Sasha was driving home from work, listening to the music on her MP3, when she heard a short, loud blurt of a siren, looked in her rearview mirror and saw flashing lights. She pulled over, and the patrol cop came to her window and told her she’d run a stop sign a block behind her. [...]

I have a relative who’s 66. In his younger years he built a steel fabrication company from the ground up, and acquired a small fortune for his hard work. Airport hangars, schools, churches, office buildings… he fabricated buildings that were shipped all over the US and the Caribbean… As his kids grew up, one by one they [...]

An archaic stigma has hung over our culture since the Dark Ages that perpetrates the myth that anyone who sees a psychiatrist belongs in an ‘asylum.’ However, not only is asylum an extinct concept, but so is the idea that only the insane need a psychiatrist. As a culture, we need to band together to [...]

Mental health providers have a broad range of challenges that are as diverse as their services.  From CBT to DBT,  talk therapy to shock therapy, and from group therapy to private counseling to CE seminars and workshops,  the challenges seem to grow daily.  The world we live in provides conveniences while also creating new maladies [...]

Independence Day is coming…the 4th of July.  Hamburgers, hotdogs, home made ice cream. Picnics and a blanket on the ground. Playing in the water. Then the hot sun dips behind the horizon and the sky grows darker and darker… everyone gathers on their blankets at the water’s edge, eating refreshments from their picnic baskets. A [...]

Case Study Catering Biz Increases Revenues 30% in Recession   Company Background Started in Chef Kathleen Francis’s kitchen, Extreme Cuisine Catering began as a small and personal venture that was met with interest by a hungry university community whose population was 650,000. Chef Matt Fairchild joined her as partner later that year, and they enjoyed [...]

Using the Recession to ‘Fertilize’ Your Business Growth The One Thing you Must Do Now to Increase Your Business Post-Recession     Economic recession is a time of tremendous business opportunity for those who are situated to take the necessary steps to benefit.  Conversely, those who neglect growth when times are tough, payer a tougher [...]

Is Your Website Lazy? How to Get That Expensive Website to Work for You and Multiply Your Revenue in 5 Easy Steps   This is the Age of Technology.  From our phones we surf the internet, shop for whatever we want, and pay bills. In this age, if you don’t have a website, you aren’t [...]

If you have used one of those “he” laundry detergents, you know that they’re more effective than the regular stuff.  You don’t use a lot.  The cap on the bottle, which is also your measuring device, is smaller than normal, to make sure you don’t overdo it.  The machine is more efficient, and the detergent [...]