by Mary Helen Conroy | Nov 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Thanksgiving is tomorrow. The beginning of the holiday season. For many today it’s a rough one in the midwest. Snow drifts, air flights cancelled, winds whipping off the plains making traveling difficult. But, I’m home. Will be going out shortly for the...
by Mary Helen Conroy | Sep 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
Did you know that for many folks learning to play an instrument is the #1 on their bucket lists? Creativity doesn’t have an expiration date. I really wanted to play the piano when I was little. I would go with Pammy, the girl next door and sit and listen to her...
by Mary Helen Conroy | Aug 20, 2018 | Uncategorized
Gina, asked me last week about how she could fill up her time after retirement. Wow, that’s a question I hear a lot. There are 168 hours in a week and Gina has always known how to fill in 40 of them with work. Add another 56 hours for sleep and Gina could account for...
by Mary Helen Conroy | Apr 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
After a workshop I gave last week, I was talking with Leslie and she said, I’m a little nervous about this getting older thing. I’m 59 and lots of folks around me are beginning to retire. I ask what they think about retirement and after they say “wow, it’s great”,...
by Mary Helen Conroy | Apr 9, 2018 | Inspiration, Uncategorized
We’ve all felt this way, haven’t we? We walk across a stage and know our degree will make us important to the world. We leave the first job for another one where we will use more of our skills. We move into a new house and call it our forever home until we move again....
by Mary Helen Conroy | Mar 29, 2017 | Uncategorized
You’ve all heard the phrase, junk in, junk out haven’t you. It usually refers to computers and if you don’t enter the data correctly, all you’ll get is junk. I was listening to a talk a couple of weeks ago, It was from a National Speaker’s Association speaker...
by Mary Helen Conroy | Jun 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
As a life coach I’m often across the table or on the phone with a client. The pregnant pause hits the air, and they ask the big question—“What do I do next?”. Have you ever asked yourself that one? Whether it’s after losing a job, a divorce, a retirement, a...
by Mary Helen Conroy | Jun 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but I heard the phrase “Watch Your Language” a lot growing up. There were certain words and phrases that my mother just wouldn’t allow in her home. “Shut up” was a big one that we weren’t allowed to hurl against a sister. Telling...
by Mary Helen Conroy | Jan 13, 2016 | Uncategorized
I was having coffee with a new client at a coffee shop in town. It was the kind that tried to replicate an old coffee shop of the 1800’s. Fine bone china, doilies, finger sandwiches and little pieces of chocolate. She asked, “How did you start your...
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