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How to Post Regularly on Social Media

By |2016-12-20T07:37:33+13:00June 2nd, 2011|Content Marketing, Entrepreneur, Pura Vida MultiMedia|

Social Media is intimidating. Many people fear their Twitter account, because it seems like you have to be online all the time. You don't. You can still maintain a constant social media presence by scheduling your posts in advance. When you are working at optimum efficiency, you are batching your tasks in groups. Using a few technical tools, [...]

One Strong Belief #trust30

By |2011-06-02T08:07:34+12:00June 2nd, 2011|Photos|

One Strong Belief by Buster Benson It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude. - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance The world is [...]

The Sentence of Today. #trust30

By |2011-06-01T08:44:29+12:00June 1st, 2011|Photos|

Today by Liz Danzico Your genuine action will explain itself, and will explain your other genuine actions. Your conformity explains nothing. The force of character is cumulative. – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Self-Reliance If ‘the voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks,’ then it is more genuine to be present today than [...]

Hey, thanks. This life is awesome. #trust30

By |2011-05-31T17:06:26+12:00May 31st, 2011|Introspection|

According to the rules of the #trust30 writing prompts, this is my first day (out of 30) of trusting myself, and writing what needs to be written. Todays prompt: We are afraid of truth, afraid of fortune, afraid of death, and afraid of each other. Our age yields no great and perfect persons. – Ralph [...]

Don’t Gimme Shelter

By |2011-05-12T10:04:22+12:00May 12th, 2011|Introspection|

The mindset of Western and European people is fundamentally influenced by our crappy weather. When I want to take my kids out of doors, we have to hunt for a large list of essential clothing: Coats Shoes Socks Baby Legs (but my 5 year old insists we call them “leggings,” and if I call [...]

Repatriating for Health Care

By |2016-12-26T14:57:43+13:00May 5th, 2011|Costa Rica, Family, Introspection|

Like many Americans, I have gone bankrupt because of our for-profit health insurance system. Unlike most Americans, I am leaving the system altogether, and coming to Costa Rica. International moves are expensive, but the cost of repatriation dwarfs the risk of becoming financially crippled for simply getting sick. My daughter has a pre-existing condition. She is four years old. There is a cyst on [...]

Editing Across Mediums

By |2011-04-29T20:45:40+12:00April 29th, 2011|Business|

Today, I had the good fortune of working on two separate editing projects Writing -Editing: a nonfiction book proposal Video - Editing: a 30 minute multicamera interview and I learned a valuable insight. Editing is the process of removing the fluff that helps us tell our stories. This fluff, consisting of ums, false [...]

Interview with Erin Donley of Marketing your Truth

By |2016-12-10T16:12:12+13:00April 26th, 2011|Blog, Content Marketing, Entrepreneur, Interview, Portland, Pura Vida MultiMedia|

A Marketing Guru for the Holistic Community It takes a special kind of person to walk in both worlds: the etheric spiritual world that fuels our soul, and the practical business world that satisfies our needs. While many spiritual practitioners may be exceptional at what they do, if people don't know about them, they don't [...]

Easter Present for my Fairy Daughter

By |2016-12-26T14:54:09+13:00April 24th, 2011|Excellence, Family|

My daughter has a dream-friend called Moonhorse. She visits Moonhorse in her dreams, and he flies with her up to the moon, where they have friends (like Yojo the Unicorn) and they play games and have adventures. A few weeks ago, Indilea made a painting for Moonhorse, and wanted me to leave it out on [...]

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