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It’s a new year. 🥂   A new start.    A fresh perspective.   An opportunity for renewed focus.   I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions, but I do love to set fresh intentions and focus my priorities for the year ahead.   Clear intentions can be transformative.   The greatest gift in […]

Can you relate to any of these statements?   “I’m tone deaf.”   “I can’t carry a tune to save my life.”   “You don’t want to hear me sing!”   “I only sing in the shower.”   “I couldn’t sing my way out of a paper bag.”   (If you can’t relate, you definitely

I may live with the most positive kid ever!    V proclaims almost daily: “Best. Day. Ever.”    I’m not exaggerating. The smallest things can light her up.    She found a marker she had been missing. She remembered the “missing” lyric to a song. She went tobogganing and met a new friend. She figured

One of the most common questions I receive is, “Which instrument should I start my child with?”   This is a great question.    My response is always: “the voice”. Yes, singing.    The voice is our first instrument. The instrument we carry with us everyday. The instrument that we are born with. It’s innate

Storytelling is powerful.    Have you noticed a lot of chatter about “storytelling” lately?   Audible is known as the ‘Home of Storytelling’.    Joanna Gaines released her new book “The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters”.    It seems that every week there is a new biography or autobiography available on

“Play will be to the 21st century what work was to the industrial age — our dominant way of knowing, doing & creating value.” ~Pat Kane, displayed at the New York City’s Museum of Modern Art.  ———-   Are you feeling playful today?    I bet you are annoyed that I asked;) Am I right?

Happy New Year! I hope you had a wonderful holiday and that your New Year is off to a great start.   Have you set any new year’s resolutions or intentions for 2023?   I’m not a fan of new year’s resolutions, but I do like to set at least one intention for the year

What Do These A-List Celebrities All Have in Common? You will be surprised by the answer. What do Tina Fey, Ashton Kutcher, Brad Pitt, Amy Adams, Anne Hathaway and Jamie Foxx all have in common? a) They are celebrities – yes. b) They all sang in choir at some point in their lives.    Did

It’s hard to believe that the summer has come and gone. And here we are, four weeks into the fall season. The summer flew by. This summer, more than any other, I was grateful for time with friends and family and the opportunity to travel once again. In early July, the Donais fam set sail

In my business coaching session last week, my business coach ~ the one-and-only Eleanor Beaton ~ was teaching us about containers. No, not tupperware containers! She was referring to the energetic containers we create within and for our business. The container is HOW we organize and deliver our programming as service-based and impact-driven business owners. This