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Our Voice Our voice is unique to us. No one else’s voice sounds quite like ours. There are a whole host of variables that determine the sound of our voice. For example, genetics, the size of our throat, mouth and nose along with our vocal cords, larynx and hormones during puberty. All of these factors…

Our Cause When we live our lives based on a specific cause, then our behaviors show others our beliefs, tenets and convictions. As one author says, “The most persuasive witness is the way one lives, not the words one speaks.” The topic of one’s cause in life was recently discussed in the last Macek Maverick…

Role Models My parents were both very conscientious about training my siblings and me in all things that mattered to them. They instilled in us the importance of respecting others, even if you didn’t like them. They also inspired us to love and obey God which meant going to church on Sunday without questions, comments,…

Learning Presently, I am reading Hillbilly Elegy, A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis by J.D. Vance. The author and I have something in common. We both grew up with adverse childhood experiences, and our childhood trauma left its mark on us.  Mr. Vance uses the term “learned helplessness,” to describe something he…