by Ellen Clarke | Nov 13, 2021 | Focus, This is my reality & I'm Going With That
This revelation hit me like a ton of bricks when it happened. I remember it so clearly; it was right after Christmas 2000. My father had given me a CD by Andrea Bocelli, “Romanza.” My dad had come to the U.S. to sing opera, so he greeted any interest I...
by Ellen Clarke | May 19, 2021 | Focus, This is my reality & I'm Going With That
On the day I left my 9 to 5, it was 1996 – the era of the Gray Cubicle. My firing was fortuitous since by then my job had become intolerable. I experienced a bunch of different promotions in the sixteen years I worked at this insurance company. File clerk,...
by Ellen Clarke | May 13, 2021 | Focus, This is my reality & I'm Going With That
I read a great Forbes article the other day about the traits that all successful women share. First, a caveat. The definition of “success” is different for everybody. For the Positive Madness posse, success means getting past your inner barricades. So...
by Ellen Clarke | May 11, 2021 | Focus, This is my reality & I'm Going With That
Don’t know about you, but I like pancakes for supper rather than breakfast. With fried eggs and toast. There’s something satisfying about taking time to cook really good pancakes – flipping ’em up and hoping they land back in the pan (hahaha…I...
by Ellen Clarke | Apr 27, 2021 | Focus
Learning how to stop wading through life and then drowning in heavy emotions is scary at first, am I right?! Change often is, even positive ones! Here’s how I helped myself – my first client! – overcome that hurdle. The best place to start is to grab...
by Ellen Clarke | Aug 5, 2020 | Focus, This is my reality & I'm Going With That
Happiness. We all want it. Do you stalk and capture it like prey? Or sit quietly and wait for it to wander into your sphere, cautiously – as if you might kill it? Some say happiness is like a butterfly, and chasing after it is counterproductive, but if you sit...
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