Patti Digh was my first guest and final guest for 2012. Patti and I wrapped up 2012 in this interview. For those of you new to Patti she is writer, a speaker and a mom. Her work opens space for people to say a big YES: to their lives – before its s too late.

You see in 2003 Patti Digh s entire life changed. Her stepfather was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died 37 days later. That experience lead Patti to a renewed commitment to ask herself every morning: what would I be doing today if I only had 37 days to live? Patti is the author of several books including best seller Life is a Verb.

As she mentioned in the previous interview, she asks herself these questions as she shapes her life:

How well did you love?

How fully did you live?

How deeply did you let go?

Did you make a difference?

In this interview we discuss:

• Intention Driven vs Circumstance Driven
• Control – her daughter’s diagnosis with Aspergers and her husband’s unexpected cancer diagnosis
• What we learned
• Accepting help
• From our interview in Jan 2012, Patti mentioned how obstacles move the story forward, we further discussed this.
• Two takeaways – 3 things going through loss/grief

Items mentioned in this interview:

• January 2012 interview

• Patti’s husband (otherwise known as Mr. Brilliant) journey with cancer
• Patti’s daughter and Asperger’s

Connect with Patti

• website
• facebook
• twitter
• books: Life is a Verb, Creative is a Verb

smiling,

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Susan Reid has an interesting personal journey. She had careers in advertising, running restaurants and teaching at the New England Culinary Institute. She is now in her fourth career at King Arthur Flour where she started by testing recipes for The Baker s Companion and has since coauthored the subsequent King Arthur books while writing and editing The Baking Sheet.

Susan is talks about how you can learn the no-fail tips to making your favorite holiday treats.

In this interview we discuss:

• Tips for creating less stress in the kitchen.
• Food is an expression of one feels.
• Doing something you have never done before.
• Tips for newbies.
• Letting go of perfection.
• Listen to how Susan views “baking is like driving.”
• Flour containers
• Measuring flour tips
• Sifting flour
• Different types of flour
• Takeaway

Items mentioned in this interview

• King Arthur Baker’s Companion
• King Arthur baking tips & primers
• King Arthur contact info
• King Arthur guarantee

Connect with Susan

• blog
• facebook

Here is the gingerbread village my daughter and her friends made this holiday season. I hope this interview helps with baking tips as well as your mindset to help you get out of your way and spend time having fun in the kitchen.

smiling,

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Against the odds. That is the Scott Weltz story. His story is the American Dream. Unlike his Olympic teammates, Scott did not have an international pedigree. Scott talks about his career, the Olympics, why he did not give up and how he was able to make his dream come true.

In the interview we discuss:

His journey from 7 years old to 25 and why stay in a sport that is known as an individual sport

• His mindset
• His team of people
• Quitting…keeping going
• What he learned from the Olympics.
• Two takeaways – for listeners who want to pursue their dream, and are on the verge of quitting

httpv://youtu.be/xofhB6iQBuQ

More about Scott

• Wall Street Journal – Meet the Other Olympian Who Eats Subway
• New York Times – On Patch of Carpet at Trials, a Range of Emotions
• Los Angeles Times – London Olympics: No medal, but a new life path for Scott Weltz
• Post Race Press Conference
• New York Times – One Made It by Water, and Another by Land

In the Los Angeles Times article Scott talked about his journey and said “I have a whole different story than he (Michael Phelps) did. If my journey can inspire someone down the road, that would be great. If someone could look up to me and say ‘People always told me I couldn’t, but I think I can,’ and they end up doing it, man, that would be amazing.”

My hope for you is for Scott’s journey to give you insight for fullfilling your own pursuits.

smiling,

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