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Infomagical: My Journey

by Nicole Ouellette | Feb 8, 2016 | Good For You

“You mean you haven’t heard of that?” Sometimes a friend will say this to me when I haven’t seen the latest viral video everyone’s been commenting about on Facebook or read the 10,000 word New York Times article about a social justice...

The Four Tendencies: A Deeper Look

by Nicole Ouellette | Nov 23, 2015 | Good For You

I’m in a bit of a ‘mastermind’ group on Facebook. The idea is we’re supposed to motivate each other with posts and encourage each other. One of our group members Cherie (an excellent blogger who I am linking here) posted this link for the Four...

Finding Time vs. Making Time

by Kassandra Strout | Nov 3, 2015 | Good For You

Lately I’ve been feeling exhausted, as if I could close my eyes at any given moment and bam, be fast asleep. Granted, I’ve never had a great track record for getting a good night’s sleep, but this recent stretch has made it incredibly hard to do all...

Three Things I’ve Learned from Being Quiet

by Kassandra Strout | Jan 20, 2015 | Good For You

Do you ever feel that people are trying to give you a hint? This past Christmas, my family gave me a couple books (not unusual), and the titles seemed to be a not-so-subtle plea: When Words Matter Most (not sure of the author) and Quiet by Susan Cain. Hmm, I thought,...

The First Month of Lift

by Kassandra Strout | Nov 25, 2014 | Good For You

A day or so after starting this project, I read a blog post on why our resolutions often fail. Turns out, it’s often a failure to change those nit-picky little things that we do- those small changes in our habits. In other words, we should start small, and...