How She Helps By Teaching Business Etiquette

By Brigid MorrisseyAccountability is a word that is learned as you age into more and more responsibility. It’s a word often associated with jobs and sports, coinciding with the ability to perform. It’s a word that, until the prospective residents enroll at Family Scholar House, might not be fully understood.Although there are certain requirements eligible women have to meet to live in FSH housing — maintain a certain GPA, partake in community service, hold a part-time job, and attend personal development classes — all of them are actively choosing to rise above their current circumstances [...]

By |2017-11-18T09:30:00-05:00November 18, 2017|Giving Back|

Just Me and the Boys + A 2,000-Mile Road Trip

By Megan Seckman(l-r) Sam, Christine, Josh, Dominic, and Josh at Bronco Stadium. After Christine Beshara-Repp’s divorce, she found herself short on funds but full of big dreams. All of a sudden, a life stretched out in front of her. Where she was to steer it, was no one’s decision but her own. But like most transitions, it took time; like most divorces, it was complicated. Christine, 42, and her ex-husband were still friends. For a while after the divorce, they actually shared their home together — a simple, temporary solution to a complex family web. Even after [...]

By |2017-11-17T09:30:00-05:00November 17, 2017|Travel|

What To Do This Weekend

Music, drinks, and art. . .what more do you need on a Friday night? Experience After Hours at the Speed, as the Speed Museum remains open until 10pm the third Friday of every month. Each After Hours event will offer music, performances, food and drinks by Wiltshire at the Speed, and, of course, art. This Friday's events include: silent disco with local DJs, a tribute to Radiohead's In Rainbows performed by Orchestra Enigmatic, and dance, poetry, and live music performances inspired by works of art in the Speed's collection.This weekend you can also ask questions of [...]

By |2018-07-02T15:29:47-04:00November 16, 2017|Old Weekend Posts|

Before Whitney Cessna Gives Nutritional Advice

By Brittani Dick Before she gives nutritional advice, Whitney Cessna, 28, knows that she has to practice what she preaches. According to this health guru, a healthy, filling breakfast is the only real way to start a great day.Before diving into emails from her private practice (Don’t Skip A Meal, LLC) clients or heading off to her day job as diabetes educator in the pediatrics department at the University of Louisville, Whitney chooses from a few of her go-to breakfast staples. “Right now, I am loving Sweet Earth Farmstand Breakfast sandwiches — specifically the meatless [...]

By |2017-11-14T09:30:00-05:00November 14, 2017|Before She Goes|

H is for Having it All (Kinda)

By Renee MurphyRenee Murphy and kids (youngest to oldest: Kellan, Katherine, and Keefe) at home. Photo by Patti HartogOne topic my girlfriends and I talk about on a regular basis is how we struggle, almost daily, with how to be a “boss” at our jobs and still be the best mom and wife on the planet. No pressure, right? In 2014 career strategist and author Megan Dall-Camina surveyed 1,000 women in the workforce about their well-being. Seventy percent of those surveyed believe the concept of success at home and work were a myth. Forty percent [...]

By |2017-11-13T09:30:00-05:00November 13, 2017|Today's Woman Now|
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