by Maria | Jul 16, 2026 | What's your story?
We live so many lifetimes inside one life. In a past life of mine, I was a political reporter and Ann Widdecombe was in it. Most of you know me now as a consultant who helps you get noticed, a writer and a mentor. Very few know the earlier version who hung out... 
by Maria | Jul 2, 2026 | Life Unfiltered, What's your story?
I heard this story during the week about a book about grief, published in 1961 with the opening line: “No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.” Written under the pen name N.W. Clark, the anonymity was so successful that friends of the author sent... 
by Maria | Apr 1, 2020 | What's your story?
Why can’t we all ‘just be’? One of philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche’s most resonant remarks was that ‘man has no ears for that to which experience has given him no access.’ In other words, sometimes you just can’t process an idea, because you don’t have the... 
by Maria | Mar 22, 2020 | What's your story?
In the briefest moments, I get a little bit scared. And I start wondering what might happen if I get the Corona virus or if anyone I love gets the virus. And I stop myself. I’ll tell you what – old, anxious me, would probably have been dead by now from all... 
by Maria | Mar 13, 2020 | What's your story?
Boy, do we need grit and grace right now. Times of chaos and challenge can often be the most spiritually and personally powerful… IF we are brave enough to allow ourselves to be OK with the uncertainty. We’re in a squeeze right now. It’s a place where we look... 
by Maria | Mar 8, 2020 | What's your story?
Are you afraid to stand out? I know I have been at various times in my life. There’s been times when I’ve been around the wrong people, in the wrong place mentally and afraid of what people might think of me for doing what I want. Ralph Waldo Emerson, in...
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