Travel

Always Say I Love You

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on September 11, 2011

It is a somber flight, Alaska Flight 30 – Portland to Boston, 9/11/11.  It all started on Friday when my little sister Bert emailed me and said, “You’re flying to the east coast on 9/11, be careful”.   The email felt like a bullet, and memories of 9/11 were now everywhere.  What was nestled in my [...]

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Eat, Play, Relax

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on August 27, 2010

It’s rather ironic that my latest paradigm shift and adventure started the day that “Eat, Pray, Love” came out on the big screen. For those of you who didn’t read my blog on Kauai, please do! This is a continuation of the journey…and it’s a little like author Elizabeth Gilbert’s journey from Italy to India, [...]

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Business On the Rocks

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on June 1, 2010

Okay, so my vacation mindset didn’t last as long as I’d hoped. I slipped back into the work mode and never really figured out how to totally relax and enjoy a week’s vacation. There’s something strange about the psychological wiring of a CEO (or maybe just me) that I can’t turn off work totally. So [...]

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Return From Heaven, With a Slight Amount of Turbulence

by Jean F. Meeks, Ph.D. on May 6, 2010

What a week! Let me start by saying that I haven’t had a vacation in many moons – and by that I mean at least seven years. So when someone says, “Hey, do you want to go to Kauai for six days?” I take a few long breaths to stop the panic attack that’s sure [...]

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