by Naomi Manley-Casimir | Apr 29, 2020 | Big Ideas, Community, connection, Gratitude, Happiness, Life lessons, Self-reflection
The COVID-19 pandemic can be overwhelming. There are people we love who are battling the virus, some of them aren’t making it. People we love are putting themselves in higher risk circumstances providing essential services. We are trying to keep up with the...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Feb 11, 2020 | Big Ideas, connection, Innovation, Relationships
I have been thinking a lot lately about the way that innovation is framed and how it often includes ideas of digitization, monetization and profit, building at lightning speed on other technological advances, and competing to be the most creative, efficient and...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Jan 23, 2020 | Big Ideas, Self-reflection
BJ Fogg, in his interview on the Disrupt Yourself podcast, talked about a pivotal moment for him, which involved awakening from a dream where he was about to die. Upon waking, he felt panicked and it prompted him to reflect on this important question: “what would be...
by Elsie Manley-Casimir | Dec 3, 2019 | Big Ideas, Life lessons, Personal growth, Self-reflection
When I was in my mid-thirties and home with four small children, I took a course at church titled “Living, Dying, Grief,” led by Reverend Jim Taylor. I remember one homework assignment clearly, over forty years later. It was to write your own epitaph. As...
by Kirsten Manley-Casimir | Nov 26, 2019 | Big Ideas, connection, Relationships
We all have those memories…you know the ones…the ones we recount when we get together at family gatherings or with a long-time group of friends. Many of these memorable moments happened by chance – that hilarious thing someone said or did to create that moment...
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