by Valerie | Apr 27, 2020 | Front and Center, Next Chapter, Storytelling
Our lives are like stories, playing out one chapter at a time. Our experiences frame our narrative — our belief system about ourselves and the role we play in the world. We then experience future experiences through that existing narrative lens, which serves as...
by Valerie | Mar 31, 2020 | Advice, Front and Center, Wellness
(Editor’s note: This article was originally written in June of 2018). June, 2018. In a mere three days, we lost both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain, two brilliant creators who must have been staring down unimaginable demons. Their suicides brought to light the...
by Valerie Gordon | Mar 13, 2020 | Advice, Front and Center, Wellness
Is it me or has the world gone mad? Have we tried unplugging 2020 and plugging it back in again? How else do we fix this? If you’re reading about my anxiety, you’re likely feeling it too. Confused. Concerned. Conflicted about how to handle this contagion. I feel...
by Valerie Gordon | Mar 4, 2020 | Advice, Career, Front and Center
Hey there… I see you… Holding yourself back. Staying in the background. Hiding. What are you waiting for? Approval? The time to be “just right”? (Read why “As Soon As” are the three biggest goal-killing words!) Someone to hand you a...
by Valerie | Feb 18, 2020 | Creativity, Front and Center, Storytelling
Remember that kid in The Sixth Sense? He saw dead people. They don’t know they’re dead. I’m just like that kid. (Well, sort of. I don’t see dead people – thank goodness for that!) I see stories. Everywhere. Vibrant, colorful, ongoing,...
by Valerie | Feb 4, 2020 | Advice, Communication, Front and Center
Just give me a minute because I’ve got something to say. You need a big adjustment. You have a just problem. You know the “just” I’m talking about… the one you insert into conversation when it just has no reason to be there. I ask,...
