Comments for Michelle Barry Franco | Build a business based on your passion and expertise. http://www.michellebarryfranco.com Business growth, small business strategy, presentation skills. Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:22:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on 2012 is The Year of Beauty by Michelle Barry Franco http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/year-of-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Michelle Barry Franco Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:22:16 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1599#comment-418 Oh, I am so drawn to Pinterest yet have avoided digging in for fear of getting lost in all of the coolness. Now, it is totally On Purpose for me to be on Pinterest - my theme encourages it. Yay for The Year of Beauty! Thank you for the idea. Wishing you great pleasure in your practice of moderation... something it will do me well to incorporate into my own year in service of peace and beauty, as a sister in extreme thoughts and actions at times. I, too, find that my theme tends to fade and yet, at year's end, I have virtually always made substantial progress in the area I declared as a theme. I suppose there's something about how initial intention turns to a sort of practice which becomes a regular approach/mindset. Thanks for your thoughtful comment, Sarah. Oh, I am so drawn to Pinterest yet have avoided digging in for fear of getting lost in all of the coolness. Now, it is totally On Purpose for me to be on Pinterest – my theme encourages it. Yay for The Year of Beauty! Thank you for the idea. Wishing you great pleasure in your practice of moderation… something it will do me well to incorporate into my own year in service of peace and beauty, as a sister in extreme thoughts and actions at times. I, too, find that my theme tends to fade and yet, at year’s end, I have virtually always made substantial progress in the area I declared as a theme. I suppose there’s something about how initial intention turns to a sort of practice which becomes a regular approach/mindset. Thanks for your thoughtful comment, Sarah.

]]> Comment on 2012 is The Year of Beauty by Michelle Barry Franco http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/year-of-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Michelle Barry Franco Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:16:09 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1599#comment-417 The Year of Happiness sounds beautiful (nod to my own year's theme...) I love when my theme is general enough that I can use it to both make up my mind and change my mind, when appropriate. I feel like this theme would have that power. And happiness is lovely, isn't it? :-) Thanks for venturing into the blogging world, Auntie K! Welcome. The Year of Happiness sounds beautiful (nod to my own year’s theme…) I love when my theme is general enough that I can use it to both make up my mind and change my mind, when appropriate. I feel like this theme would have that power. And happiness is lovely, isn’t it? :-) Thanks for venturing into the blogging world, Auntie K! Welcome.

]]> Comment on 2012 is The Year of Beauty by Kathy Gifford (aka:Auntie Kathy) http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/year-of-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Kathy Gifford (aka:Auntie Kathy) Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:27:50 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1599#comment-415 This is an interesting concept. I'm am going to ponder this, my first impulse is to declare this my year of happiness, to provide and seek it for not only myself but those around me. I will sleep on it and see if it fits.... Thanks for the prompt! :) (look my first one!) This is an interesting concept. I’m am going to ponder this, my first impulse is to declare this my year of happiness, to provide and seek it for not only myself but those around me. I will sleep on it and see if it fits…. Thanks for the prompt! :) (look my first one!)

]]> Comment on 2012 is The Year of Beauty by Sarah http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/year-of-beauty/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Sarah Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:39:50 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1599#comment-414 Lovely theme. I recommend Pinterest as the ultimate place to go for a few minutes of beauty. As much as I joke about it being a time suck, it really has reintroduced me to how I crave beauty and love seeing how others create/celebrate it. The theme I'm declaring is moderation. I'm so often extreme in my thoughts and my actions that I'd like to find a kind of peace in taking things more slowly, being more comfortable in the middle ground, and relating (to the kids/spouse/friends/the world) in a "moderate" way. Last year was the first year I chose a focus and I found it to be a very useful exercise. It faded into the background a bit over the year, but now that I'm reflecting on it as I choose this year's, I realize that it just became more internalized and I didn't have to "work" at it so much. I think that's a success? Lovely theme. I recommend Pinterest as the ultimate place to go for a few minutes of beauty. As much as I joke about it being a time suck, it really has reintroduced me to how I crave beauty and love seeing how others create/celebrate it.
The theme I’m declaring is moderation. I’m so often extreme in my thoughts and my actions that I’d like to find a kind of peace in taking things more slowly, being more comfortable in the middle ground, and relating (to the kids/spouse/friends/the world) in a “moderate” way.
Last year was the first year I chose a focus and I found it to be a very useful exercise. It faded into the background a bit over the year, but now that I’m reflecting on it as I choose this year’s, I realize that it just became more internalized and I didn’t have to “work” at it so much. I think that’s a success?

]]> Comment on The Grasshopper Has Arrived by Nancy Jane Smith http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/the-grasshopper-has-arrived/comment-page-1/#comment-339 Nancy Jane Smith Thu, 15 Sep 2011 18:00:30 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1514#comment-339 Catching up from my vacation so I am a little late in my response. But I am very excited to hear more from the Grasshopper!! Sounds amazingly perfect! Catching up from my vacation so I am a little late in my response. But I am very excited to hear more from the Grasshopper!! Sounds amazingly perfect!

]]> Comment on The Irreconcilable Conflict Between Motherhood & Personal Passion by Nina Nelson http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/the-irreconcilable-conflict-between-motherhood-personal-passion/comment-page-1/#comment-334 Nina Nelson Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:46:09 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1499#comment-334 Hi Annie! I'm right there with you. I've been struggling with this so much lately and I know that the best way to mother my children is by showing them how to live a life that pursues my passion. They need to see me fulfilled, not only in my role as a mother, but in my role as a wife, midwife and world-changer. But yes, the sacrifice is hard. How much is too much? Hi Annie! I’m right there with you. I’ve been struggling with this so much lately and I know that the best way to mother my children is by showing them how to live a life that pursues my passion. They need to see me fulfilled, not only in my role as a mother, but in my role as a wife, midwife and world-changer. But yes, the sacrifice is hard. How much is too much?

]]> Comment on The Vibration of Home by Michelle Barry Franco http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/the-vibration-of-home/comment-page-1/#comment-330 Michelle Barry Franco Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:33:30 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1494#comment-330 Hi Joe! How fun that your daughter went to UVA. It's a great school, as you well know. We've talked to some really wonderful students from there as we've searched for child care here. Thanks for stopping to say hello and sending your kind wishes. I hope all is well with you. Hi Joe! How fun that your daughter went to UVA. It’s a great school, as you well know. We’ve talked to some really wonderful students from there as we’ve searched for child care here. Thanks for stopping to say hello and sending your kind wishes. I hope all is well with you.

]]> Comment on The Vibration of Home by Joe Rotger http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/the-vibration-of-home/comment-page-1/#comment-329 Joe Rotger Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:45:06 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1494#comment-329 Michele, Nice to hear you're happy at your new place. My daughter studied there in UVA, so I know the area quite well --it's a lovely place. Just wanted to say hello and wish you the best, Michele,
Nice to hear you’re happy at your new place. My daughter studied there in UVA, so I know the area quite well –it’s a lovely place.

Just wanted to say hello and wish you the best,

]]> Comment on The Vibration of Home by Michelle Barry Franco http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/the-vibration-of-home/comment-page-1/#comment-326 Michelle Barry Franco Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:01:52 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1494#comment-326 Hi Julie. So true - I was drawn in by Bend's gorgeous landscape and the resonance was strong right away. But I fell in true love as my communities grew and strengthened there. I'm hoping I can find/create some version of that part of feeling "at home" over time here as well. Thanks for writing. Hi Julie. So true – I was drawn in by Bend’s gorgeous landscape and the resonance was strong right away. But I fell in true love as my communities grew and strengthened there. I’m hoping I can find/create some version of that part of feeling “at home” over time here as well. Thanks for writing.

]]> Comment on The Vibration of Home by Julie http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/the-vibration-of-home/comment-page-1/#comment-325 Julie Fri, 08 Jul 2011 14:23:21 +0000 http://www.michellebarryfranco.com/?p=1494#comment-325 Loved this and glad that your new place feels like "Home." I haven't lived too many places - Troy and I traveled around 10 years ago to find a new home. Bend was it for both of us when we discovered Drake park and the downtown area here. Now I'm in love with the communities I'm a part of here which also now makes it home to me. Loved this and glad that your new place feels like “Home.” I haven’t lived too many places – Troy and I traveled around 10 years ago to find a new home. Bend was it for both of us when we discovered Drake park and the downtown area here. Now I’m in love with the communities I’m a part of here which also now makes it home to me.

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