Tina Turner's Mantra
For sixteen years, her husband beat her. But on this night, Tina Turner washed the blood from her face, wrapped a cape around her...
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JoAnn Lauterbach
- Jan 23
- 2 min
One a Day
At a meeting the other day, I found myself in my head. It was drawing to a close, I was procrastinating and I knew it. I was there to...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Jan 9
- 1 min
Nothing but a Dreamer
Gloria Steinem said "Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Nov 23, 2022
- 5 min
Untragic Endings
I'm getting divorced. After 20 years. It's amicable. We're both fine. And so are our two kids. It's mutual. Honestly, it is. Yet, after...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Oct 1, 2022
- 2 min
On Change, Cats & Cultivate
I've been thinking a lot about change. On one hand, it's the only constant. And yet, on the other, the more things change, the more they...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Aug 22, 2022
- 1 min
Marcel The Shell with Shoes On
I was utterly charmed by this mockumentary yesterday. Marcel is a marvel who lives love and connection so delightfully. My teenaged...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Aug 15, 2022
- 1 min
“Ignore what others are thinking about you, because they aren’t.”
I love this Kevin Kelly rule from his post on The Technium. It made me laugh out loud. Initially, I thought he was going in the...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Aug 13, 2022
- 2 min
No!
Something horrendous happened to someone loved by somebody I love. That someone was a 13 year old girl. That someone didn't know the...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Aug 12, 2022
- 2 min
Who knows?
I picked up a small yellow book while visiting my mother in Jamaica the other day. Dance First, Think Later. It caught my eye – could've...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Feb 27, 2022
- 4 min
In the name of MY FATHER
2022 has been like no other year for me. I know ... the calendar says we're only at the end of February, but in every other measure for...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Dec 18, 2021
- 2 min
Scavenger Hunt - Omicron Holiday Edition
Yesterday, I could feel the tentacles of holiday blues creeping in as the latest lockdown restrictions were announced on the radio. I was...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Nov 1, 2021
- 1 min
We Get to Choose
While walking the other day, this tree struck me. I stopped to look more closely and I took this pic. I really love Fall. I can barely...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Oct 26, 2021
- 2 min
More, More, More!
Pre-2020, my schedule was unpredictable. I had a wide variety of places, people and pursuits that I would juggle into my days....
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Sep 16, 2021
- 3 min
What It Feels Like for a Girl
Every now and then I rummage through my old CD collection looking for something nostalgic to play on long drives. I started doing this in...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Aug 26, 2021
- 3 min
“I’ll have what she’s having!” 3 Reasons to Love Ted Lasso S02 E05
Lessons on assertive communication from TED LASSO.
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Aug 18, 2021
- 2 min
Three is a Magic Number
If you spent long ago Saturday mornings in the 70's watching School House Rock like me, you know it's true! Maybe, you came to it later,...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Jun 9, 2021
- 2 min
Everybody Dance!
Up until a few years ago, I routinely spent a few weeks each year running communication workshops in London. These were always some of my...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Apr 20, 2021
- 2 min
"What if no one shows up?"
Walking through your fear and reassessing the stories we tell ourselves. JoAnn Lauterbach
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Feb 26, 2021
- 2 min
A Statement and Four Questions
Based on this statement, no over-thinking, please answer the following four questions. 1. If you had to guess the gender of the speaker,...
JoAnn Lauterbach
- Jan 29, 2021
- 1 min
Men and Minimizing Language
Men minimize too. There is research to suggest that both sexes minimize, to more or less the same extent. However, the research indicates...
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