March 8, 2021. Today is International Women’s Day. As a woman and mother of two teenagers, I’m torn between celebrating a day associated with so many amazing individuals and being pissed that we need to create such a day. If I spend too much time reflecting, I find myself perplexed…

“How are you?” is a terrible question. For most, it’s useless; a waste of words. In my opinion, it’s detrimental to creating authentic relationships and a caring society. So, why do people ask this question? Is it because they don’t know how to start conversations? …

In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, John Galt is an inventor and philosopher. He believes in the power of the human mind and the right of individuals to use their minds for themselves. He is the antithesis to the collective social and economic structure that embraces mediocrity. I read Atlas Shrugged…

This year has been a challenge. I could write an entire article about the trials that we’ve faced, the obstacles we’ve overcome, the sentiment we’ve felt, the melancholy endured. Instead, this article challenges you to step beyond the dark, stormy clouds of 2020 and see 2021 a world of color…

We are in the battle of our lives. A war waged by a global pandemic. By tyrannical and narcissistic oppression. By hatred and racism. This week, I caught up with several friends from Amherst College with the intention of listening to their “war” stories. Oddly enough, these conversations and the…

As high school and college students graduate, they face the symbolic fork in the road. My advice, which is ultimately the same as Robert Frost’s, is to take the one less traveled — or better yet, blaze your own trail. Companies today must forge a path that accommodates the challenges…