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Meet the Coach

My journey to this place began in a high school hallway lined with young men holding cards with numbers that they were using to rate the teenage girls coming through the door. I remember standing at that doorway feeling stuck and very alone. Suddenly, my creative writing teacher appeared at the other end of the hall. He was the...

Tell Your Run Like a Girl Story

Tell us about a defining moment in your childhood. It might be a humorous lesson you learned the hard way or a time in your life when you conquered a fear. Keep it short, 300 words or less. Include a photo if you would like. Let us know whether you want to share it with Kathy or everyone. Have fun! Example: "I cried the day I had to jump...

Reinvent.U

Long ago, your life lay before you like a limitless horizon. You couldn't have known all the turns, dips, and switchbacks your life would take. Today, you stand with a full view of where you have been, and a new horizon, and you are once again filled with a mixture of anticipation and uncertainty. A familiar voice whispers...

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When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go. - Carol Burnett Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the end of the day saying, "I will try again tomorrow". -Mary Ann Radmacher You can't test courage cautiously. - Annie Dillard Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking. -Katharine Hepburn Reach for the stars, even if you have to stand on a cactus. - Susan Longacre If you talk enough, you don't feel you have to do anything. - Linda Grace Updike Making your unknown known is the important thing. - Georgia O'keefe You can't build a reputation on what you intend to do. -Liz Smith The beauty of empowering others is that your own power is not diminished in the process. - Barbara Colorose Taking joy in life is a woman's best cosmetic. - Rosalind Russell Seeds of faith are always within us; sometimes it takes a crisis to nourish and encourage their growth. - Susan L. Taylor Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first. - Ernestine Ulmer It's never too late in fiction or in life to revise. - Nancy Thayer To love what you do and feel that it matters; how could anything be more fun? - Katherine Graham Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some Gods would dream of. - Corita Kent Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you. - Marsha Norman We are always the same age inside. - Gertrude Stein We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history, but to shape history. - Madeleine K. Albright When in doubt, wear red shoes. - Bill Blass

Posted by Kathy on Aug 26, 2008 in Blog | 1 comment

Owning Your Stage

Friday, April 11, 2008 Last year, while watching a show where musicians vie for the opportunity to be a part of a new rock and roll group, I was struck by the idea of what it means to own a stage. I was particularly fascinated by the girl-rockers with leaping appendages that moved wildly from [...]

Posted by Kathy on Aug 26, 2008 in Blog | 0 comments

Letting Go-Taking Care

Friday, February 15, 2008 QUOTE FOR TODAY: “We must be willing to get rid of the life we’ve planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.” ~Joseph Campbell THOUGHT FOR TODAY: Several years ago, a good friend of mine told me the truth. She said, “I think you need some T.L.C. [...]

Posted by Kathy on Aug 26, 2008 in Blog | 2 comments

Butterfly Heroes

QUOTE FOR TODAY: “Change will not come if we wait for some other person; or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek…. We are the hope of the future.” Barack Obama (Chicago 02/05/2008) THOUGHT FOR TODAY: I have read that [...]