Package Your Genius Personal Branding Podcast

  Do the joyful thing and don't take your gift for granted.   I've been reflecting a lot on joy, life, our time on earth and the like - for a number of deeply personal reasons.   For one, it's been exactly one year since the sudden passing of my dear friend who was like a big sister. And as I've shared on the podcast before, hers was one of those rare friendships that comes along once in a very long while.   I pride myself on pouring into others and encouraging them to see themselves - well she poured into me, and encouraged me to see myself. She was a huge cheerleader for my writing and the work I'm doing here, so it was an unfathomable personal loss for me, and so unexpected.    I've been spending the last week or so reflecting on our friendship, thinking about her, and the gift she was to this world. Which always serves as a pressing reminder that none of us knows how long we have here on Earth.   Secondly, I've been in and out of sickness for the better part of the last two months. It started out as a res