by Margie | Jan 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Have you ever found yourself standing at the edge of something you knew you needed to do—knowing you needed to step up or speak up or lean in and ‘take the leap’, yet hesitating and holding back? I’ve been there. Not just in life, but quite literally, on a...
by Margie | Dec 30, 2024 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately
Growing up on a dairy farm, my dad often called me “bumblefoot”—it was meant as a term of endearment but that label that did what labels do… it stuck. For years I internalized it to mean I lacked all athletic talent and anything requiring coordinated physical...
by Margie | May 12, 2024 | Build Resilience, Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately
Many years ago, my younger sister Anne volunteered with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), a French medical humanitarian organization – also known as Doctors Without Borders. Anne was not long out of medical school but wanted to heed a long-held desire to help...
by Margie | Oct 20, 2021 | Latest Thoughts, Live Passionately
As a kid, my dad often took me fishing in his rusty tin boat. Every now and again it would spring a leak. Dad was always creative in finding ways to plug the leak until we returned to shore. Blue tack. Candy. One time he used an apple. He’d often say, ‘Boats don’t...
