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Pink is not my color. But for my fifth birthday party, I decreed every girl attending wear a pink dress. My bossy little self commissioned my mother to bake and decorate a pink cake topped with five pink candles. […]

I think “celebration” used to mean “perfection” to me.  It was important to me that everything be authentic and made from scratch.  I remember my daughter’s first birthday–a tree trimming party–for a one-year o […]

My heart aches as I write this.  My brain will not turn off as I struggle with a given apology.  My quandary is when the issue continues to raise it’s ugly head. When this happens, old wounds from the past reo […]

People who take time to reflect on and celebrate their accomplishments are more optimistic, take better care of themselves and tend to be less stressed. If celebration increases our sense of well-being, why […]

Of all the “stuff” that I carry with me from my early days as a Coach, this concept of “charging what I am worth” has stuck with me.

And not in a good way.

Would it surprise you to learn that this topic h […]

When was the last time you celebrated something? Big or small – it doesn’t matter.  

Birthdays, religious and cultural holidays, Thanksgiving, Independence Day, even National Tell an Old Joke Day (It’s a thing […]

When was the last time you honestly celebrated you?  We often have no problem celebrating other’s wins but find it difficult to celebrate our own accomplishments.  I have also been guilty of this. There have bee […]

When I sat down to write this article, I tried to remember what were some of my childhood dreams? Now that I am in the later years of life, did I realize those dreams? Is there still time to see what I hoped for […]

There she was, a 15 year old girl, laying on her stomach with her feet propped up in the air as she casually flipped through the newest Victoria Secret catalogue and Vogue magazine that were delivered earlier that […]

What are you dreaming about doing or returning to in a post-COVID world? How do you uncover your dreams? What does it take to see your dreams fulfilled?

Dreams, if they would only come true.  In a post-COVID […]

MiShon Landry MiShon Landry, CDP is a Certified Diversity Professional and owner of Culture Consultants located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. Culture […]

When it comes to profanity, maybe I’m just old school. My son certainly thinks so. Like many others of his generation, he believes those words don’t mean what they used to.  Yet I still wince.  As a baby boome […]

“A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.” 

-John Barrymore

A customer service representative, file clerk, leasing agent, IT help desk representative, network engineer, network oper […]

This article addresses the difficult matter of sexual abuse. Reader be advised.

Little girls often dream of being a princess and marrying a prince. Living in a castle happily ever after. If this were only what […]

Success in setting goals starts with a clear view of the target.  Unfortunately, ninety-five percent of us are throwing darts at an invisible target, an undefined dream – one that has no real personal value and so […]

The playground was black asphalt, bumpy and cracked in places. My pals and I looked for a smooth place to empty our little drawstring bags of marbles. We would circle up and pour out our marbles, protecting them […]

I don’t have dreams. I’m perfectly designed to partner with visionaries — to help them realize their dreams. And so I did. Over and over again my boss had fabulous dreams and I broke them down into small execu […]