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Breaking up

June 5, 2019

'Breaking up is like knocking over a coke machine. You can’t do it in one push. You’ve got to rock it back and forth a few times and then it goes over....' Copyright Jerry Seinfeld/NBC. 'I’ll be here when you need me....' Copyright Christine Sue Cook, LLC 2019 Seriously. Right…

Fortified

Christine Sue Cook February 21, 2019

So, a few things have aligned this week to inspire this writing. The social media engines have been bugging me to post something. I've been really connecting lately... with everyone. I've been asked a lot lately 'why' I do what I do. I recently had lunch with my mentor who…

Social Contracts

October 25, 2018

I am all about social contracts lately... the kind everyone should make when they walk out the door, when they answer the phone, when the intentionally place themselves in contact with other fellow humans. Let me example this for you: when driving, you have an obligation to pay attention to…

Tom Petty

June 6, 2018

The beast has been 'woke.' (I hate that colloquialism because I am a grammar freak, but seems right here.) Clients and potential clients ask me 'how much will this cost?' a lot. Honestly, I can only expel air... shrug my shoulders, chuckle. All of those responses are pretty insulting, right?…

Chicken Little

May 9, 2018

So, I've been remembering the horror of my own divorce when it felt like the entire world was falling down on top of me and crushing me, my hopes, my dreams and everything else to death. I was incapable of seeing things through anyone's lenses except my own. And, I…

Aretha Franklin

April 11, 2018

So... writing is (almost) my favorite thing to do. It is provides a creative release not available in my chosen profession. I mean, there are two sides to every story, right? But the law is quite literally black and white. Black words written on white pages... do this, don't do…

Ghosting…?

March 26, 2018

So, there is this article that keeps popping up everywhere... it's called something like 'how to keep a good man from leaving' or something like that. I won't post a link to it because I think the concept is, how do you say, RIDICULOUS. First... let's start with the concept…

Facebook… whoda thunk?

March 1, 2018

When I began in this field, the only operating system was dos and the only 'cloud' for backup was a 3.5 x 5 inch floppy disk. When your computer crashed, you just cried. I did anyway. And, as a lowly receptionist in 1988, I remember learning how to type on…

Moving on after a heartbreak…

February 21, 2018

Break-ups are hard... even when it is what we WANT and when we KNOW it is the right thing to do. Never mind the light at the end of the tunnel, the happiness is nowhere to be seen. According to psychologists, our bodies go through withdrawal similar to a drug…

Are you frustrated?

February 7, 2018

I am... seems like a lot of people are.... Is it you? Your interpersonal skills? Your social skills? Your lack of focus? Your intensely-driven focus? You name it, there is some reason people are unhappy and frustrated. Is it your need - or your friends' needs - to constantly ask…

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