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A Girl and Her Horse
A Girl and Her Horse

A Girl and Her Horse is an illustrated book about friendship and life, told through the story of a girl and her horse together.

2022

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Mary Lemmer
Mary Lemmer

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IMPROVE

·Mar 29

A Surprising Way to Improve Self-Awareness and Act on It — Improv

There are so many ways to improve self-awareness. Therapy, personality assessments, astrology, honest friends, reflection, meditation, to name a few. I’d like to add improv comedy as a great way to improve self-awareness AND act on that awareness. Think about it, self-awareness is great, but unless someone has a venue…

Improv

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A Surprising Way to Improve Self-Awareness and Act on It — Improv
A Surprising Way to Improve Self-Awareness and Act on It — Improv
Improv

3 min read


Feb 8

The Latent Impacts of Layoffs

Companies are laying people off. Every day it seems like I read about a new layoff. And if you’ve spent any amount of time on LinkedIn in the past months surely you’ve read about them too. Even before these layoffs started happening in mass people were experiencing anxiety and loneliness…

Layoffs

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The Latent Impacts of Layoffs
The Latent Impacts of Layoffs
Layoffs

3 min read


Jan 17

This is what my iPhone screen looks like

Maybe you’ve read about Screenless Sundays, a practice I started years ago that resulted in so much health, peace, calm. Long before I started Screenless Sundays I changed my iPhone lock screen photo to this… A colleague of mine at the time (shoutout to Alrik) wore a watch I fancied…a…

Technology

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Technology

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Jan 10

7 things Invisalign taught me about leadership, teams, and life

Last year with the encouragement and support of the wonderful dental team extraordinaire at Bunek Dental (shout out to Sabiha S. Bunek) in Ann Arbor, I started Invisalign. I had no problem with my teeth aesthetically. They were straight, white, and I loved them and my smile. What I learned…

Leadership

5 min read

7 things Invisalign taught me about leadership, teams, and life
7 things Invisalign taught me about leadership, teams, and life
Leadership

5 min read


Nov 23, 2022

I deactivated my Twitter account, and not because of Elon Musk

Just like we have closets filled with clothes and things we have a closet filled with social media apps, like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and TikTok. Twitter has been in my closet for well over a decade and over the years I’ve worn it less and less, yet it still stuck…

Twitter

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I deactivated my Twitter account, and not because of Elon Musk
I deactivated my Twitter account, and not because of Elon Musk
Twitter

2 min read


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IMPROVE

·Oct 18, 2022

A One Letter Change to Improve your Goals

Recently I was encouraged to set some SMART goals for my business, and as someone who actually has a spreadsheet with my goals that I review each month, I took on this assignment with joy. As a quick recap SMART goals are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time bound. As…

Goals

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A One Letter Change to Improve your Goals
A One Letter Change to Improve your Goals
Goals

3 min read


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IMPROVE

·Aug 16, 2022

Complaints are powerful gifts, and here’s how to benefit from them

Gas prices. The housing market. Long lines. Traffic. Slow walkers. Groups of people taking up all the space walking on the sidewalk. There’s plenty to complain about, but what do complaints really do? …

Life

3 min read

Complaints are powerful gifts, and here’s how to benefit from them
Complaints are powerful gifts, and here’s how to benefit from them
Life

3 min read


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IMPROVE

·Jun 28, 2022

When the World has You Feeling Down, Say “Yes, And"

These days/months/years it has been very difficult to escape learning about what’s happening around the world — the good, bad and ugly — and mostly the bad and ugly, because, let’s face it, those are the stories that get eyeballs and paying advertisers love eyeballs. Reading about deaths from a…

News

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When the World has You Feeling Down, Say “Yes, And"
When the World has You Feeling Down, Say “Yes, And"
News

5 min read


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IMPROVE

·Jun 14, 2022

The Benefit of Living with a “No Mistakes” Mindset

One of our Core 4 principles at Improve is to “take everything as a gift”. In Tina Fey’s book Bossypants she says “there are no mistakes, only opportunities” inspired by this improv principle. When we improvise, we must take everything as a gift, because everything is telling us something about…

Improv

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The Benefit of Living with a “No Mistakes” Mindset
The Benefit of Living with a “No Mistakes” Mindset
Improv

4 min read


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IMPROVE

·Jun 7, 2022

Practice Presence with Improv

We’ve seen the motivational quotes, research, countless books, multi-step guides and they all point to presence as a way to improve our lives. Less anxiety. More inner peace. Better connection with others. Improved ability to handle unexpected circumstances. The ability to be present is the super power that seems to…

Presence

5 min read

Practice Presence with Improv
Practice Presence with Improv
Presence

5 min read

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