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Maria Vandenburg = Research Storyteller
I may or may not have taken that from Dr. Brene Brown (the whole research storyteller thing). I literally have spent the last month...

Maria Vandenburg
Mar 5, 20182 min read


Diving off the Deep End
My life has been a lot of deep diving recently. Why do I feel the way that I do? What does it mean? What do I ultimately want? Image...

Maria Vandenburg
Feb 26, 20182 min read


The Power in being Vulnerable
It feels like I have been repeating some of the same patterns and life lessons over and over again recently. I'll feel great, amazing...

Maria Vandenburg
Feb 20, 20182 min read


Weaving the Patterns Together
So I've now switched into personal development mode. It's kind of crazy how many differing things are now coming into connection in my...

Maria Vandenburg
Feb 12, 20182 min read


Listening to the Body
I feel like I have been on a whole new level of what I have been aware of lately, but what I have been neglecting is my body. Today I...

Maria Vandenburg
Feb 5, 20182 min read


The value of just being present
One of the first new concepts I was introduced to in my MBA program was the time value of money, but I have found myself recently taking...

Maria Vandenburg
Jan 26, 20184 min read


Chapter Two... I think?
Life still feels a bit chaotic at the moment. It's as if I have all of these grand ideas but now I need to get to the point where they...

Maria Vandenburg
Jan 21, 20182 min read


Stress in the New Year
It's kind of ironic as my last post was about falling in love and now I seem to be all about stressing myself out. But, it's all part of...

Maria Vandenburg
Jan 7, 20182 min read


Falling in Love... with the New Year
I have just arrived back in London after having spent the last 15 days at home (in the Pacific Northwest). While it was great, it was a...

Maria Vandenburg
Dec 30, 20173 min read


What happen's in Vegas.. gets put on Maria's blog
Week two of being home for the holidays and I am currently writing from inside a Pyramid, the Luxor in Las Vegas. I took my mother to...

Maria Vandenburg
Dec 23, 20172 min read


Bringing a Little Northwest Soul with Me...
I'm home! I am currently writing from a coffee shop in Ballard and it just feels so good. I'll spend the next few weeks in the Pacific...

Maria Vandenburg
Dec 16, 20172 min read


It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...
I got my wish! It's snowing in London! I'm currently at a coffee shop watching the snow flakes fall, wishing it would stick. But it's...

Maria Vandenburg
Dec 10, 20172 min read


Making an Author out of Me
So I have finally done it. I have finally completed my first official novel. Of course I have written a few other bodies of "work"...

Maria Vandenburg
Dec 1, 20172 min read


Don't Give it Up...
There is so much going on at the moment. I started a NaNoWriMo novel (National Novel Writers Month). It's a "competition" where every...

Maria Vandenburg
Nov 25, 20173 min read


Come Together, Right Now...Over Me
I have just wrapped up a three session with my MBA program that was focused on our first graded assignment: Coming up with an innovative...

Maria Vandenburg
Nov 19, 20173 min read


A Week to Remember
There has been a TON of synchronicities in my life recently. Well to be fair, there have probably always been a ton of synchronicities in...

Maria Vandenburg
Nov 12, 20173 min read


Excuse me, May I have your Attn Please?
So I present to the Executive Committee (aka the board) of my current company tomorrow. I knew this was coming. I knew I would play a...

Maria Vandenburg
Nov 9, 20172 min read


Living the high (tea) life
I have found in the last couple of weeks, things have seemed to slow down a little bit. Giving me the chance to breathe and really try...

Maria Vandenburg
Nov 9, 20173 min read


Diving into the world of me (with a slumber party)
So I just spent the last three days with the folks from my MBA program - all culminating in a "slumber party" or as the University called...

Maria Vandenburg
Nov 9, 20173 min read


Just me and my MBA Family
Items I have learned today: -Bespoke - tailor made.. i.e. made specifically for you -Grubby - seedy -Crack on - get on with it/keep going...

Maria Vandenburg
Nov 9, 20172 min read
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