The Sophia Project

Today’s guest post is courtesy Teanca Shepherd, higher education administrator, world traveler and soon-to-be resident of Japan, where she will teach English. You can read more about her travels on her blog, Ramblings of a Muse.  “Laugh at yourself, but don’t ever aim your doubt at yourself. Be bold. When you embark for strange places, [...]

Today is my birthday (no foolin’)! To celebrate, I share with you 41 nuggets of wisdom I’ve collected over the past 41 years. Feel free to share yours in the comments below! Life is too short for bad coffee.  Ditch the automatic drip and invest in a French press or Melitta filter. Buy the whole [...]

Last week I had the incredible good fortune to see Seth Godin speak live and in person at High Point University. If you’re unfamiliar with Seth’s work, he’s the number one business blogger in the world and an entrepreneur, visionary, and prolific writer who hatched common biz buzzwords such as The Purple Cow. To those [...]

Why can’t life just be easy?  I say these words to myself when I’m stressed or afraid. When big, new creative projects appear before me and I question whether I’m up to the task. When the work to be done seems to outnumber the hours available to do it. I gaze longingly at the stack [...]

Be Yourself. I grew up in the 1970′s, that blissful decade when the expansive thinking of the late 1960s melded gorgeously with the pragmatic sensibility of the 1940s and 50s. Tie-dye tee-shirts and Bob Hope Christmas specials. Shaun Cassidy and the Fonz. And in parenting, the crisp edges of old-school discipline paired with upbeat encouragement [...]

One of the qualities I love most about my parents is their ability to only remember the good times from our family vacations. No matter how sulky, pouty, or sullen I was as a teenager (or, honestly, as an adult), they remember our trips with fondness. One Christmas my brother, mom, dad and I piled [...]

Dear driver of the car in front of me going 35 in a 55 zone:  First, my apologies. As you slowly merged into my lane, I spoke rather harshly at you. “A little more slowly, please,” I muttered sarcastically to your tail lights. To the silhouette of you, small and hunkered in the driver’s seat [...]