Valuable Soft Skills

By Sara Orellana   Growing up, we learned how to write papers, outlines, and do presentations. We spent almost all of our school years learning hard skills that would help us in life, or so we were told. Hard skills are meant to help us earn money, or at least that is how I sum it up.

Servant Leadership

By Sara Orellana   More than a decade ago, I was in my first leadership position, when I first heard the term ‘servant leadership.

Living In High-Definition

By Sara Orellana   Late in the summer of 2022, I realized I had allowed life to take over. I was boring. I was living in black and white. Realizing this, I understood why people weren’t returning my calls or texts. I was bored with myself!

Surviving an Attack

A few weeks ago, I found myself in a unique situation. I had been invited to be a guest speaker to a group. To say I was nervous was an understatement. Allow me to clarify, I have been working for years on my writing career.

Silence and Solitude

After a busy summer of self-discovery, adventures, and healing, I am ready for a few quiet moments at home. The cooler, shorter days provide the perfect opportunity to grab a blanket, a book, and enjoy a quiet afternoon of peace and quiet.

Seeds of Hope

I would venture to guess that each of us have had more challenges over the past few years than at any other point in our lives. I would also dare to say that we are all exhausted, burned out, and even a little jaded. Some of us may have even lost hope.

At My Worst, I Found My Self

How often have we looked in the mirror and wondered how much worse we could look? We judge our scars, wrinkles, and gray hair with a harshness lacking the appreciation of the story they told. We are the story of our scars.

Discovering Ourselves

For me, turning 40 was monumental. I was so excited to hit the milestone – to leave my thirties behind. I knew great things were coming in this decade, but more than anything, I was excited at the prospect of finally being able to speak my mind.

Lessons Learned

It’s funny how I thought that as I grew up, learning lessons would become a thing of the past. Struggling through my teenage years and entering my twenties, I thought I would finally have all the answers and life would stop teaching me lessons. Silly me.

Weighing Our Words

Have you ever stopped and thought about the power words can have? If you really think about it, wars are started and ended by words. Every major situation in our lives, in our world, has started and ended by words.