your thoughts. Without interruption. We spend most of the day in contact...