Another issue is not speaking up until I know for sure what the issue is and how to explain it clearly. I have thought that I needed to have all the pieces to the puzzle in place, first. Deborah Clark-Birdwell (aka Deborah Zanowiak back in the '80s) disabused me of that notion in a trainer... Learn More

Another one of my 'issues' with speaking up is whether or not what I want trumps what they want or vice-versa. Everything is OK when I want Mexican food at an 8 (out of a 10 count), and someone else wants Italian food at a 4.  Giving it a rating on my personal Richter Scale... Learn More

One of the lessons that has been difficult for me to integrate is to ask for what I want – especially if I feel tender or vulnerable about what I want, or if I am concerned that my want will be ignored. The difficulty with this one was learning to separate the act of 'asking'... Learn More

Saturday, Teresa Huskey, Training Supervisor for the More To Life Weekend in February, and her two Assistant Training Supervisors, Cathy Reinhold and Shammi Venkatachalan led us in a fun half-day that was touching and expanding and that had a mix of people leading different parts – scheduled leadership and spontaneous leadership. The theme of the... Learn More

A friend and I were exploring her pattern of getting on her back for speaking up, especially if it caused a scene or didn't turn out the way she planned. At a recent meeting, she asked a question about a group decision – it was just a question. However, someone else in the group turned... Learn More

Spending the weekend in Galveston, hosted by Kathy Simmons and Debra Mullinnix, in their beautiful, freshly re-done home, in the mix of the Steering Committee members of the Houston More To Life program – yep … Life is good! Some of us arrived Friday night, some on Saturday morning. We started around 9am and 'worked'... Learn More