Career
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 classic pieces — a...
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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 Highway 150 in...
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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 city that might...
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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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Her Turning Point: Thinking Possibility
By Lucy M. Pritchett Since childhood Jasmine Ivy has had the heart of an entrepreneur. “My mom was an artist, and her friends would come over, and I would try and sell them one of her pieces. ‘Would you like to buy this for $5?’ Of course they always said yes, and...
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What Works for This Food Stylist
By Lucy M. Pritchett Although Maggie Freeman has her culinary arts degree, you may not want to eat what she prepares...at work, that is. Maggie is a food stylist for Kroger and prepares and styles the food for the photos used online. “I am just like a hair stylist or...
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