by Kris Prochaska, MA | Dec 28, 2011 | General Thoughts
I love twinkle lights. It’s really one of my favorite parts of the holidays. It’s fitting that during the darkest days of the year we have so many brilliant lights shining all around us. Something struck me this year about holiday lights. I grew up in Ohio and went...
by Kris Prochaska, MA | Nov 20, 2011 | Authenticity, General Thoughts
Every business has them, silent killers that destroy our intentions, goals and dreams of success. What are these killers and where do they come from? More importantly, how do we transform them into productive upstanding citizens? Have you guessed it yet? I won’t drag...
by Kris Prochaska, MA | Nov 11, 2011 | Authenticity, General Thoughts
It’s Veterans Day here in the States, and to be honest until very recently I hadn’t thought much about what that meant. It wasn’t until seeing my son’s 2nd grade assembly yesterday in celebration of all that Veterans and soldiers who are...
by Kris Prochaska, MA | Oct 15, 2011 | General Thoughts
While traveling in Oregon last spring we came across a coffee shop that had this neon sign lit in the window. And yes, it was during business hours. My husband and I thought it was amusing and took a photo. Then it hit me: many folks in business are giving exactly...
by Kris Prochaska, MA | Sep 15, 2011 | General Thoughts
I was sitting with my kids at the PCC the other night eating dinner and a woman walked by with her baby on her hip. My youngest (Anja, 3yo) said: “Look Mama, she has a baby! She has a baby with her…isn’t the baby cute?” To which my son (Eli, 7yo) chimed in: “She...
by Kris Prochaska, MA | Jul 2, 2011 | General Thoughts
Today I was out for a run and I passed a young woman wearing a t-shirt that said in big neon block letters on a black background: “Don’t Waste My Time.” I smiled at her as I ran by and kept thinking about her shirt. There was something about it,...