On the Blog with Candy Barone

At the end of September, I made a commitment to myself. A promise, really. I decided that in order to get back to my writing on a regular basi

What exactly is a promise? 

A promise is a declaration of a specific intention. It’s a commitment or vow to deliver something based on a set

Crying is good for the soul.

It cleanses the body of a build-up of toxins, of suppressed emotions, and loosens all the gunk that gets stuck i

Depending on where you live, you may have been able to witness the solar eclipse we experienced earlier today, along with this new lunar cycle

It’s been nearly a year since I said goodbye to my sweet, Payton. After a decade together, which was not nearly enough time, my sweet baby boy

As a leader, how often do you check in within yourself and ask the tough questions? You know, the kind of questions that require brutal honest

Sometimes I feel like “burnout” is the ultimate business bingo word these days. It seems like it’s used as a description for everything, and I

“Won’t you be my neighbor?”

The iconic line said in every episode of the long-running children’s TV show, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. This s

Oh, how we live in a frenetic culture with it’s constant demands to wind and grind, burn and churn, and hustle for the muscle. 

We live on th

How to you put a jigsaw puzzle together?

We all know that the right way to do so, is to first start with the corner pieces and then the edge

I used to be ashamed of my tears. 

Oh, they used to frustrate the hell of out me. Whether something moved me, and touched my heart, or if it

Where does our obsessive need for perfection come from?

In many cases, it is a direct result of our upbringing, our generational lineage, and