Beth’s Blog
I've been blogging since 2012.
It’s no coincidence that’s less than a year after my second divorce, and what I thought was the end of my goal-oriented life. I write about unifying life experiences—often the stuff people think but don’t say out loud.
You will find posts on both overcoming traumatic events and achieving goals including the following topics:
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- divorce
- having cancer (leukemia) and a Bone Marrow Transplant
- mom/daughter dynamics
- raising a teenager
- single-parenting
- dating as an almost 40-year-old (not) virgin
- Christianity
- becoming an avid marathoner
- and empty-nesting.
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Oh…and I write a lot about leadership, career development, corporate culture and USING YOUR VOICE in the workplace. #changeyourtone.
Latest on the blog
A Different version of the game
As parents we want our kids to grow up and be happy, healthy and well-adjusted. We want them to be productive members of society. And, if we’re honest, we want them to be us…better versions of us. It’s like kids are the one last shot we have at the buzzer to win the game of […]
Sending your only kid halfway across the world: why “I never cry” should not be an Alice Cooper Song
Less than a week ago I dropped my one and only daughter off at the airport so she could fly across the world for the next 6 weeks. She (we) has been planning and preparing for this “study” abroad program for some time, so her leaving on a jet plane was not unexpected. What was […]
Dusted Off
Two weeks ago yesterday, I ran my thirteenth marathon. It was still hard. It never gets any shorter. Respect the distance, people will tell you. You can train and train and train, but if it’s monsooning outside to the point you have turned into a thousand-pound sponge by mile two, there’s really not much you […]
Enough of the apologizing
On mornings where my day starts in the office, I log into the alarming number of programs I will be bouncing between for the next 8 hours, and then open Aol. It might be old school, it might be less intellectual than other sites, but I find it easy to navigate in the two minutes […]
Love one another as I have loved you. (And can the Cavs please win tonight?)
My Mom never talked to me about sex. She grew up in the 60’s, so the obvious paradox is that she had to know a ‘lil somethin’-somethin’ about it. Plus, me. And my sister. Yet on that topic you could hear a pin drop in our house. Come to think of it, that’s about all […]
Devotional: Deuteronomy…which is actually not terrible
When I first started trying to read the Bible, I skipped all the sections that were boring, had names which were dumb or un-pronounceable, or talked about stuff that seemed crazy. So, you know, that rendered me pretty much reading Proverbs (they’re pithy) and most of the New Testament – other than the part where […]
Devotional (actually): Don’t go it alone
For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, and I rejoice to see your morale and the firmness of your faith in Christ. – Colossians 2:5 (Full text, Colossians 2: 1-5) I love this passage, as to me, it is a strong reminder that none of us can go […]
Is Gentleman’s Quarterly Only Right 4 Times a Year?: (You know, by Definition)
Yesterday morning, I read a book review that came out a couple days ago: “Repetitive, self-contradictory, sententious, foolish.” It piqued my interest for three reasons. Brevity Use of the word “sententious” (sucker for a good word) The book was the Bible I almost threw in my real-job work towel in favor of jumping into the […]
You Are What You Tell Yourself: Qualifying for the Boston Marathon and Other Stuff
We all have a narrative on loop. I’m not good enough. I can’t do that. I am better than him/her. I… Fill in the blank. And just like Henry Ford said best, it’s all true. Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you’re right. The Training Program Coordinator (i.e. running coach) at […]
