Congratulations to Carol Bodensteiner, winner of the May 2013, “My Gutsy Story®.” She wrote an inspiring story about giving up her career and following her passion. I love her phrase: “It’s more important to be satisfied...
Thanks to Stephanie Yoder's post, "Is the American Dream Holding You Back?" I discovered an article which explains everything I've been meaning to put into words, but haven't. Stephanie is a young woman who travels all...
The voting starts right now for your favorite April “My Gutsy Story®.” I shall be in Paris on May 16th to announce the winner and since we are taking a break from the “My Gutsy Story®”...
Painting With Words Sometimes one needs to walk away from stability to follow a dream. Usually it’s not easy. I was a house painting contractor in the Lake Tahoe area of California and Nevada. Painting houses was...
“Giving Up Everything to Find What Matters” I spent 15 years trying to quit my job. At least that’s what my husband tells me. He says that in October 1985, on our first date, as we both...
Congratulations to Bonnie Kassel for getting 78 votes and winning first place for her story of adventure about Crossing the Sahara in a VW Bug. In 2nd Place, we have the wonderful story from Dorit Sasson...
My Gutsy Living story The gutsiest thing I have ever done was to write my biography at the age of twenty-four. I did this as a form of grief therapy after losing my mom a few...
"In honor of Julia Prosser" I start with the confession that this gutsy story is not really mine. But, since convention has it that marital (should that be martial?) goods are shared, I’m taking it upon...
Can you believe it's already time to VOTE for your Favorite March “My Gutsy Story®?" Scroll Down on Sidebar (right underneath the Anthology Book Cover) to Vote. Only ONE vote each. Our first author is Bonnie Kassell. Bonnie...
"The Best Time to Get in My Way" I’d like to think that teaching English to Israeli schoolchildren was the ultimate cultural journey, but my life coach saw it as one that would allow me to...