Jan
05
2023
My husband Shann and I often celebrate that we live in the Golden Age of research. We can communicate to anyone, regardless of philosophy or religion, what truly works and what does not. It’s no longer a matter of...
Jan
04
2023
I admire how my dad navigated his emotions.
He grew very calm under duress. When others became aggressive, he became clearer-headed. He slowed down, spoke less, and listened more attentively.
This didn’t happen all the time but in the intense business...
Jan
03
2023
Team chemistry is vital to becoming a championship-level team. Researchers have found the importance of both task chemistry and social chemistry. Task chemistry is a requirement for success. Social chemistry is a requirement to succeed at the highest level....
Jan
02
2023
Dad loved the promise of the new year. He loved journals, plans, and renewal. Yesterday, on New Year's Day, a group of us gathered around the table to discuss how to enter 2023 with intention. Each of us wrote...
Dec
30
2022
My daughter traveled to Melbourne for her college roommate’s wedding. She left the afternoon of Christmas Eve because flights were astronomical any other time. She was delayed and missed flights and ended up with four days of travel, a...
Dec
29
2022
I follow a physics Facebook page as Shann and I are both interested in quantum physics. One recent post pictured the father of quantum physics, Werner Heisenberg with his quote, “The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences...
Dec
28
2022
My friend Luska and her daughters traveled to Spokane to spend Christmas with us. Luska is originally from London, and we met at Silver Lake after she attended camp in England. Mirroring much of my dad's own story, she...
Dec
23
2022
We love Christmas music at the Ferch house. One of my new favorites is Aretha Franklin’s “Joy to the World.” I just heard it for the first time this year. Her voice is a miracle, full of power, tenderness,...
Dec
21
2022
One of my dad’s favorite mentors was a man named Paul Nakai. He is a top leadership expert who helped advise after the space shuttle Challenger disaster as well as Three Mile Island accident.
Paul came to the NBC Camps...
Dec
16
2022
The world outside my window is covered in snow, the trees flocked with hoarfrost. A palpable stillness descends with the snow. I have a quiet, almost solemn but still joyful feeling as I look out in wonder. Beauty of...
