It’s easy to fly through your days on auto-pilot, rushing to the final project or the next best thing without pausing to reflect on how much you’ve done to get where you are right now. There is SO much strength in pausing mid-project, mid-week, mid-meeting, mid-day to celebrate how far you and the people you…
Meet Christine. Christine Kisiel is the executive director of The American Heart Association. She has a passion for improving the heart and brain health of the Mohawk Valley. Christine believes that the American Heart Association is a relentless force for a world of longer, healthier lives. Christine was asked into the closet to shine a…
Meet Bernie. Bernie Freytag is a self-proclaimed rambler and doodler. He’s also the creative director at Romanelli Communications based in upstate New York and the author of the “kids’ book for adults,” Finding Wonder in the Ordinary. Bernie was asked to jump in the closet to discuss the inspiration behind writing his book and the…
If you’re like me, you’ve been socially conditioned to despise a timer since childhood. I was a speech therapy-going little girl squirming (or more like “squiwming”) at my wobbly wooden desk in Myles elementary school as the clock seemed to fly into warped speed as I refocused my restless mind with all my might remembering…
Meet Chase. Chase is a professor at the New House School of Communications at Syracuse University and a private acting coach. Chase and I have been good friends for years and share the same love and belief that art heals. Period. Sow to Speak asked Chase into the closet to share her thoughts on how…
Meet Deb. Deb Crowe is an executive coach and host of the Heart-Centered Leadership podcast. Sow to Speak asked Deb into the closet to talk about the essential need for leaders to create a non-negotiable practice of self-care as a preventive (vs reactive) strategy to live a “life by design”. Deb believes that by carving…
Yesterday’s gorgeous weather had ice cream written all over it. So I surprised the kids and drove straight from school pick-up to our favorite ice cream spot. I went mint chocolate chip this time when I usually run, taking down a small child to a soft serve vanilla with rainbow sprinkles. It was risky. First…
Meet Laurie. Laurie Halter is the beautiful brain behind the must-listen-to podcast Carearing, which explores topics focused on powerful females raising families and their careers simultaneously. Laurie was asked into the closet to let us in on how to set your soul on fire – What, if you could, would you do to make your…
Meet Jakki. Jakki Smith-Leondarini is an energy medicine practitioner and wellness educator based in Northern California and one of the shining lights behind the WellSoul workshops and My Soul Vibe app. “Amusement over abusement.” Amen to that. This is just one of the many fantastic nuggets that Jakki offers as she helps us kick off…
You can’t save your face and your ass at the same time. Something’s gotta give. We’ve heard the exhaustive conversation about curated social media feeds to convey an image of casual idyllic cool like the hipster who spent hours in front of the mirror just to look like they rolled out of bed. Speaking of…