Drown out the haters and focus on the positive. Are we trained to focus on the negative? Who are our role models? Michelle Obama and Julia Roberts talk about leading the next generation of girls and women into leadership roles, relationships with their significant others, planning joy into your life and their own roles as …
The Fun of Listening to Dolly Parton’s America podcast
Whatever your thoughts on Dolly Parton, this podcast will make you think a little differently, perhaps opening up your mind to some new, kinder ideas and provide some tips that you can implement yourself as you strive to be the ultimate Queenager
Welcome to a New Way of Thinking
We are middle-aged and there is so much to celebrate, including a key factor; we are alive. More alive than any middle-ager ever before us.
What View Do You Choose?
I joined the Great Escape Publishing community when I attended the 2017 Ultimate Photography Workshop in San Diego. At the time, I had no idea there was a community that was hiding there in plain sight, waiting to help me whenever I felt ready. Throughout the year following this, the community has been available for …
Dream to Reality
In life, work, fun or families…It is all equally important. As the following adage goes: A DREAM Written down with a date Becomes a GOAL A Goal broken down into Steps becomes a PLAN A PLAN backed by ACTION becomes REALITY We have all been exposed to this motivational adage in some form by a …
3 Important Turkey Tips
From the former director of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line My name is Mary Clingman, and my most favorite job was being the director of the Butterball Turkey Talk-Line. The Butterball Turkey Talk-Line was started way back in 1981. Toll-free phone calls had just become available and someone at Butterball wanted to know if people would …
When Your Colleagues Are the Same Age as Your Children
How to navigate work when you’ve been doing it for over 25 years already and most of your colleagues are half your age.