Voices

I went to bed at 7:45 last night, and staying awake until then was a struggle. I couldn't believe I was so tired from nothing more than a day in the car heading home from vacation. I was just sitting there after all, right? I shouldn't have been...

In every Mile... Every Monday morning as part of our team meeting one of us LIFERS shares something to motivate the group. This week it was my turn and my first time sharing something. I knew it needed to be relevant yet motivating in a way that I...

Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, and that is especially true in the Hoosier State. Ever since my youth, Christmas in Indiana has been magical to me, and it still is. It is a time of the year when my present pays special tribute to my past....

"We do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard" -John F. Kennedy, Rice University, Sept. 12, 1962 One of the most well-known leaders in American history delivered that line as part of an inspirational speech declaring “We...

2013 brought a lot of thought-provoking, heart-warming, and inspirational pieces to us. It's important to us that not only do we get to share good news, but also that our community members share their good news with us. Our Voices Section was created...

“Investing in Northwest Indiana.” Many times this phrase is spoken by political folks when talking about grand-scale visions for the future or theoretical plans for spending time or money on a project here in the region. Recently, I had the...

It's Movember and the time for change is now. As a part of Generation Moustache, Brian and I have once again committed our faces to the cause and will be growing a moustache for the entire month of November to raise funds and awareness for men's...

Those close to me are aware of my fondness for the term "flip", as it is often at the heart of whatever my strangely wired brain is thinking when approaching any situation. How do you flip your thinking on something around you to take a whole new...

Leadership sometimes calls leaders to make the tough call on critical issues, like when the kids can run around the community picking up M&M's, Snickers, and Milky Way bars. It's not the kind of thing we are used to fighting for, like health...

There are a number of aspects of society that help make up the fabric of a sustaining community. Business - both large and small - is a major one, and Ideas in Motion Media has the right idea when it comes to forming partnerships and working to...