Written by Karen D. Swim I am not sure if pigs are flying but I almost feel like they should be. Below is a 3 minute video of me (yes me!) in which I discuss reinvention. In many ways, this represents a new chapter for me too. I so believe in the power of change [...]
Be The Hero
August 7, 2009 By 5 Comments
Written by Karen D. Swim Be the Hero: Three Powerful Ways to Overcome Challenges in Work and Life is a new book by Noah Blumenthal. The book is essentially about overcoming self-inflicted victimization. It inspires us to change the stories we tell ourselves, rise above and be the hero. The book made the Top 20 [...]
How Well Do You Run the Turn?
June 29, 2009 By 3 Comments
Image via Wikipedia I watched as the runners lined up in the blocks. Down on all fours pushing one leg back, rising again, shaking legs and arms to keep the body warm. Eyes flitted toward the finish line as they replayed their race strategy in their mind. Down again, hands out front, one leg back [...]
Saved by Hope
June 15, 2009 By 6 Comments
“Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime, Therefore, we are saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history; Therefore, we are saved by faith. Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone. Therefore, we are saved by love. No virtuous act is quite [...]
Down the Rabbit Hole and into the Archives
May 13, 2009 By 10 Comments
Written by Karen D. Swim Yesterday, I went digging through my writing file. Not the nicely polished, edited pieces file, nope. The file. The electronic brain dump with snippets of poorly written dialogue and half baked story ideas. Some were so awful that I blushed with embarrassment as I quickly closed the file. Others were [...]
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