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Ep. 8: Candace LeClaire – Professional Hairdresser and Stylist Extraordinaire

Candace LeClaire’s primary goal is to make you look like the best version of yourself. She is a hairdresser and style maven at The Parlour Denver, and has been personally styling Jon Eks since 2008. In this episode, Candace talks about all the ins and outs of being a professional stylist, which means serving as…

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A-Pregnont

Back before two years of infertility sucked much of the whimsy out of trying to conceive a child, one of the ways Kristin and I toyed with announcing our pregnancy was to show the commercial below and threaten to name our child “Ubaldo.” That obviously didn’t happen (although I still love that commercial), and instead…

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This Week’s Episode (4.21.14): Candace LeClaire

This week’s guest is Candace LeClaire, hairdresser and stylist extraordinaire at The Parlour Denver. Candace has been a professional hairdresser and stylist for 10 years, working not only on her regular slate of clients (including Jon Eks, whose fresh haircut you can see in the photo above), but on fashion shows, special events and tons…

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Ep. 7: Will Matthews – Personal Transformation and Professional Fulfillment Expert

Will Matthews is President and Founder of Matthews Performance Group,  and is an expert in the field of personal transformation and professional fulfillment. Will blends his successful twenty-five year career in management, sales, marketing and Organizational Change Management with his passion for helping people and organizations break through to the results that they really want….

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Taxman

A few days ago Kristin and I filed our taxes like the good, upstanding citizens we are. For the first time in several years, we are getting a refund. And since the cat is out of the bag regarding our expanding family, I am optimistic about many more years of refunds to come. Since prior…

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This Week’s Episode (4.14.14): Will Matthews

This week’s guest is Will Matthews, President and Founder of Matthews Performance Group. Will is an expert in personal transformation and professional fulfillment. He and Jon sat down and discussed what makes a good coach, how to spur positive change in your own life, and how to achieve professional satisfaction the likes of which you…

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Breakthrough

The world is a fucking weird place that is confusing, frustrating, beautiful, filled with irony, and sometimes rewarding. This is the end of our infertility story. *** February 21 – I had a shit day. After traveling on my holiday off on Monday, I spent three days in one of our field offices conducting a…

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Ep. 6: Brandi Shigley – Creative Instigator, Entrepreneur, Fashionista

Brandi Shigley could very well be called “Brandi of All Trades” and I would gladly abdicate the title to her. She is the founder of Fashion Denver, creator of DoWhatYouLove.us, and owner of her own consulting firm B.23 Productions. Brandi shares the story of her adoption from The Philippines by American parents and how that’s…

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Flashback

It’s Monday as I write this. I’m at work, I’m getting nothing done, my email program has decided it no longer wants to cooperate, and I’m good and hungover. I’m a sentient Garfield cartoon. The good thing about a shit day like today – which has been one of those days where I felt fine…

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This Week’s Episode (4.7.14): Brandi Shigley

This week’s guest is Brandi Shigley, a creative instigator who does what she loves, loves what she does, and turns dreamers into doers. She is an entrepreneur and woman about town that you can find doing speaking engagements, leading workshops for emerging fashion designers, and helping people realize you can Do What You Love. She…

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