Interviews With Extraordinary Women

On these pages you’ll find entries of a more personal nature: pictures of family, friends, outings, and personal quotes.

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 GARDENING PAGE: DIRTY HANDS AND VOODOO LILIES

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FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND FUN

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For me, it’s not about the mechanics of writing. They are important, and without them a piece won’t stand up to scrutiny, but the “bones” of the written work should be virtually unnoticeable, allowing the content to shine. –Nadia Giordana

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Shift, change, and ultimately, transformation. Whatever your age, it’s not too late to shake off negative self-talk and re-invent new chapters in your life. –Nadia Giordana

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Think of your best life as a book, and ask yourself, “What chapters are yet to be written?” –Nadia Giordana

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Is it good fun, teasing, mocking, or bullying? One light-hearted joke at the expense of another is generally intended to be good fun. Repeat it two or three times and it rises to the level of teasing. Beyond that, the perpetrator is mocking–or worse, bullying. The intent has changed. –Nadia Giordana

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The greatest single thing I’ve learned from the mistakes I’ve made in my life, is how to learn from those mistakes. –Nadia Giordana

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It is inevitable that on occasion, something we say or do will hurt someone else. What really matters is intent, and that is what I look at when I’ve been on the receiving end. If there was no ill intent, then no foul. If, on the other hand… –Nadia Giordana

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For me, writing is first about savoring an experience, living it fully and in the moment. Then, if it proves worthy, I will write. –Nadia Giordana

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Shift is a change that lets you see yourself in a new light. Applying Shift to your life and career, requires knowing what to keep, what to shed, and what to completely transform. –Peter Arnell (from “Shift: How to Reinvent Your Business, Your Career, and Your Personal Brand)

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Lifestyle choices (careers, friendships, endeavors) are a lot like buying new clothes. We try on different things until something fits, and even then it doesn’t fit forever, goes out of style, or we tire of it. –Nadia Giordana

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I rarely sit and listen to music. Not because I don’t like it. I do, I love it. The problem with me and music is that I feel it so deeply that I often can’t bear it. –Nadia Giordana

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