I learned more about hurricanes in the past week than I ever thought I would.  I’ve lived through the hot desert, and I’ve lived through blizzards, even typhoons, but never a hurricane.  My husband and I took our family to Orlando, Florida, this past week for a getaway.  We needed some time to disconnect, decompress, and spend quality time together.  Two days into our trip, we received a text message from a family member alarming us of a category four Hurricane Dorian heading towards Florida.  As we watched the news unfold and the warnings issued to the state of Florida…

May 1st was the beginning of a new adventure for my family.  When I say adventure, I don’t mean in the most exciting and happy way.  Our summer has been nothing short of trials and tribulations, topped with a few exciting events.  My mother’s open heart surgery took place on the 3rd of May, two days after she was diagnosed with heart failure.  Two weeks later, mom was released from the hospital and she moved in with me so I can take care of her as she recovers.  In an instant, I became her full-time caregiver.  Being someone’s caregiver is…

Carly Fiorina is a leader and a seasoned problem-solver.  She worked her way from secretary to CEO by problem-solving her way through her career and eventually becoming the first woman to lead a Fortune 50 company, Hewlett Packard in 1999.  Life comes with problems, that much we know.  It’s very rare that we live for two days in a row without facing a problem(s).  Everybody has problems but not everybody solves them, or worse, not want to even deal with them.  It is so much easier and convenient to run away and avoid problems instead of facing them head-on, finding…