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River river, deliver
Last week, I was chatting with an intrepid woman making a difference in the lives of people around her. The choices she has made in her...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Dec 20, 20242 min read

What happens when you remove the M?
I've been thinking a lot about what freedom means to me. Which is more than likely, different, to what it means to you. There was a time...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Oct 28, 20231 min read

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 23, 20232 min read


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
Oct 1, 20222 min read


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 13, 20222 min read

“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 26, 20213 min read


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
Aug 18, 20212 min read
"What if no one shows up?"
Walking through your fear and reassessing the stories we tell ourselves. JoAnn Lauterbach
JoAnn Lauterbach
Apr 20, 20212 min read

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
Feb 26, 20212 min read

This International Woman's Day declare War on Self-Diminishing Language!
Most of us have no idea we self-diminish . Take the 1 -minute quiz to find out where you stand. Self-Diminishing Language is prevalent...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Mar 5, 20201 min read


What's UP?
So you MESSED UP GET UP STRAIGHTEN UP Voice inside your head – SHUT UP! CHIN UP Don’t GIVE UP Get FIRED UP WAKE UP LOOK UP STAND UP SHOW...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Feb 8, 20191 min read

Humour as Fuel
Last night while my husband and I were watching The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, I asked him to hit pause. Something on the screen had called...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Oct 24, 20182 min read


Imperfection for Connection
There's no shortage of quotes about the virtues of making mistakes. Our social media feeds are piled high with them. Look no further than...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Apr 12, 20181 min read

Daughters, don't diminish yourselves!
This morning there were tears. My high-achieving daughter was asked to reflect on her stellar 2nd term report card for homework last...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Mar 29, 20182 min read


Do you VISION?
Who has time in this busy world we're living in? Not many of us because life can feel like one big juggling act... family, home, work,...
JoAnn Lauterbach
Mar 5, 20181 min read


Who's afraid of the big bad mic?
At first, I thought that public speaking was hard. Actually, that’s not true. At first I didn’t give public speaking much thought at all....
JoAnn Lauterbach
Jan 25, 20182 min read
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