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Are You A Rebel?

January 5, 2023January 1, 2023 by Lori Gibson-Washington
Lori Gibson-Washington
Happy New Year Dear Ones, Are you a rebel (like me)? As you probably know, rebels get a bad name. Mostly, in the workplace. That is even  when they're called "Challengers" as in the Parker Team Player Survey, they are not appreciated. Challengers question. Sometimes not so gently. Check out…
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Public Transit

The Haves and Have-Nots: COVID and Mass Transit

August 29, 2022August 28, 2022 by Lori Gibson-Washington
Lori Gibson-Washington
Knowledge is Important I'm always on the lookout to increase my knowledge about the issues that impact my clients championing affordable housing and anti-poverty. As I think of my birthplace and the place I moved to, I'm astonished that my old hometown has surpassed my new hometown as a mass…
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Journaling My Way Through Grief

May 12, 2022May 13, 2022 by Lori Gibson-Washington
Lori Gibson-Washington
I like many people lost my Mom during Lockdown 2020. Actually, it was pre-lockdown. Even though her death certificate said pneumonia, many of us believe that her coughing and breathing issues of 2019 probably was due to that dad-blasted COVID-19 virus. This was truly a time of many dark nights of…
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Dr. Loretta J. Ross

Let’s Cancel Cancel Culture

December 5, 2020December 4, 2020 by Lori Gibson-Washington
Lori Gibson-Washington
Let's cancel Cancel Culture with respect, love, and compassion for those who differ from us. Professor Loretta J. Ross to the Rescue I'm so glad that Professor Loretta J. Ross is teaching a course on canceling Cancel Culture at Smith College! In case you might not know "calling out" is…
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Care without expectations

Care Without Expectation – Are You Kidding Me?

June 14, 2020June 13, 2020 by Lori Gibson-Washington
Lori Gibson-Washington
In times like these, it seems counter-intuitive to love without condition, to talk without bad intention, to give without any reason, and to care without any expectation. But it is indeed the only way we'll be able to all get along so that we will want to change policies and…
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Words of Wisdom for Exercise

Words of Wisdom for the Wanna-Be Exercise Zealot

April 1, 2020April 6, 2020 by Lori Gibson-Washington
Lori Gibson-Washington
WHO I AM Hi, my name is Lori and sometimes I can be overzealous about exercise. So there are times I have to remember there are words of wisdom for wannabe exercise zealots like me. WHAT I WANT If you know me, you know it's my life's goal to be…
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Flatten the Curve

Do 14 Days Really Make a Difference?

March 30, 2020March 30, 2020 by Lori Gibson-Washington
Lori Gibson-Washington
  Fourteen Days Fourteen days have been mentioned as the incubation period for COVID-19. Do 14 days of staying at home really make a difference? I seem to remember that St. Patrick's Day was when states started to aggressively push the public to STAY HOME! Stay Home I'll ask again,…
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The Calming Coach – Brave Girls are Honest

May 25, 2019December 27, 2019 by Lori Gibson-Washington
Lori Gibson-Washington
The Calming Coach, aka, Gibson Washington Consulting, can help you go from brutal honesty to silky candor. So you might be saying "why should I care?" The Calming Coach says "Brave Girls calmly speak their truth and get their messages across" Did you know that brave doesn't always mean brutal? Especially…
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