WP Motivate: Facing Fears and Finding Strength

Kathy and Michelle share stories of connecting with website builders and small business owners who don’t know anything about WordPress, and the interesting insights and discussions that happen when we talk to people outside of the WordPress space. On the continuum of easy almost-built-for-you site builders to hand-coded HTML sites on bare metal servers, WordPress…

Sometimes life gets a little busy and you have to make extra efforts for self care, for downtime and rejuvenation, and maybe just a little bit of nothing. This show is a lot about nothing, with a meandering conversation about all of the busy happening in Kathy and Michelle’s lives over the last few weeks….

Kathy and Michelle explore the importance of taking action over merely worrying, from handling unexpected house repairs to making home improvements. They reflect on privilege, the burden of responsibility, and ways to alleviate stress through proactive approaches. 00:00 Catching Up on a Short Week 00:44 Working from Home Challenges 01:33 Getting Out of the House…

No matter what’s happening outside your window – day or night – the sun is always shining down…somewhere!

As Michelle prepares for WordCamp Rochester, a visit to the final resting places of both Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass with WCROC’s keynote speaker Nyasha Green sparks awareness of the dramatic impacts that change agents can make on the world. The right to vote was, in their day, a privilege allowed only to few….

Last week on WPMotivate, we talked about collections as a sign of a life well lived. This week, we’re getting rid of things that no longer serve us. Sometimes letting go of things that have significant memories can be hard. The decisions that we need to make when even cleaning up a closet can be…