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Category: Lifestyle Design

October 15, 2018Health & Wellness, Lifestyle Design

Polyamory: When love, like music is celebrated in abundance

We are all traveling composers on varied relational journeys. Polyamory is the philosophy or state of being in love or romantically involved with more than one person at the same time. About 10 years ago I became acquainted with polyamory […]

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June 10, 2015Advertising, Lifestyle Design, Living

Passionate young professional challenges millennial stereotypes

Sharp, fashionable and grounded describes 22 year old Cassandra Laper, a former University of Tampa student who is finding her groove in the advertising industry while harmoniously earning a degree from the preeminent Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New […]

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February 17, 2015Couchsurfing, Lifestyle Design

Couchsurfing: Siblings Mandy and Sven of Berlin – US East Coast Tour

Siblings Mandy and Sven Schulze have traveled together before. Last time it was the west coast of the United States. They live and work in Berlin. Mandy is the one with the powerful travel bug. Just last year she spent […]

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February 12, 2015Couchsurfing, Lifestyle Design, Living, Travel

Couchsurfing: Nesrine Visits Tampa Bay and the Fung Bros

I met and hosted Nesrine Ismail through Couchsurfing.org when she stayed at my apartment this past Thursday night. She remained in Tampa with another host until Sunday when we caught back up for brunch at Sono Café along the Tampa […]

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December 31, 2014Health & Wellness, Lifestyle Design

Reflection on 2014 and Thoughts for 2015

I have experienced positive growth personally and professionally from a simultaneously challenging and rewarding year and thought I would take a moment to reflect and share. Considering I was a newly diagnosed Type 1 Diabetic and spend most of New […]

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December 2, 2014Business, Conscious Capitalism, Corporate Empathy, Health & Wellness, Lifestyle Design, Urban Planning

Work Revolution Needed for Tampa Bay Transit Plans

The top priority of improving our transportation network is to reduce congestion which would improve the quality of life and make our region more attractive to top employers and professionals. Infrastructure and bus improvements short of rail will certainly assist with relieving congestion; and with […]

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June 28, 2014Health & Wellness, Lifestyle Design

I’ll Bleed for this. My #28DayChallenge Results

When May was coming to a close I accepted the cold water challenge given by a friend and decided that I could use a public self-challenge to tackle some tasks I had been wanting to accomplish while also changing some habits. A […]

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June 18, 2014Government, Lifestyle Design, Living, Urban Planning

Dump the Pump – HART/Downtown Tampa Transit Map

As a Downtown Tampa resident for nearly three years I have had the pleasure of meeting many new friends and neighbors and am very proud of the community that we are building together. Mobility and public transportation are discussed often by both the residential and business communities that make up […]

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May 16, 2014Health & Wellness, Lifestyle Design, Living

Update on Stephanie and My Diabetes

This weekend marks four months since Stephanie did not wake up and had emergency surgery to fix a brain bleed caused by an unknown head injury that had clotted and burst. It has also been six months since I spent […]

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January 7, 2014Business, Corporate Empathy, Lifestyle Design

Scarcity Creates Similar Thought Patterns for Rich and Poor

Often we are shown the differences between how rich and poor people think, act, and react to certain life events and situations. “Wealthy people think… while poor people think…” etc. In an NPR interview last week Sendhil Mullainathan begins to […]

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I never would have guessed how enlightening it was...

I went into my Personal Futures Session with Vinny not knowing what to expect. I never would have guessed how enlightening it was to begin laying out what I want to see for myself and loved ones. Vinny did an amazing job at pulling this out of me without telling me what I wanted. If you are at a transition point in life, or even if you are doing well, but know there is something more out there, Vinny's Personal Futures Session may just be what shows you the way. – TM

A much better idea of what I want to do...

I just turned 40 and my life is going through some major life changes. I wasn't really sure what direction my life was headed, much less how to get there. It honestly left me feeling kind of stuck and like my life had no direction. The Personal Futures session with Vinny Tafuro was truly what I needed. It helped me to gauge where in my life I was and gave me a framework for how to think about my future and which direction I want my life to go. Now I have a much better idea of what I want to do and what steps I need to start taking to get there. I am grateful for feeling like I can now move forward with my life. – HL

The future is far less terrifying...

I have ADHD and have so many plans, desires, and needs going through my head but have such a hard time focusing enough to put everything in order and definitely see the forest and not the trees. I'm also self-employed with two businesses so I have a lot going on which compounds this issue.

Vinny really took the time to listen to my needs and to get to the core of my values before we even began the process. We widdled down to three overall subjects then widdled those down to goals I can aim for over different points in time then finally widdled them down to easy tasks I can start within the next 24 hours. I work best with a checklist of tasks and it was extremely helpful to have someone help me lay it out. The future is far less terrifying and I can actually see a plan for myself for more than the next year or two. I'm incredibly thankful for Vinny's expertise and encouragement. – LP

This exercise was eye-opening, to say the least!

I am a personal development junkie as I am an entrepreneur and a business educator. Always looking to improve. I thought I had done it all. (i.e. goal setting exercises, vision boards, etc.). Doing the Personal Futures program was the best I have ever done. It allowed me to dive a bit deeper into my true desires and goals that the other methods haven't done. I highly recommend the 1-on-1 program so that you have that extra 3rd-person perspective that is able to see the things right in front of you that you couldn't see on your own." – SS