My LEAP Year with Colleen Biggs
It’s Thursday afternoon and I am zooming into a Leap Networking event. In fact, every Thursday afternoon for this entire year I have been on a Leap networking/community event. Come rain, shine, cold, warm, St. Louis spring day-the only time I wasn’t on a Leap networking/community zoom this year was when I was on a…
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Julie Haefner: What I am learning from Breast Cancer
Julie Haefner is a healthy, fit person. She has always taken care of herself physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually. It came as a surprise when she received a breast cancer diagnosis in 2022. Click READ MORE and then click here: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/julie-haefner-what-i-am-learning-from-breast-cancer/ “I was always getting mammograms, never missed a mammogram since I was 40 and…
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Strong Bones: Elizabeth Cohen and Pam Wilson
Ever think about your bones? Elizabeth and Pam talk about their osteoporosis diagnosis and how it’s changed their lives. Listen to our StoryCorps interview click READ MORE and then click here: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/strong-bones-elizabeth-and-pam/ In 2021 I received a phone call after a baseline bone density test from my OB/GYN Dr. Jennifer Smith. “This is a surprise…
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Alaina Huebner: Flower Girl
Alaina Huebner is the owner and founder of Flora MiLou Wedding and Events Floristry in St. Louis, Missouri. A 26-year-old entrepreneur who specializes in beautiful floral arrangements for weddings, Alaina’s mission is to create a bridal experience from beginning to end feel like a celebration! To listen to our StoryCorps interview, click read more and…
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Karen Sher: Baking Challah with Love
Karen Sher delights in preparing and baking her challah. Over the years, she would bake and serve her challah on Shabbat Friday evenings. Her challah is the BEST I’ve ever had-and I baked it for years. To listen to our StoryCorps interview: click Read More below and then click: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/karen-sher-bakes-challah-with-love/ Karen and I met…
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Found Family: Stan Hecht and Dena Hirschberg
Stan Hecht and Dena Hirschberg are smiling and reaching for hello hugs as soon as they spot one other. For anyone watching and experiencing this, you can feel the love of a brother and sister connecting. To listen to the StoryCorps interview click READ MORE and then click here: Found Family. You would never know…
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Dee Mantia Laidlaw: Living Life in Lucca
Dee Laidlaw decided to become a dual citizen thanks to the gift of her grandfather. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, CLICK READ MORE and then click here: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/dee-mantia-laidlaw-living-life-in-lucca/ I was lucky enough to meet Dee and her sister at Lifetime Fitness West County a few years ago. She is an amazing writer and a…
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Jill and Tim Gray: Higher Focus Photography
Jill and Tim Gray of Higher Focus Photography believe in the beauty of the stories we can tell through portraits and video storytelling. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, CLICK READ MORE and then click here: https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/portrait-artists-jill-and-tim-gray/ Jill and Tim have created a place and business together that encourages people to BE their best-in photos…
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LEAP Member Monday Spotlight
How do you think? WHOLE BRAIN THINKING will influence HOW you work, play, and live with others! Watch/listen to this amazing podcast hosted by Colleen Biggs of the LEAP community and learn more about Whole Brain Thinking…Helping everyone play better in the sandbox…. click read more and then click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yCg5aH5LyU
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Sandye Muncy: Loving her life as a Grandmother
We met years ago in a Zumba class and hit it off immediately. We’ve danced, traveled, cried, laughed (so hard we cried), have rocked out to concerts. And the most important role for Sandye is that of being a Grandmother to Eight! To listen to our StoryCorps interview: click here to read more and then…
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How Whole Brain Thinking Will Help You
WHAT is Whole Brain Thinking? WBT is a way to recognize, understand and respect our thinking PREFERENCES. Not our skills or abilities. Whole Brain Thinking, coined by Ned Hermann in the 1970’s is a way that we can use our thinking preferences to challenge ourselves, stretch outside our own preferences and work better/more efficiently…
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Jack Baumann: Travel Expert, Founder and CEO of Guidester
Some of us dream of a life of travel. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, click read more and then click here: Travel Expert Jack Baumann Some of us would love to figure out, like Jack Baumann of Guidester, HOW to make a living at travel! THIS interview is such fun-hope you enjoy listening as…
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The Girlfriend Series: Cindy and Pam
You never know where you might make a friend. Cindy and I became friends when I drove through her window at the bank over twenty years ago. d could solve any problem. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, click READ MORE and then click here: Cindy and Pam. She was the friendly face, the happy…
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Staci and Thor!
I met Thor a few years ago when my sister Staci was given an amazing gift of a cat. I didn’t know she wanted a cat; however, when it came time for Thor to have a new home, Staci opened her home and her heart. At first, it was challenging as she was living in…
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The Playgroup Moms
“Okay, ladies, interview before or after dinner?” I ask as we are drinking wine and having appetizers at Anne’s more than comfortable home. To listen to our StoryCorps interview and laugh along with us, click read more and then click here: The Playgroup Moms: Friends for Life There are groans and even a, “Did we…
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A Chance Meeting: A Friendship in Writing
Cheryl arrived in a writing group I was facilitating in February 2019. It was a chance meeting which over the years have taught me many a life lesson as well as inspired me. The stories she writes resonate due to their honesty and vulnerability. To listen to our StoryCorps interview: click here: A Chance Meeting:…
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The Writer is Interviewed
It is Monday morning January 30th and I have been in hair and make-up for the last twenty minutes. I am nervous as well. However, hair and make-up (all done by me) and my jewelry and blue jean jacket give me confidence. The other bit of confidence comes from Colleen Biggs of the LEAP for…
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Pain in the Butt
Anyone who knows me understands that movement is as important to me as breathing. Any kind of movement-dancing, hiking, walking, biking, weightlifting (now also important because of osteoporosis), Pilates, yoga. Moving helps me feel healthy. Movement helps me feel alive. At this age and stage, it is as important as ever to keep moving. For…
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The Magic of the Yoga Room: Margie Koch
I am in the yoga room in Margie’s class and all of a sudden, I feel her hands on my head as if…as if she is doing a MIND MELD. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, first click: “Read More” and then click here: The Magic of the Yoga Room: Margie Koch I immediately relax…
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Janice Denham: Editor and Writer
Lucky enough to call Janice Denham my editor, I am still in awe of her talent, honesty and kindness. To listen to our StoryCorps interview, click “Read More below” and then click here: Janice Denham: Writer for Life I had been writing S.O.S. From Suburbia a parenting column for many years by the time Janice…
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