Career
What Works for Her Might be Great Gift Ideas
Holly Murphy chose a profession that combines the precision of her father’s engineering career and the medical knowledge of her mother’s nursing career. “I liked the medical field and wanted an active job that was both dynamic and would allow me...
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What Works for Gwen Mooney?
Like the ducks serenely swimming in the lakes outside her office window at Cave Hill Cemetery, Gwen Mooney moves calmly on the surface of her days, but underneath she is briskly paddling.Like the ducks serenely swimming in the lakes outside her...
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Mindfulness practices and imagination are two things you can learn from this educator
Kelly Von Busch remembers exactly when she came to the realization that education was going to be a passion of hers. The birth of her daughter opened her eyes to the fact that children are so aware of everything from conversations going on around them to visual...
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She Lives the Glamorous Theater Life (and what calms her down after exiting the stage)
Let’s take a look at a typical day for Derby Dinner Playhouse actor and director Tina Jo Wallace. “I get up at 6, pack lunches, and take my oldest daughter Elizabeth,12, to school. I come back home and make sure Anna, 10, is up and getting ready for school. I walk at...
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Biking to a New Balance
If you are going to experience a Turning Point while riding a bicycle, you had best try to keep your balance. It was touch and go, however, when Allyson Herdelin’s cycling buddy jokingly suggested that she join him in running his cycling shop. But after wobbling for a...
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“I started to ask myself, ‘Am I being the woman I want to be in my life?’”
For some, a turning point comes with a firm decision to adopt a healthier, more active lifestyle. For others, a career change or a turn to entrepreneurship sends them in a new direction. And there are those who ask themselves if the life they...
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Her Ideas are Big but She Works Small
With a degree in interior design and a master’s in exhibition design, one would think that Maizie Clarke worked Big. But this 32-year-old illustrator prefers to work Small. Originally from Vienna (Virginia, not Austria), Maizie settled in Louisville in 2014. She...
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What Works for this Interior Decorator?
In her own Louisville home, interior decorator Erika Wilhelmi combines soft neutrals with colorful art and accessories. She’s drawn to patterns and textures in the cooler shades of blues and greens. Mixing modern — a tripod floor lamp — and...
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She’s Not Afraid to Try
Coby Watier created a simple formula that generated two turning points in her life: See the need, fill the need. Coby says she has volunteered most of her adult life — as a Girl Scout leader and in youth ministry. So the day she was driving down...
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What Works for Getting Attention? And, how spin class helps her think.
Meet a woman who started with a singing career and now sings the praises of her clients. You would be hard-pressed to keep up with Caroline Knop, owner of Simply PR. She starts her day at 4:30am at her computer, looking for what's going on in the...
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Her Position Got Eliminated; She Evolved
Oddly enough, this business woman’s Turning Point put her in a position to help other business owners reach their own turning point. As owner of Impact Sales Systems, Amy Romines serves as revenue and growth coach and business advisor to her...
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What Dazzles in Ashley Davis’ World
By Lucy M. Pritchett Imagine spending your days surrounded by dazzling diamonds, sparkling sapphires, and precious metals of gold and silver. Welcome to the world of Ashley Davis, vice president of Davis Jewelers. Her job entails using her left brain when she is...
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