In a little over a month I will celebrate my first anniversary in my business and what a year it has been. A year filled with hard work, tough lessons and many rewards. Nothing has been more...

Why write an eBook at all? 

Lots of reasons especially if you’re in the training world. It really helps to get your name out there to establish credibility. It is an excellent way to...

I absolutely love working with Sherri-Lee Woycik. She is that Canadian gal who manages the Badass Facebook Marketing group. I can’t say enough about her challenge. It was a little...

One of the things that I noticed when I arrived at university aside from the fact that I was twice the age of some of my classmates was that I had to be careful with the opinions I expressed.

The...

Looking back at my own career as a woman in trades, I realize that I would have benefited from connecting with other women in the same situation. I often felt alone and misunderstood by my male...

Being an entrepreneur takes a substantial commitment and one of the skills that is most beneficial is an ability to articulate what it is that I need. This ability to ask for what I need and push...

Today I’m thinking about society and wondering what our responsibility is to the citizens. There is no doubt that those who have more will get more for many reasons. In all likelihood, if...

How often do you look at a person and make assumptions about them based on their appearances or other information that is readily available to the naked eye. I know that I am guilty of this myself....

There was a time when you could hang up the “shingle” and wait for clients to come in by the droves. OK not quite droves but you get the drift. Hanging up your shingle was enough...

Self advocacy is the ability to ask for the things you need in life and the ability to protect and establish boundaries. There are many people who are unable to self-advocate for one reason or...