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Sure-fire Strategies for Healing and Coming Back from Adversity

Posted on Sunday, January 20, 2013 - 17:58

Adversity, personal injury, grief and loss can make you feel as though you have lost touch with yourself, but the truth is that adversity introduces us to our real selves. When you survive something awful, you have...

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Human Trafficking: I Survived, Healed and Now Help Others

Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 16:48

My name is Marti MacGibbon, and I’m a human trafficking survivor. In 1985, I was a standup comic with a scheduled appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Despite my success, my...

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See it, Believe it, and Achieve it

Posted on Monday, January 7, 2013 - 18:50

One of the best ways to deal with a post-holiday slump -- or mid-winter blues -- is to engage in a daily practice of positive visualization. Visualization is a powerful force, and whether we are aware of it or not,...

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Happy New Year...Celebrate Change

Posted on Monday, December 31, 2012 - 15:44

We stand on the threshold of a new year, and many people are looking forward toward new opportunities, challenges and thresholds of achievement. Now is the time to look back, learn, and whenever possible, laugh. As...

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Overcoming Public Speaking Fear: Surefire Techniques

Posted on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 10:55

I love speaking and doing standup. I’ve performed in front of audiences of thousands and wowed them, and groups of less than a dozen people, and done just as well. But I didn’t start out that way. I...

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Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking: Prepare Your Mind and Find Your Motivation

Posted on Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - 10:41

Experts agree that fear of public speaking is one of the most common, if not the most common, phobias in modern society. This doesn’t surprise me. What does in fact, amaze me, is that millions of people who...

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Enter the Kickass Creative Zone

Posted on Tuesday, December 4, 2012 - 12:40

In your thinking, what kind of Kickass Moves do you have? Are you flexible enough? Or are you too rigid? Flexibility is a quality worth developing, maintaining and exploring. People who cultivate a flexible way of...

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Storming the Gates of Resistance, Mustering Badassitude, and Chick Power!

Posted on Friday, November 9, 2012 - 15:47

You never know the impact you have on another person’s life. Words, thoughts and actions of an individual are tremendously powerful. Since October 20th, I’ve experienced a number of physical and...

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Feeling Lucky?

Posted on Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 07:17

Luck. We hope for it, count on it, blame it when things don’t go as planned. Isn’t it tempting to console ourselves that a rival’s success is due to luck, not talent and hard work? It’s just...

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7 Things I Learned Doing Standup that Can Help You Meet Any Challenge

Posted on Friday, September 28, 2012 - 14:00

Here’s something I learned from years of performing standup in clubs, colleges, auditoriums and a federal penitentiary: Standup comedy is metaphor for life. It’s tough, thrilling, often painful, often fun...

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