Apple Jack is probably the pony that I most-embody outwardly in my every day. Many of the materials that were linked in this section were useful and spoke to my constant life-editing and my natural, efficiency-driven mode of operation. I really appreciated the Byron Katie resource links in order to increase empathy of others and honesty towards conflict resolution. Continuous maintenance or tidying… Read more →

  Welcome to the first installment in my blog series on “Coaching is Magic” by Katie Cleary, an online personal development course featured on Udemy. This blog post corresponds with module one’s pony, Rainbow Dash. Here, I’ll be posting some of my own thoughts and reflections as I go through the module. To get the full scoop, I invite you to… Read more →

What does My Little Pony have to do with personal development? Much more than I’d ever thought. I consider myself a fairly analytical person and I spend most of my day in the realm of finding, reading and discussing academic research. But I grew used to looking at the world, especially analyzing stories, in a different way in my hometown, Asheville,… Read more →