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Why Your Touch Matters
“I just wanted someone to hug me.” This was the comment I had from an actress I was interviewing on a Zoom webinar as the pandemic was coming to an end. We had been discussing why relationships matter and why Influence Women is essential. She was single and, during...
Get Out of the Cave and Back on the Winding Road That Leads Home
I love summer, but not so much when it gets outrageously hot. It can make me a bit grumpy, discouraged, and depressed. I liken it to winter in August. It’s cave time. I have to stay inside the air conditioning, hide, and try not to let my emotions and thoughts get to...
Busyness: Is It Making You One of the Walking Dead
“Busy” doesn’t mean “productive.” In our desire to get more, be more, and do more, are we becoming the walking dead? Are we seeing life as meaningless and irrelevant? Each day becomes a blur as we wake up worn out and trying to pack something more into our already...
A Passion That Incites Unintended Incidents
Our culture is volatile. Just observe what often happens when a car accident occurs. In our present era of social media and its ability to take an unintended or accidental incident and have it “go viral” happens easily. Out come the cell phones. With social media,...
A Lasting Picture: Overcoming Fear and Insecurity
Recently at a Museum of The Bible event in Washington, D.C., I was invited to participate in a painting class. When I first saw the class being offered on the schedule, I was a bit hesitant, if not intimidated. I hadn’t painted anything since the 3rdgrade. I...
What We Can Learn from Pontius Pilate
In this season of Lent (giving something up to remember the suffering and sacrifice of Jesus) and as Easter approaches the celebration of our salvation through the death and resurrection of Jesus, I found myself reflecting on specific people who could help me remember...
Respect: 3 Things Leaders Can Do to Grow More of It
R-E-S-P-E-C -T – Find out what it means to me…. I can hear Aretha Franklin belt it out. But how do you get it in the workplace and on production sets today? Here are 3 thoughts and lessons I’ve learned. Know and exert your boundaries. One of the hardest things to...
Stop the Procrastination and Dig in with Fortitude
I love having written, produced an award-winning program, or have hosted great events that nourish souls. But it is agony for me to get there. I know and see the destination, but it’s the packing and getting there that never stops challenging me. I have a bit of a...
Can You Bring The Light Behind The Screen in an Instavangelist Era?
I grew up in the era of the televangelist. Rex Humbard and Oral Roberts. They were the pioneers of what was then the only streaming screen – the TV. Today we live in the era of Instavangelists. They are evangelists on Instagram and TikTok. Our screens have changed,...