Archive for "Ann C. Holm Life Coach"
February 19th, 2013
Now that I have your attention. Has anyone else noticed that the typical blogging model has defaulted into compiling a list of things: 3 you must know or 5 things you must do? It seems that so many posts use this format to lure readers. I have used it myself although I try not to overdo it. However, […]
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Posted in Ooooo That's Deep!, Queen Ann Soapbox
Tags: 12 minute blog post, Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Ann Holm, Annholm.net, efficient blogging, personal development coaches minnesota, QueenAnntics, too many lists
February 16th, 2013
How many of you have “invent something” on your bucket list? Well my friend and former colleague, Carmen Bradbury and I can check this off our lists. Behold the Bradbury-Holm Communication device. This device was created to address the needs of a patient who had unclear yes-no responses, relying on eye blinks to get her […]
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Posted in This Is Madness, What a Discovery!
Tags: Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Ann Holm, Annholm.net, Bradbury-Holm Communication Device, Carmen Bradbury, entrepreneurship
July 25th, 2012
Once upon a time, in 1976, my father wrote me a letter because I wasn’t taking school too seriously. In the letter he stated, “But there is a second and maybe more important reason for studying hard. The more you study and learn, the more your mind will expand to look at life a little differently […]
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Posted in Ooooo That's Deep!, Queen Ann Soapbox
Tags: A Whole New World, andy czajka, Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Annholm.net, QueenAnntics
May 16th, 2012
Molly’s Rude Awakening is an unexpected delight in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. For over 25 years, I have traveled Interstate 94 between my home in Minnesota and points east, especially 50 or more trips to Detroit where I grew up. I thought I knew every gas station, restaurant, coffee shop, and convenience store along […]
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Posted in What a Discovery!
Tags: Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Annholm.net, Coffee shops in Black River Falls, entrepreneurship, follow your dream, Molly's Rude Awakening, QueenAnntics
April 18th, 2012
I resolved to skydive to celebrate my 50th birthday despite being a dedicated fear of heights chicken. On my 45th birthday, I vowed, after jumping off of a 32 foot cliff in Jamaica, that I would skydive next. You can check out my pre-skydiving blog to confirm that I really was a overcoming a long-standing fear […]
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Posted in This Is Madness, Wagers and other Bad Ideas
Tags: Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Ann Holm, Annholm.net, QueenAnntics, sky diving, What tames fear
March 15th, 2012
“Your mother looks beautiful with her hair like that” were his last words before he collapsed and died of a heart attack at the Little Bar restaurant in Marco Island, Florida. He said them to me and I was the only one who heard them. He was 51 years old and the year was 1989. […]
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Posted in Very Cool People
Tags: andy czajka, Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Annholm.net, QueenAnntics, skydiving
October 15th, 2011
To the honorable Gregory Huszczo, you have won the bet, Green One. As an honorable Wolverine, I am a woman of my word. So it is that I wear this State hat and hold the Spartan sweatshirt close to my heart. What’s more, I consider myself fortunate that my best friend is married to a Spartan, […]
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Posted in Michigan and Motown, Wagers and other Bad Ideas
Tags: Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Annholm.net, Gregory Huszczo, Michigan versus Michigan State
September 20th, 2011
Every time I hear the song Who’ll Stop the Rain by Credence Clearwater Revival, I think of Dennis. I knew him many years ago in Arizona. I had taken my first job as a speech pathologist and he was one of my first clients. Our first appointment was in the late afternoon when almost everyone […]
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Posted in Very Cool People
Tags: Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Annholm.net
June 5th, 2011
My youngest child graduated from high school last night. As for all mothers facing the empty nest, this was a defining moment in my life. My children were always my #1 priority especially since my husband’s job limited his time at home. I spent many hours alone-just me and the kids. I did work as a […]
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Posted in Ooooo That's Deep!
Tags: Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Annholm.net
October 11th, 2010
Why glorify the mouse? First let me set the context that compelled me to write about this today. This afternoon, my internet repair person told me that I had had unreliable service for the past several weeks because mice had chewed through my cable (on the outside of my house and not the inside, thank […]
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Posted in This Is Madness
Tags: Ann C. Holm Life Coach, Annholm.net, i hate mice, mice in literature, QueenAnntics
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