Have we forgotten how to be neighborly? It’s not totally strange…I get blog ideas while I’m walking around my neighborhood, especially when I’m working on creating a new education session. My head clears and thoughts start to roll. I recently finished ready the surgeon general’s re...
Diversity is an inherent part of who we are as humans and has been since there were humans.
I’m so tired of reading articles about legislation putting limits on the freedoms of those who are diverse to exist, whether it’s because of race, gender, sexual orientation, ability, or mental health st...
For those of us who create blogs, the best we can do is share things from our personal experiences and perspectives and hope that there is a nugget in there that relates to what other people are experiencing too. We, as humans, need a way to categorize what we’re feeling around whatever situat...
It’s kind of odd to be writing a blog about relationships ending when Jo Burns Connects is all about creating and building connections. But that’s the way connections work…they begin and end and the cycle continues. We all have relationships of all different types, familial, friends, romantic, colle...
Do you have those moments, days, weeks where it would be impossible to add any more “stuff” into your world? Last month I officiated a rain-soaked wedding, attended the CPRA conference in Breckenridge and was reunited with many friends and colleagues I hadn’t seen since befor...
