Danón Carter

If you have participated in any self-reflection, professional mentoring or coaching, you have heard that you need to know your purpose or your ‘Why’ and I will tell you that knowing your ‘Why’ is vitally importa […]

In the world of busyness and business how do you find your style and not get lost in the many ways our society can distract you from becoming your best self. We live in a culture of addiction to busy schedules and […]

I am a Project Junkie. With every project I have this voice in my head and a tap on my shoulder that is my constant remainder.

The weird part is I am extremely creative, not suppose to have organizational […]

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Nominally, I’m an ex-Buddhist. Maybe it was that angle that appealed to the Plaid team to choose me to write for this column, i.e. “a contemporary per […]

A strong predictor of an offender’s success in the criminal justice system is the support they have from others. One of the saddest things I have heard as a probation officer is that I am an offender’s best fri […]

Part of me feels like I shouldn’t be writing about this topic at all because you already know the truth of what I’m about to say. Yet, I found myself explaining this truth to a few individuals since last we cha […]

I went through a phase in my life in my late 20’s where I had come to the realization that I would be just fine going through life without another new female friend ever again. At that point I had been severely b […]

I saw her like I had never seen anything before. I saw her with such clarity it frightened me. She was quiet. No noise. She had gray blue eyes. She had dark hair. She was Intense. I was in awe. She was in me and […]

How much do you love yourself? No seriously. How much? It is a question I pose to all the women in my life, especially when I see them climbing up on their “no one cares for me” soap boxes. I am not casting jud […]

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A funny thing has happened to me, and I am almost embarrassed to admit it but here it is: at some point over the last years, I have become “addicted” to […]

Happy February to everyone, welcome to my inaugural blog on the Plaid for Women platform! I am honored to have been asked to be a contributor and want to thank Shivaun for providing me with this fabulous […]

I’ve had my share of success and failures.  I’ve met some great friends and even dropped a few off along the way. I have made appointments while having to reschedule or cancel others. There were even events I atte […]

I’ve been thinking about networking a lot recently. Since striking out on my own I’ve found myself in very different networking situations from the ones I was involve in in my science and technology transfer car […]

On my fiftieth birthday I awoke jobless, homeless, alone for the first time in 30 years and able to say “I’m better than I should be.” I was facing what appeared to be insurmountable uncertainty.  As I reflect […]