NINE amazing Mothers Day lessons I learned from my Indian mom.
My mother is a true lady. I grew up watching her navigate life as a change-agent, an immigrant, a naturalized citizen, the matriarch and life-partner to my father. My sense of motherhood, friendship, womanhood, and marriage have all been indelibly…
Sesame Street Strategies Presentation Recap: Iowa Clinic
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An update for my NOT DIET, DIET: Eggplant and popcorn
It’s been a few weeks since my last post about my “modification,” or “experiment” with food. Please, whatever you do, don’t say diet or I will eat an entire banana cream pie. I’ve found a ton of amazing things to…
Nead Inspiration Video Series: Explore THIS moment
Nead Inspiration Video Series: Explore THIS moment! I’m sure you can related to me as I heard the knock on my bedroom door. My youngest daughter, Faith, couldn’t fall asleep and she came to me for answers. The problem was,…
Liz’s challenge-experiment-investigation: Cauliflower Pizza Crust and Zucchini Hashbrowns
Shhh. Don’t tell anyone about this. I’m working on my food consumption. I can’t call it a diet (the word diet transforms me into a hedonistic and rebellious glutton) so I have a few other alternate words and phrases. experiment…
13 things every mom should teach her daughter (post on sheknows.com)
I have two daughters, 10 and 12. As their curves become more evident and their schedules fuller, I realize their education as women cannot be left to chance. Celebrities, Photoshop, lyrics and their peers are all shaping their definition of…
10 nutrition tricks that help me keep the weight off
I’m not a trainer, dietician, doctor or network marketer. I’m 44 year old athlete (at least in my own mind) with four kids. I’m shaped like an apple (which means I gain all my weight in the middle) and I haven’t…
A Tale of Two Audiences- Learn to live without limits
[slideshare id=42652819&doc=manifestinginspiredvision1-slideshare-141212132804-conversion-gate01] A tale of two audiences. I had the privilege of speaking to two groups yesterday, one a group of leaders in the IT industry (the Paragon IT Forum) and the other a group of bodacious young leaders who…
Eight reasons why Coaching Customer Service isn’t like other Customer Service
I’ve been coaching business owners and just plain individuals for almost 8 years through my business, Nead Inspiration. It’s been an interesting year of coaching, one that has pushed me to grow, change and develop my coaching and speaking content and…
Mt. Kilimanjaro Episode 1: Four Lessons I Learned from Booty Shaking Joy
It was a long day of climbing. We are Americans, after all. We don’t move for 7 hours at a time, we WORK for hours on end at our desks, in front of the biggest screen possible. I don’t know…