Plaid for Women | Jude Olson | Activity https://www.plaidforwomen.com/members/judeolson/activity/ Activity feed for Jude Olson. Sat, 25 Apr 2026 15:53:04 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 ddfffe34bc448a69d40e2c7e7857b253 Jude Olson's profile was updated https://www.plaidforwomen.com/activity/p/104001/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 15:53:08 -0500 0 2aa2dcf76df3c4f5d94bb70849ddc050 Jude Olson's profile was updated https://www.plaidforwomen.com/activity/p/22199/ Wed, 28 Mar 2018 14:47:19 -0500 0 5915e61f2583fec1770f66b750146b8d Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26532 Mon, 15 Jan 2018 13:00:33 -0600 Midwinter signals the year is ending and has us face a transition.  It gives us pause—to walk in the woods or sit by the fire—to take stock of the past year, rest with a long winter’s nap and then begin dreami […]

]]> c6842edd06d322b3f83f7d6736dc236b Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26525 Thu, 11 Jan 2018 13:00:15 -0600 Your world is closing in on you as you escape into the never-ending synapses of the firing of your brain as fear grips you.  “Am I going to die?”  “Why me?”

I know my husband is beside me as I push him away. […]

]]> c28ff826f4d0942916eab8fb48b69bd3 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26519 Tue, 09 Jan 2018 13:00:17 -0600 Women have always found ways to help each other survive racism and sexism in the workplace by meeting informally outside of work for validation and support. This support might be in the form of listening to and […]

]]> 17940edb382e8ba95a38f3996615140d Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26526 Mon, 08 Jan 2018 13:00:27 -0600 Fear. We’ve all known it. That heart stopping, vein freezing, unpleasant rush of adrenaline that hits us and it’s fight or flight. Fear is fine and natural when you are atop the latest daredevil amusement park rid […]

]]> 9eb01241e6a65538c4cec5f8eaadce61 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26575 Fri, 05 Jan 2018 13:00:18 -0600 Do you do your hair yourself?  Do you repair your own car?  Would you ever consider fixing your phone or computer?

We hire all kinds of professionals to help us with tasks in life because they are the e […]

]]> 8a44e5d3093f81f8bf9eaa292578b5a5 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26535 Thu, 04 Jan 2018 13:00:56 -0600 All of us battle with fear in some form. There are many different types of fears, I am referring to the more emotional and irrational types of fears. These are the ones that are usually driven by experience and […]

]]> 4b5d51a39af5d6f2fbfa50cf8edf6ee1 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26536 Wed, 03 Jan 2018 13:00:56 -0600 What are your plans for the New Year? Have you made your New Year’s resolutions yet, or are you still trying to eat the last of the holiday goodies before you make that leap? You certainly wouldn’t want all of tho […]

]]> aa226325d0c6770b99a5632c606f7ad3 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26426 Tue, 02 Jan 2018 13:00:27 -0600 Jobs To Be Done
One of my clients first introduced me to Jobs To Be Done theory, and since then, we have used it as one of the tools to help uncover consumer needs states in certain situations, in order to better […]

]]> 21ed850548239bffc20dc448bf9d7a5e Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26530 Mon, 01 Jan 2018 13:00:37 -0600 I am the woman friends and family say, “Gosh, you are fearless! I wish I could be more like you and just go for it.” I take that as a huge compliment and graciously accept it. I also try to express that I’m not s […]

]]> a76067b432fa6f2f4c267688060f254d Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26402 Thu, 28 Dec 2017 13:00:56 -0600 I’ve decided not to set any goals for 2018. You read that right. Not a single one.

I’m ready to try something different. Instead of setting goals with action plans, timelines and deadlines, I’m taking a new a […]

]]> 87a9ed2e09603f86fd466a18f41cf09e Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26408 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 20:00:52 -0600 A number of years ago, I was hitting brick wall after brick wall trying to find a child psychiatrist for my son.  The one we’d had was leaving and returning to his home state, halfway across the country.  A fam […]

]]> 553e06f381cc372398681ed6beb5a606 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26407 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 13:00:30 -0600 This January marks my eight-year anniversary working at MHMR Tarrant.  I was hired as the Program Director for the Youth Recovery Campus.  The Campus provides outpatient substance use disorder treatment for boys a […]

]]> af788b0638386d443583fe13996c4b6e Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26410 Mon, 25 Dec 2017 13:00:57 -0600 Most of 20th century psychology has worked with a medical model of helping people rid themselves of negative and painful states. Positive psychology, which is about 25 years old, is a term that includes the study […]

]]> d486b3361e135c8e7423a66b3120a725 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26466 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 20:30:18 -0600 Christmas is a time of joy! For me it will always be in the faces that I love and the traditions that transcends generations. My heart rejoices recalling the memories past that light a flame for others and the […]

]]> 97ab8267de29b61dc7c62d6d580ee4e2 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26409 Mon, 18 Dec 2017 13:00:35 -0600 Life is funny!  We go through so many stages as we mature and when we look back at how we thought the world worked, it can be quite amusing.  I remember being 18 and knowing everything.  All adults in my life ha […]

]]> 58a6a474bd47208e892bbf9a22ba113f Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26485 Fri, 15 Dec 2017 13:00:32 -0600 Investing in markets can sometimes feel like reading tea leaves and just hoping for the best.  We know we need to invest, we want to understand it at a basic level, but there’s just so much in […]

]]> a7427dd08194bb77ab839c7f33388a2f Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=26401 Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:00:34 -0600 I believe my business is the busiest this time of the year, because people have not been taking care of themselves, the year is wrapping up, they are exhausted and on empty. Conflict in relationships emerge from […]

]]> 330f2930fac9b5258d4651b465117c8f Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24867 Tue, 16 May 2017 17:00:17 -0500 Isn’t it time to give yourself a coach?

A coach partners with you in a thought-provoking and creative process to inspire you to maximize your personal Life vison and/or your professional Leadership p […]

]]> 1fbe8e0fa6be7bab3caed7cb539b6c96 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24832 Fri, 12 May 2017 10:30:32 -0500 Dear Ms. Plaid:
I am stressed out! I work a full-time job, I have 3 children who are school aged and who are all involved in extracurricular activities, and a husband who I know I need to spend more time with. […]

]]> 2e75c9f49e1ff1535544f9c267108769 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24829 Thu, 11 May 2017 10:30:58 -0500 Who are the business professionals you rely on to make your life better?
Most financially savvy families have an attorney to prepare an estate plan, a CPA to prepare annual tax returns and a financial advisor to […]

]]> 1a2bb87ef63be7cd6e13852cd5e2d8c9 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24821 Wed, 10 May 2017 17:00:26 -0500 Over the years, the pendulum has swung back and forth (sometimes violently) between carbs being good and not so good as a calorie source. In fact, you may even experience major guilt from having that extra slice […]

]]> 27907bb6519d5ca4152209d0622c9d60 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24815 Wed, 10 May 2017 10:30:56 -0500 Drug overdoses now kill more people than gun homicides and car crashes combined. In 2015, more than 52,000 people died of drug overdoses. That’s more drug overdose deaths than any other period in US history — eve […]

]]> b5a94caff01e9db3eb2fd3edfc54fc9c Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24792 Tue, 09 May 2017 22:00:21 -0500 I love the New York Times’ Corner Office interviews published each Sunday morning. There was an interview a few years ago with Dan Rosensweig, president and chief executive of Chegg. Chegg rents textbooks online a […]

]]> 802d79e569ac89e2921b94b2f66c0d93 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24789 Tue, 09 May 2017 17:00:50 -0500 We see this all the time in marketing: “Earn 6 Figures With ONE Webinar!”

“Sell From the Stage and WIN BIG Profits!”

“Close More Sales and Make More Money FASTER!”

And we also hear the “Success St […]

]]> e4c175cbdaf909bb5c11cb59702dd661 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24787 Mon, 08 May 2017 19:30:21 -0500 For the last five years I have extensively studied leadership, with an emphasis on women’s leadership—researching all aspects of the subject for my dissertation and post-doctoral work.

What intrigued me was how […]

]]> e4a4fae1c791210b7e701d1bf5d4e395 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24776 Mon, 08 May 2017 10:30:56 -0500 For twenty-five years, I have had the pleasure of being in love with the same woman. Despite her doing this crazy thing called dying in March of 2014, we have had an uninterrupted love affair that has consistently […]

]]> 35e04e11e127f843c88107e880220918 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24714 Fri, 05 May 2017 10:30:24 -0500 Dear Ms. Plaid:
I have been shy my entire life. Sometimes my shyness can come across aloof and unfriendly, but that is the farthest from the truth of who I am. I have recently been asked from my new boss to give […]

]]> e3250b371039ef65e01df56ee7ca540c Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24710 Thu, 04 May 2017 19:30:13 -0500 When we marry we pray for that “happily ever after,” fairytale relationship everyone dreams of. Unfortunately life does not always work out that way for everyone, divorce becomes a harsh reality, along with bre […]

]]> 891e5367f1a1461938ae60cd9573d026 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24707 Thu, 04 May 2017 10:30:56 -0500 Do you roll out of bed with a smile on your face, feeling inspired to embrace the day ahead of you? Not so much? I understand. But I also know a simple way to transform your mornings from meh to […]

]]> fff02e6de99317bc09983c7e2140dc69 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24704 Wed, 03 May 2017 19:30:59 -0500 Some of us make changes overnight, raising a child with mental health needs. But for most of us, it’s a gradual adjustment. You make little shifts in how you parent and honestly, how you live your life, until y […]

]]> 300cb85791f689980383a82d557e490e Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24701 Wed, 03 May 2017 10:30:21 -0500 Happy spring!! Welcome to wearing your shorts and flip flops again. I love this season!!
When spring comes majority of us get excited to do our spring house cleaning. I know I do.

The other cleaning that is […]

]]> 6ce5555b69e17a22d90dde7343aad7ee Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24697 Tue, 02 May 2017 22:00:53 -0500 As 10,000 Baby Boomers turn 65 every day, the definition of “Retirement” has been evolving and changing as this decade moves forward.

For some, retirement is the end of daily work and the beginning of a 2nd act […]

]]> 222886cf4a550ec2e7f6c80e8edbf95b Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24692 Tue, 02 May 2017 17:00:00 -0500 Women Leaders Series
Connie Oliver
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Solis Mammography

Connie. Give us a little personal background. Where were you born?
I was born in the small town of Lagrange, […]

]]> 1a9349bab1e653d00dce9414510c83b9 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24685 Mon, 01 May 2017 19:30:23 -0500 As long as I can remember I’ve really liked “the guys.” I’d rather drink a beer and watch the game than sip something fruity and gossip. I find that many women are intimated by me and I’m ok with that. Quite fra […]

]]> 85809241ebc7e060cbb9b9dc1d02394d Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24664 Mon, 01 May 2017 10:30:00 -0500 One of the many compelling issues now facing society is that of immigration and the ongoing crisis of assisting refugees. While many around the globe are willing to do all that they can to help, some choose to […]

]]> f1e977a654f266334cdff61794d31050 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24488 Fri, 28 Apr 2017 05:00:00 -0500 Dear Ms. Plaid:
My husband and I are planning a 3 week vacation to Europe in the Fall and we are planning on taking our children, ages 2 and 4, along with us. Our friends and family think this is inappropriate […]

]]> 00760774b774ea05f02688989dae9c24 Jude Olson wrote a new post https://www.plaidforwomen.com/?p=24489 Thu, 27 Apr 2017 05:00:00 -0500 I don’t often rant.

Well, okay fine, I do…just not always in public.

But today I just have to finally get it out of my system once and for all: I HATE being told that I have to HUSTLE if I want to suc […]

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