by @leawivb | Apr 29, 2014 | Giver, Helping Youth, Insider Insight, Leader, Overcoming, Positioning, Rerouting, reward, Social Justice, Staying In, Vertical, Working Hard
Today I woke up and did something new, well I should rephrase that and say I did something today I have not done in a long time. (I have to admit.) I read the mission of our practice, my mission, that I wrote, before my practice was what it is today, before what it...
by @leawivb | May 27, 2010 | Advice, Audio, Interview, Leader, Life Coaching, Opportunity, Positioning, Service Work, Social Justice, Success
A little while ago Heather Johnson and I met up to discuss what it’s like being a big sister, also known as a big, through the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program. Her insight is vast–from talk about her first time meeting up with her little brother, also...
by @leawivb | Mar 21, 2010 | accomplish, Advice, Altruism, Giver, Helping Youth, Insider Insight, Inspiration, Interview, Leader, Learning, mentor, Nepal, nonprofit, NYOF, Olga Murray, Opportunity, Overcoming, Service Work, Social Justice, Success, Working Hard
A few days ago I had the good fortune of doing a Q & A with Olga Murray. Soon before her retirement from practicing law in San Francisco she was trekking the Himalayan Mountains when she broke her leg. A local porter carried her for days, which significantly...
by @leawivb | Feb 22, 2010 | Advice, Being Unique, Inspiration, Overcoming, Social Justice, Success
Over the weekend I watched Pedro, a biopic based on the short life of Cuban immigrant, AIDS activist, and MTV’s The Real World: San Francisco star Pedro Zamora. Due to its raw inspiration stemming from Zamora’s personal and societal battles with HIV—he was the first...