Episode 08 concludes Season One of STRETCH. In this episode I share my own story. I knew my story would be part of those shared this season since it was through the changes that I…

Episode 08 concludes Season One of STRETCH. In this episode I share my own story. I knew my story would be part of those shared this season since it was through the changes that I…
Laura and I live in the same small town and only got the opportunity to meet once STRETCH was released. She contacted me through a mutual friend, Annette, and we met for coffee. During our…
Eugenio and I had never talked prior to our interview together. We were introduced by Annette who met Eugenio at an acting workshop. She relayed his story to me and I knew at once he…
Tommy and I met my first day at work in Park City. We were the only two people in town that went to Iowa State University and that connection became the start to the amazing…
Kelley and I were sorority sisters at Iowa State University, while we did go to the same high school – we were a year apart and didn’t connect until college. I kept up with Kelley’s…
My friend Becca is the ultimate optimist and her boundless energy allows her to give time to important efforts in her community. Becca volunteered her story immediately after hearing about STRETCH. She knew that her…
Making changes in our lives is not easy – even when it is a life or death decision. In Episode 02, Jacqueline shares her story of addiction and her path towards a healthy life and…
I am excited for the launch of my podcast today with the release of the first episode – Annette. Annette and I met in our local Toastmasters club. We found a similarity in each other’s…
Today was the fifth morning in a row my dog woke me up and would not let me go back to sleep. He implored me to get out of bed and take him for a walk. He is subtle at first. He begins by pacing around the bedroom yawning loudly. Each yawn leading into a small yelp. Typically, he sees no reaction from me and steps it up a notch by softly whining until he sees movement. The scene escalates once I look at my phone for the time. At this point he knows I’m alive and awake and now nothing will stop him until my feet hit the floor. I can’t pull the blankets over my head because he will just paw at my face beneath the sheets. In his excitement he’ll change tactics and jumps off the bed poking his wet nose under the blanket, aggressively sniffing to see how awake I truly am. Seeing I have no choice but to be annoyed I get up. Now he knows he’s got me.
This week marked the end of summer for me. My kids went back to school and I buckled down to complete the first season of my podcast. It was a great summer, admittedly the right length, and now I need to get back to work.
I spent the summer seeking inspiration from various sources and stumbled upon the Audible version of Bruce Springsteen’s autobiography Born to Run. I was in search of a good autobiography to meet the required reading for a storytelling class I was taking in June. Not only did I stumble upon a great read/listen in Born to Run, the course professor ended up being a HUGE Springsteen fan.