Julie and Steve Harris | Whiskey & Red: Education and Empowerment, Honesty and Transparency Who we are on the inside is revealed by so much of how we represent ourselves visually. Husband and wife team, Julie and Steve Harris, of Whiskey & Red, empower entrepreneurs and small business owners with the knowledge and tools to represent their business both accurately...
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So many of us turn to puzzles or problem solving as a way to relax. Crossword and word puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, mysteries, and other brain games are all used as a way to relax. What is the inherent trait of a puzzle or a problem that soothes, even while they present a new type of challenge? Puzzles captivate us at…

Can you dare yourself to rise to the challenge to speak up? We all have a story. It's what makes us a person with a history. Our story is our tale of how we got to be who we are and what happened along the way. Within that story is often a message. A message that the community we are...
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Have you ever considered what will be left behind when you leave this life? Every year you live contributes to the legacy you leave behind regardless of how old or young you are. Perhaps you’ve done life exercises where you imagine yourself as an older version of yourself looking back and consider what it is you want to be remembered…

Wherever there is light, there is shadow. While the beneficial aspects of light that allow us to see are immediately obvious, we sometimes have to probe to discover the gifts within the shadows — both literally and figuratively. The celebrated Swiss psychiatrist, Carl Jung, created the term that describes both the aspects of human nature that are hidden from us...
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A new year -- time for fresh potential. Time for new beginnings, resolutions, decisions, lists. So many options can feel overwhelming, confusing, or discouraging -- the antithesis of motivation. Yet, January is a tremendous opportunity for assessing our alignment, charting our route to happiness, and determining our goals. There are few times automatically built in to our natural year and...
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Passion, purpose and the path between — what’s the real secret to living a fulfilled life? Do all the questions you hear about purpose and passion lead you farther away from a resolution? Themes and opinions on the topic vary, leaving speculation to whether they're the same thing and if they last a lifetime. Do you even really have to...
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Tell the truth. Just because it's the best policy doesn't mean it's easy. Have you ever had those times when you knew what you wanted or needed to say, but somehow just didn’t get the words out of your mouth? As adults we need to be accountable. Being accountable requires having integrity — that means we need to be honest...
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Just seeing a negative word for ONE second makes us more anxious or depressed! Ever wonder why you tune out certain people when they speak, even though they seem to be saying a message you would want to hear somewhere else? Chances are, it’s the words they’re using. Words — those combinations of vowels and consonants — have innate power we can’t help...
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Celebrate your wins and honor your struggle. Why we need to commemorate all our experiences. Some time in the course of our life, many of us seem to adopt an idea that when life is difficult, we have done something "wrong". We strive to reach the times when all pieces of life are moving along in a cadence and "life...
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