Writer, author, encourager, connector…founder of the Heartspoken Movement that teaches how to harness the power and impact of writing heartspoken notes that connect, comfort, encourage, and inspire. “Today’s HEARTSPOKEN Note” on Substack.https://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lkbnkrrcls2gPike’s Peak from my airline boarding gate. Heading home!13 Mar 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbnkrrcls2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3ljpqufq5ac2fNature teaches us to cling to hope, even when the changing of seasons in our life feels messy. I'm a regular writer for the Inspired Community -- Substack Writers 60+ years old. Season Changes Can Be Messy https://www.inkspired.space/p/season-changes-can-be-messy?r=1vna2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false06 Mar 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpqufq5ac2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3ljlyzqfjrc2gI enjoyed being a guest on @mittendad.bsky.social ‘s publication today to explore ways we can encourage more handwriting in our digital world. https://open.substack.com/pub/mittendad/p/how-can-we-encourage-more-handwriting?r=1vna205 Mar 2025 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlyzqfjrc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lhyhb33xec2zTruth! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Feb 2025 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyhb33xec2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lhyh54gnck2zFantastic advice for all aspects of life: take the first step. Once you do, the next step will become clearer. https://joshspector.com/take-the-first-step/12 Feb 2025 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyh54gnck2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lhlwcqm3uc24“The Networking Secret That Only Requires Writing Four Emails A Year” Of course, I would suggest you make this four notes or letters a year — handwritten or typed and mailed. Not so long as this author suggests. Or two notes a year and two emails a year — switch it up.07 Feb 2025 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhlwcqm3uc24https://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lheejmehg22tIt’s Thank A Mail Carrier Day in the U.S. (February 4), but any day is a good day to tell someone you appreciate them! https://open.substack.com/pub/heartspoken/p/its-thank-a-mail-carrier-day?r=1vna204 Feb 2025 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lheejmehg22thttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lh5ugcsh4k2bReady to Make Your Notes More Powerful? With the monthly action plans in my new membership, you'll become a Heartspoken Connection Ninja. https://open.substack.com/pub/heartspoken/p/ready-to-make-your-notes-more-powerful?r=1vna2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false02 Feb 2025 01:21 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh5ugcsh4k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lh5u5ubwdc2oDo You Still Need a Business Blog? It makes total sense to me to always have my own little piece of real estate on the Internet. Platforms you don't own can always disappear. https://denisewakeman.com/business-blogging-2/do-you-still-need-a-business-blog/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social-pug02 Feb 2025 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh5u5ubwdc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lh27hkbflc24“The most powerful things can’t be quantified.” Right now I’m feeling so grateful to be sitting in a room with my husband of 51+ years, both of us reading. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh27hkbflc24https://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lh27buihy224How do you capture (and later retrieve) good ideas? I have notebooks everywhere to do this…but the issue is retrieving them later. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh27buihy224https://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lh276qxizs24https://www.cmnh.org/learn/science-blog/2025/01/23/100-years-after-the-great-serum-run-baltos-legacy-endures?user_id=66c4c7d2600ae15075a726db. The story that needs to be told again and again…bravery by man and dogs 100 years ago.31 Jan 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh276qxizs24https://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lgtt2nsnd22zWorld over, one-third of students cannot write legibly. It is not far that children will look at cursive and call it a primitive foreign language.29 Jan 2025 01:30 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtt2nsnd22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lgch5aicls2eProfessional Notes for the 21st Century: A Guide to Modern Etiquette -- Relationships are the lifebloog of your business or organization. Learn how heartspoken notes can build and nourish them in the first of my 3-part series. https://open.substack.com/pub/heartspoken/p/professional-notes-for-the-21st-century?r=1vna2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false22 Jan 2025 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgch5aicls2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lfsuabrukk2xAre you fluent in silence! It’s a language wirth learning! [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2025 22:53 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsuabrukk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lfsu4gmw7c2xWho can you root for today? [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2025 22:51 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsu4gmw7c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lfpjnvpobk2hThis is a thought-provoking call to reclaim our humanity: https://blog.medium.com/listening-to-someone-is-not-the-same-as-agreeing-with-them-8177f083623f14 Jan 2025 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpjnvpobk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lfn2ucdkls2gHas etiquette changed for note and letter-writing practices in the last century? Oh yeah…but then again, some things are exactly the same. I’ll dig into this in tomorrow’s post of “The HEARTSPOKEN Note.” Make sure you’re subscribed so you don’t miss it. It’s free! Https://heartspoken.substack.com.13 Jan 2025 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfn2ucdkls2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lfje5x2rg22uWhat you focus on makes all the difference... [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jan 2025 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfje5x2rg22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lfhsipfq2k2fEvery day is a good day to write a heartspoken letter. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jan 2025 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfhsipfq2k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lfg3y6nr3k27The deer know exactly when we have filled the birdfeeders. They are always hoping the birds will knock off some extra seeds to the ground. #countryliving in the #ShenandoahValley10 Jan 2025 21:07 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfg3y6nr3k27https://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lffh4tkj2s2vVisibility expert @dwakeman.bsky.social tells us how to maximize and synch two of my favorite platforms: Substack and LinkedIn. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jan 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffh4tkj2s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lffh2aq2mc2vhttps://open.substack.com/pub/heartspoken/p/7-great-reasons-to-write-yourself?r=1vna2 January is a great time to write yourself a Heartspoken letter!10 Jan 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffh2aq2mc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/heartspokenlife.bsky.social/post/3lf6sfbptxc27Ready, Set, Write: Creating a Note-Writing Habit for the New Year https://open.substack.com/pub/heartspoken/p/ready-set-write-creating-a-note-writing?r=1vna2&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true07 Jan 2025 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:4wea6vgri6swt5va6voyb7hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf6sfbptxc27