Danón Carter

Ambition, results, anxiety and ego motivated me. Made me push harder, stay open 24 hours. I believe these are the shadows of desire, growth, intention and distrust. Moving like this made me feel good. Feel like I […]

If you love artistically beautiful movies and want to better understand the nature of identity and the transgender experience, you absolutely must see The Danish Girl movie! I was captivated by the character […]

Sometimes it feels like being able to see the light but not being able to find the switch to turn it on. Have you ever known what you want and known, intellectually, what to do to accomplish it, but have not been […]

Three days after Christmas, my 91-year-old grandma passed away.

I was with her in her final moments.

I stood at the end of her bed, my hands gently holding her bare feet as her breathing became more labored. […]

It’s amazing what you can accomplish doing nothing. I have come to an important moment in a large project I’ve been working on and the next step in my recipe is to let it marinate. As it sits brewing I found tim […]

This year as we prepared for our second Christmas without my father, I started thinking about how far we have come as a family and how it must be a sign of our resiliency. Before my father passed, none of us could […]

With a deep sense of purpose, we strolled down this long hall hand in hand, escorted by a nurse. As we got closer, I realized the depth of the disease. Our friend was in the lock-up side of the nursing home.

As […]

Expand your vision and see that inside every culprit, there is a victim crying for help. That person is a victim of ignorance, small-mindedness and a lack of awareness. It’s the stress, lack of understanding, lack […]

Reach back in your memory, and try to recall what it was like for you in junior high. A few people seemed to have it all together – they were the in-crowd – and everyone wanted to be a part of that clique. For tho […]

As I considered what to write about this month, it seemed there was no shortage of topics that came across my desk. Many of these topics are not what I consider the enjoyable side of sports nor are they the reason […]

There seems to be a new trend. It’s called “telling your story”, and I question if this is really a good practice for women. In the 80’s, on women’s talk shows I think it did serve a powerful purpose, but lately I […]

by Jean Freeman and Susan Brown

Everyone knows a family member, friend or old neighbor who is transitioning from a consistent income to a less “lucrative” income due to divorce, death of a loved one or fix […]

“Thank you so much for coming over to talk to me. Your acceptance of me for being different means so much to me. “
There are two old sayings that often prove there are two sides to every story. The first say […]

Have you ever felt like you were going to be found out as a fraud? Well you are not alone…Tiny Fey, Sheryl Sandberg and Meryl Streep have all admitted to feeling like this at some point in their careers.

For m […]

Recent editorial for Downtown Fort Worth Rotary – I offered a challenge to my fellow Rotarians that would be good for any community leader. 

I’m excited to talk about one of my favorite topics and to issue a sm […]

1. The Business Owner. A properly created business has exhaustive company agreements, succession planning and creditor protection. Unless you have every confidence in your documents, you may want to consider a […]

With all the craziness in the world today, I am reminded that we all have free will. One of those is our choice to love or hate. We are not born with an innate desire to hate others, this is taught both by direct […]

 
Stop Letting Labels in the Workplace Define You

This video was produced in the Philippines for Pantene. Take a look at it and I think you’ll find that it’s just as relevant in the US.

The video shows two […]