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Defeated Even Before I Started
What does failure mean? How do people fail? Why do people fail? What is success? Why is it that certain people are successful and other people are not? What does success even mean? Who gets to define what success is and what failure is? We can all admit that the...
Simple Hiring Strategies to Make Your Team More Diverse
This blog is written by Tina Martin, a guest blogger of CoffeeWithJR. The U.S. workforce is becoming more and more diverse each year. More companies recognize the value of employing team members of different races, ethnicities, ages, genders, and abilities. And...
Traveling Internationally During COVIDE
Since COVID, I have had the opportunity and privilege to travel internationally a handful of times. There are definitely a lot of pros and cons about traveling internationally during these tiring COVID months and years. I have been traveling internationally more...
Panama
I was fortunate to visit Panama in January with a friend and spent about eight days exploring the country. To my surprise, I really love Panama and I can see myself spending more time down there. Here are some of the highlights from Panama and my thoughts and...
Lifting Your Spirits Through the Pandemic
This blog is by CoffeeWithJR guest blogger, Tina Martin. Lifting Your Spirits Through the Pandemic As the pandemic has progressed throughout the last 18 months, people have begun to give more consideration to their health and well-being. Many have created healthier...
Environment – Doing My Part
Happy New Year, my friends! As we move into 2022, I’ve been asking myself how I can do my part to make the world better. Instead of trying to overwhelm myself with all of the challenges the world is experiencing, I am focusing on a specific issue, the environment....
Mexico City
I went to Mexico City in November. I stayed with my two friends and had a full Mexico City experience. I really enjoyed and loved the culture, food, and people there. I am extremely thankful for my friends that showed me around their favorite local spots and...
Virtual vs. In-Person
In October, for the first time since the pandemic, I have finally started giving in-person trainings. After staring at my screen for almost two years, my first reaction while giving my first in-person workshop was, “Who are all of these people and why are they here?”...
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Since I was young, every fall I’d experience and suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD). Over the last ten years, I have worked really hard to heal and recover myself from this form of depression. After years of hard work and support from my former therapist,...
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