More and more mind blowing stuff at the LOHAS conference today. First we have Hunter Lovins, her real name. She runs a company called Natural Capitalism that helps small businesses go green. She’s also a professor, author of nine books, and world-wide speaker. Some of the many things I learned from this large-presenced woman in…

“Apologizing–a very desperate habit–one that is rarely cured.  Apology is only egotism wrong side out.”  – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., The Professor at the Breakfast-Table My name is Valerie and I’m an apology addict. Hello, Valerie. I had no idea how bad it was. On Wednesday I posted on my one-week experiment in not apologizing…

This weekend, summer will officially begin.  Welcome, welcome!  When summer starts, I always think of this quote from Albert Camus: “In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.” How will your summer be invincible? 

I’m at the LOHAS conference in Boulder, a green gathering I posted on the other day. And right now, I’m in a session where they’re talking about the intricacies of the LOHAS demographic–who buys green, organic, socially responsible, and natural products–a $50 million industry. In the midst of the numbers, the speaker, Steve French of…

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