Author Archives: Michele

Halfway There

If you have time to read any blogs at this time of the year, congratulations. You are more intentional than most people, including possibly Santa Claus. You’re probably also on the Nice list, so well done, you. The interwebs already have about fitty billion blog posts about the final weeks of the year, and I’ve [...]

Don’t Regret Regret

I’m loving all the updates on stuff you’ve done to make the most of the time you have left in 2011. Way to get busy. Deadlines always make me hustle, too. I was thinking this week about how it feels to know that you need to act on commitments you have previously just been thinking [...]

30 Days

 Just FYI, you have 30 days left to accomplish your New Year’s Resolutions for 2011. 30 more days to lost that weight, write that book, have that conversation, take that risk. 30 days to get it done. How does that feel? Piece of cake? You already did it? Back in June, or even March? I [...]

Talking Turkey.

Yes, it’s me. Just me. No guest poster, no link to a YouTube video, no distractions. My last post- that I wrote, myself,- was June 15. Almost 6 months ago. I have loved each and every guest post that I’ve run since I’ve been here in person. I have such great, smart, witty, and wise [...]

Be Fierce.

My friend and this week’s guest poster Tara Jones is kind of awesome sauce. One of her many gifts is the ability to take something good and fine and make it stupefyingly tremendous. In about 5 minutes. Every time I hang out with her (which isn’t nearly often enough,) my jaw literally drops at her perspective, her [...]

Hit Your Stride

My friend Hilary Dmitruk has a really small mouth. Ask her; she’ll show you the minimal circumference. Also, we tested its smallness through multiple games of “Toss the peanut M&M” when she was a college student and I her advisor. Since then, Hilary has learned to use her mouth- and her voice- to speak hope [...]

Just Do It.

Drew Tillman is a completely loveable diva who refuses to slant the truth or take himself lightly.  He will tell you he’s kind of a big deal.  He worked for me once while he was in college and once- for a very short time- after he graduated, and both times I got back as much as I [...]

The voice of my own thoughts

Today’s guest post is from my dear friend and butterfly, Vanessa. I’ve known Vanessa since she was a college student, and my family has loved her since she lived with us for one awesome year post-college. Vanessa is all in to whatever she does, and her ambition and zest for life never cease to amaze [...]

How to Cultivate Relational Space

My friend Steve Saccone writes our guest post this week. Steve is kind-of-a-big-deal but you’d never know it when meeting him. If you look up “relational” in the dictionary, Steve’s picture is there. He’s a great friend and a gifted communicator, and we’re honored to have him here on TMP talking about how self-leadership applies [...]

It’s Too Late To Apologize

My pal Anna Luther Quinlan wrote this week’s post. We used to hang out a lot, then we didn’t, then she moved so now we can’t. Reading this post made me miss her all over again. It’s from Anna that I got the phrase: “The truth always happens“, and I remain in awe of her [...]