October 22, 2020

How to Support Your Team’s Mental Health

2020 hasn’t made it easy to stay JoyPowered®. What with the pandemic, systemic racism, elections, and everything else this year has thrown at us, most Americans […]
October 8, 2020

5 Reasons to Provide Employees With Consistent, Transparent, Immediate Feedback

Your best employees may be searching for a new job right now. You might be thinking, “No, that can’t be true. My team is happy; why […]
June 4, 2020

Battling the Trendiest Type of Fatigue: How to protect yourself against “video meeting brain drain”

“What is wrong with me?” Do you find yourself asking this question during quarantine, as it relates to different habits or tendencies or fears you have […]
February 13, 2020

Celebrating Anniversaries: Creating Work Relationships that are JoyPowered®

This year I celebrate 3 important anniversaries: 31 years of marriage to my better half Tim, 5 years working at Purple Ink, and 10 years since […]
January 23, 2020

Desperately Seeking Calm

In Middle Age, I’ve grown tired. Not so much in a physical sense; although, I don’t really get the best sleep at night. Naps with the […]
January 16, 2020

Gratitude for the Year Ahead with Intention Setting

2020 came so quickly – how can it possibly be the year 2020? I can distinctly remember ringing in the year 2000; I’ll admit I didn’t […]
December 12, 2019

5 Ways to JoyPower Your Way Through Winter

I’m from the mitten, so when you ask me where I’m from, I’m going to raise my hand and point to the location of Grand Rapids, […]
November 28, 2019

Find Joy in Authenticity

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental illness in the US. It affects approximately 40 million adults in the United States, meaning 18% of our population […]
November 14, 2019

Divisiveness: Are We Embracing It or Encouraging It?

Certainly, divisiveness is a hot topic right now. In the last couple of weeks, I’ve heard several conference speakers talking about it, it was discussed at […]