Author Archive: Bettina Gordon
Explorer. Journalist. Trainer. Happy Camper (a trained skill).
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101 years of Cherry Blossoms in DC – but hurry!
101 years of Cherry Blossoms in DC – but hurry, they are blooming now! In 1912, Japan gave 3,020 cherry blossom trees to the United States as a gift to celebrate the two nations growing friendship. The gift that keeps on giving.
Mindie Kniss: Magic Starts Here
Your Call to Adventure series. Mindie Kniss was in Africa when she asked herself the question that would change her life: “What do I really want?” Today she helps others to explore this exact question as a high-in-demand life and relationship coach.
Thank you to all our fiery women ancestors!
One hundred years ago 8,000 women had taken to the streets of Washington to claim what they considered to be entitled to: the right to vote. The Suffrage Parade of 1913 did not go so well.
Soaking up Niagara Falls – quite literally!
I am terribly afraid of small planes. Which is peculiar, because I am in one. As I delicately claw my fingers into the leather hand rest, I lean my forehead against the window and risk looking down. Wow, are we close to the ground. Then I remember why I am here: to see Niagara Falls. I relax a little.
Snapshot Travels: Viennese Opera Ball in New York
Almost 60 years of Austrian tradition celebrated in America: The Viennese Opera Ball at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York enchants with elegant ball gowns and famous waltzing melodies. The N.Y. Times calls the Viennese Opera Ball the most elegant Ball in all America – I agree.
Sherry Ott: taking a career break works in your favor!
Your Call to Adventure: Only six years after receiving her first passport this former cube dweller left her high-paying job to travel the world for one year. That was 2006 – and Sherry Ott is still on the move. The story of a corporate renegade turned famed travel blogger.
Snapshot Travels: Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico
There are high-tops and sky-scrapers and then there is Sky City: almost 700 feet above ground sits Acoma Pueblo, the oldest continuously inhabited American Indian pueblo in the United States. There is no electricity, running water or sewage system but the view from the mesa is spectacular.
Lisa Arie: Stop Playing it Safe
The former advertising maven who started and ran two multi-million dollar companies, left a very big life behind to discover her real gift: her gift for helping CEOs, entrepreneurs, pioneers and adventurers through their own personal and professional evolution – by engaging with her horses. Now she’s called the CEO Whisperer.
Do you KNOW that there is more to your life than what you currently experience?
“Your Call to Adventure” series focuses on go-getters, who have left the traditional success model behind to do something that truly fulfills them and adds great value to the lives of others.
Do you want to save a dog’s life? Become a foster volunteer!
In last week’s newsletter I encouraged you, my treasured audience, to commit to doing something that you love to do but don’t do often enough. Something that lights you up and brings you joy! Heeding my own advice, I did what I LOVE to do: spending more time with dogs and volunteering my time and [...]
