As I continue to want to grow my knowledge of healthful living, I decided last year to take the Integrative Nutrition Course offered by the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the worlds largest online school for integrative nutrition.  In May I graduated and now, I am working through how to juggle two diverse business directions – […]

Within the next few months, I will be launching a new website – BodyConstruction.me.  The intent of this site is to share information on health, wellness and happiness that I have learned over the years through my three years of herbal training with David Winston and my recent completion of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition […]

On March 10th, the PR Newswire featured the release of Small Diverse Business and Veteran Small Business Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2015-2016. “As reflected in this report, one of DGS’ goals was to put a halt to the steady decline in the percentage of state contracting dollars spent with our small and small diverse […]

At a December planning workshop provided by Pinnacle 7, the guest speaker Jen of Jlynne Consulting Group LLC made a presentation on “The Five Words.”  Among the tips and explanations Jen provided was that we all have bad moments.  And, a bad moment doesn’t make a bad day. This really resonated with me as I […]

As I reflect on this time last year, my annual business plan projected that 2016 would bring a slower business flow. Fortunately, it was more active than anticipated. For 2017 the plan is to capitalize on 2016 projects and increase business opportunities by expanding into some new service areas – local sourcing connections for businesses […]

As 2016 begins to wrap up, thoughts of 2017 begin to shape up.  Wouldn’t a crystal ball be nice right now? A new president taking office, the first with a strong business background – how will that impact us, the smaller enterprises, and the backbone of our economy? If we allow this thought to overwhelm […]