by Melissa Thornley | Aug 12, 2021
Nothing like moving a few pieces of furniture around to shift perspective. My office was starting to feel stagnant so Sunday I came in to reevaluate. I moved my desk and the shelves. Even the printer table found a new home. It was like a magic trick. My office...
by Melissa Thornley | Jun 11, 2021
How’s your newly unmasked life going? At the beginning of the pandemic, it took us more than a minute to figure out how to communicate beyond our masks. We learned to speak up and enunciate. We got “smizing” down. On the flip side, masks offered us a place to hide....
by Melissa Thornley | Feb 25, 2021
Today I drove through a toll gate barrier. Yup. The Mazdarati busted right through it. Nope, I wasn’t on the run from the law. Exiting 94 in Indiana, I just didn’t see it. The sun glared blending the barrier right into the highway. My foot came off the gas just enough...
by Melissa Thornley | Apr 28, 2020
If we want results, we need space. Space to think. Space to work. Space to dream. Space to create. So what do we do now? How do we cope when everything happens in the same space all of the time? Here’s how I’ve been doing it in my space: Most...
by Melissa Thornley | Nov 5, 2019
This is the first in a series of five blog posts on the key components of Emotional Intelligence: Self Perception, Self Expression, Interpersonal Relationships, Decision Making and Stress Management. Let’s jump right into the first building block of emotional...
