The EcoGrrl Interview: Chantel
Chantel Chantel works in marketing & communications, and loves to blog about shifting the work paradigm – always a topic I’m a big fan of!! She has a lot to say and a lot to offer – I’m so excited...
View ArticleTuesday Go Ponder – Nutrition over Drugging
Want to prevent tooth decay in your kids? Stop giving them sodas and sugary drinks and foods! Stop filling their sippy cups with juice and give them good, clean, pure water! Check out What the World...
View ArticleWorkin’ 9 to 5 (and interviewing for leadership roles)
“The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.” ~ Ralph Nader In My Career Coach Gets Me Thinking, a recent executive client of mine shares his thoughts as he prepares for...
View ArticleThe EcoGrrl Interview: Chris
Chris Chris is a friend as well as a software engineer, urban homesteader, husband to the awesome Bethany, and new dad! I met him originally when I hired him at my last company, and soon learned they...
View ArticleEcoGrrl-icious
Finishing up May soon and the warm weather turned on us, of course, and it’s now in the high 50′s and raining. Our weather this year has been “unseasonal” in every way – unseasonably high or low or...
View ArticlePins n Needles (AKA, the Awesomeness of Acupuncture)
I hate needles, OK? Give me a shot and I must avert my eyes or close them, or I’ll get nauseated and possibly faint. I was the little kid who had to be chased around the doctor’s office to be given...
View ArticleWeekend in Pictures
everything garden. Filed under: In My Garden, Weekend in Pictures Tagged: food, gardening, oregon, portland, urban homesteading
View ArticleWeekend in Pictures
Filed under: Local Grrl, Mi Casa, Weekend in Pictures Tagged: diy, food, portland
View ArticleWorkin’ 9 to 5 (and trusting your instincts as an entrepreneur)
“Don’t you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.” “Most great entrepreneurs I know are nothing like the other kids. They’re almost like tangent lines – those lines that seem to go nowhere....
View ArticleThe EcoGrrl Interview: Abby
Abby Abby is one of my heroes in the Portland nonprofit community. As founder of The Portland Kitchen, she is building an amazing culinary after-school program “providing high school youth the...
View ArticleRose City Grrl
“Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature’s laws wrong, it learned to walk without having feet. Funny, it seems to by keeping it’s dreams; it learned to...
View ArticleEcoGrrl-icious
Another whirlwind week, another big smile as it comes to an end and I know things continue to lead in a wonderful direction. Yes, I’m in a happy place, diggin’ the ups and downs and frustrations and...
View ArticleThe EcoGrrl Interview: Rachel
Rachel Rachel was referred to me originally as a client, and we quickly became friends. Along with being a marketing goddess in the Portland startup scene, she is also co-founder of Overcup Press,...
View ArticleEcoGrrl-icious
TGIF y’all! This week’s tied up a lot of loose ends – not all of them, but some important wins and a bit more breathing room for the upcoming attempt at laziness that they call a vacation But I did...
View ArticleWhat’s Growing in 2013
What I’ve grown and am growing in 2013 – an inventory! While my foot is iced and I’m sitting out here on the deck going a bit stir-crazy, I thought I’d inventory what’s growing in my front, back and...
View ArticleWeekend in Pictures
Guess where I was most of this weekend… Filed under: In My Garden, Weekend in Pictures Tagged: gardening, portland, urban homesteading
View ArticleThe EcoGrrl Interview: Michelle I.
Michelle Michelle is like a sister to me. I adore her. Along with being an amazing friend, she is an incredible mom to three great girls and a rockstar HR gal for a local chain of green grocery...
View ArticleSummer Holiday: A Bit of Stumptown, Part I
Playing tourist in my hometown with my honey… Filed under: Local Grrl, Photography Tagged: arboretum, columbia gorge, holiday, japanese gardens, multnomah falls, oregon, portland, roses, trees
View ArticleThe EcoGrrl Interview: Michelle L
Michelle This is what I love about Portland – in discussions about possibly getting more involved with SOLVE, I met Michelle, their executive assistant, and we hit it off immediately! Along with...
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