Author name: Jan Whalen

Dear Beauty, I don’t know about you, but every once in a while I face a situation where I can’t see my way through. It feels like being in the ocean, going down fast! Fortunately, this feeling usually lasts a short time because a minor miracle, or (as we say in my family) “A God […]

Dear Dancing Heart, How do you manage those low points in your own life? We all have ‘bad’ hair days and sometimes the days turn into months or years. It’s helpful to exchange stories about how other women manage their lives. Today’s guest author is Lisa Edwards, international trainer (ROI of Coaching), coach, author and

Dear Wonderful Woman, When I was little, I enjoyed taking long walks near my home in rural Harmony, Minnesota. I’d get lost in the journey, but every once in a while I’d look back to see how far I’d come. It might be a good time to do the same with our Whalen Voices blog. We’ve had many comments

Hello Beauty, Do you call yourself an artist? Would you dare? The public nature of art, especially visual art, mixed with the critical nature of our society makes this question a bit risky to answer. Today’s guest author is Lee Nelson, a former public school principal and the current chair of her church’s Faith Through the

Dear Beauty, Easter, the season of new life, invites us to celebrate the fact that we are precious works of art, created by The Master. Not only have we been created with care, we’ve been given freedom of choice to design a life for ourselves—the artwork becomes the artist. In thinking about creating our lives,

Dear Wonderful Woman, Have you ever noticed that no matter our age or life situation, women experience similar feelings, both good and bad? It might be our natural tendency for empathy and our desire to see the good in a situation—instinctual hope. I love sharing the words of my guest writers. They make up a

Dear Beauty, Have you ever thought about the color of your voice? Some of us apply color to our faces and hair to enhance our natural beauty, but what about the color radiating from our inner world through the words we say and tones we habitually choose? Over the years, in working with clients of

Hello Beauty, When St. Patrick’s day rolls around we all think green. In our family, we were told about the green blood running in our veins—although I’ve never seen it myself. Yet Irish roots ground us to the Earth, giving us a sense of our eternal connection to life. Today’s guest writer shares an important

Hello Dear One, Here’s a story of friendship and healing to consider: It was a lovely evening for Lia and Tammy’s nightly walk around the neighborhood. Lia’s recent divorce consumed her thinking that night (and every night recently). She didn’t have much to talk about that didn’t include the “we†of her twenty year old marriage. While Tammy