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An open letter to my Creativity

November 5, 2019

Dear Creativity, As you’re well aware, I’ve struggled with you most of my life. Either you’re too intense and free-flowing (and I can barely keep up as I want to implement alllllll your ideas) or you’re dead. Silent. Stuck. With these pure opposite ends of […]

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The Death of a Dream

October 24, 2019

Life takes us on journeys. Business often makes those journeys most unexpected. You start a venture with excitement and hope for the future. Maybe it’s a dream you’ve held for most of your life. Maybe it’s a new inspiration. Maybe it’s just an idea you […]

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How to Handle Being “Stuck”

October 21, 2019

I admit… It hasn’t been easy lately. In fact these past couple years have been incredibly tough. So difficult that I’ve contemplated more than once to just quit. Throw it all away. Stop trying to be a good, decent human being making a difference. Do […]

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Three Feet from Gold and a 14-Page Business Plan

June 25, 2019

In the popular book by Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich, he tells the story of a prospector that hit a vein of gold, bought the land, and lost a sh*t ton of money because the vein quickly ran out. He thought for sure there was […]

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Read this if you used to be an optimist…

June 20, 2019

I used to be an optimist. I really did think I had what it takes to change the world. Or at least a town. A neighborhood… A teeny tiny demographic. One family. One child’s life… Then reality hit. HARD. Turns out all I can change […]

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[Guest Expert] Felicia Slattery: Just Be You!

April 24, 2019

I almost didn’t recognize it. It’s been so long that someone looked at me as a woman and was outwardly hostile to me for being where I wasn’t “supposed to be.” But that’s exactly what happened last night. You see, I sing tenor in my […]

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Control Freak vs. The 80% Rule

October 9, 2018

I confess… I’m a self-proclaimed control freak. That’s probably one reason why I’ve found myself “unemployable” by traditional means. Today I was on a call and was asked, “Why do you consider yourself a control freak?” I actually had to stop and think about it. […]

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Do You Hate Money?

August 21, 2018

*Disclaimer: This post might make you uncomfortable. The truth often does. However, know that it’s probably not totally your fault that you feel this way. Society has bred us humans to be uncomfortable about money and it takes a lot of self-work to reach beyond […]

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Are You Part of the Solution?

June 21, 2018

My awesome husband Tony and I have been asked a lot lately why we decided to open not one, but two stores… in “dead” downtown Chambersburg, PA of all places. This question is typically posed by people who haven’t been downtown in over 10 years […]

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No, I Will NOT Have Coffee With You.

May 24, 2018

*Warning: This post contains some grown-up language and might make you angry. In fact, I hope it does. I hope you get so mad at yourself that you take action and start valuing the gifts you’ve been given, who you are, and the purpose for […]

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