Beating Depression

Aug 22, 2010 | Soapbox

I got an email from a client last Friday that gave me great joy. When she first signed on as a client with me a year ago, she was a mess. She was on medication for chronic depression, she hated her job, her family was neglected and she completely lost any sense of...

The power of the web to change lives

Feb 14, 2010 | Soapbox

It is interesting that while we live in a time when everyone seems to be creating masses of duplicate information, the success of a site like I Wrote this for You is in it’s minimalist messages. This is a great example of the power of the Internet to change...

The End of Misleading Testimonials?

Dec 22, 2009 | Soapbox

We all want those we deal with to be honest and truthful with us ‘? in fact, we expect it. Even the most deceitful crook expects his friends and associates to be honest with him. It is this expectation of honesty that makes the use of testimonials in...

Have You Got What it Takes?

Nov 9, 2009 | Doing Now, Soapbox

Yesterday we had the Spring Fair at our local school. It’s the school’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Each year, the task of planning and managing the Spring Fair falls to the parents of Class 4; which this year included us. Janine was on the Spring Fair...

Pets in the office

Apr 30, 2009 | Soapbox

An office should be all business – right? We’ve found that there is something very calming about having a pets around in the office. Our local club has a very large fish tank as a dividing wall. Apart from the fact that kids all want to go over and watch...