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A Beautiful Ending: Faithful Writers

By Elizabeth Cottrell

Faithful Writer

Heartspoken’s official Faithful Writers Facebook group and the “Faithful Writers Toolkit” newsletter are no longer active as of January 1, 2020, but you can find posts and archived newsletters HERE.  The Facebook group will also be archived so current members can still access the resources posted by me or members in the Facebook group throughout […]

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Christmas Morning, Donnegal

By Elizabeth Cottrell

Christmas Blessings

Sometimes a song, such as the one beautifully performed here by Celtic Thunder’s Paul Byrom, is all you need to capture the beauty and joy of this holy season. Enjoy and I send Christmas blessings to you and yours.

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9 Holiday Card Tips For Business Owners…and Everyone!

By Guest Blogger

Holiday Card Tips from Lydia Ramsey

Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa are among the great reasons to connect with your customers and prospects during the holiday season. These tips will help. I reached into the Heartspoken archives to share again this very helpful post from today’s guest: corporate etiquette expert, speaker, and trainer Lydia Ramsey. We’ve become friends and realized that her […]

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Heartspoken Moment: Always Count The Cost

By Elizabeth Cottrell

Heartspoken Moment: Always count the cost

Everything you own and every choice you make comes with a cost, either up front or ongoing. You should always count the cost. I’ll bet you are a responsible person. I’d like to think I am too. I don’t usually spend money I don’t have, and it’s rare for me to splurge on things that […]

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Book Review: Dare To Lead

By Elizabeth Cottrell

Heartspoken Book Review: Dare To Lead by Brené Brown

In this book, Brené Brown takes her impressive body of research in shame, vulnerability, and resilience and applies her findings to leadership and organizational cultures. Dare To Lead:  Brave Work, Tough Conversations, Whole Hearts by Brené BrownPublished 2018 I’ve read every book Brené Brown has ever written, and the arc of her research and its […]

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Our Heroes Don’t Have To Be Perfect: Veterans Day Reflection

By Elizabeth Cottrell

Veterans Day 2019 - Heroes Don't Have To Be Perfect

I’m popping in today for a brief Veterans Day reflection.  Our veterans, living and dead, are all heroes to me, and thinking about heroes led me to think about revisionist history. Revisionist history It has become popular to uncover —sometimes gleefully or even maliciously—the flaws, errors, and sins of our forefathers and mothers and a […]

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Are You Feeding The Monsters?

By Elizabeth Cottrell

Are You Feeding the Monsters? title graphic

Are you feeding these monsters? They might include anger, jealousy, sorrow, regret, guilt, lies, greed, arrogance, resentment, self-pity, inferiority, superiority, and false pride.

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Look for Ties that Bind [Faithful Writers Toolkit, Sept. 2019]

By Elizabeth Cottrell

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Encouragement for Faithful Writers everywhere. Please share with your writing friends. (Reading time: under five minutes) September 28, 2019 Hi, Faithful Writer, September has brought a rebooting of routines and schedules, but I’m feeling the need to review and reprioritize. John and I are heading “across the pond” on Monday to visit our son and […]

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Elizabeth Cottrell, aka RiverwoodWriter

Elizabeth H. Cottrell

I am a freelance writer, ghostwriter, and blogger called to encourage readers to strengthen the bonds of faith, family, and friends and to cultivate the joy and impact of personal, handwritten notes and letters. More Info.

 
 
 
 
 
 

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