Jan 28

Jan 28 Feedback Pinches

Last Fall, a group of five students from the Carlson Business School at the University of Minnesota asked if they could do their semester assignment about my company Thoughtful Pinch. The plan was for me to give them information about my start up and in turn, they would treat the information as a case study. I was both honored and hopeful. How cool that they chose my company? And my hope was that this group would give me a thoughtful pinch in the form of feedback, advice, detailed information and/or constructive criticism.

Jan 21

Jan 21 Oprah's Pinch

Barb Pellicer Paton

Healthy Family, Holidays/National Days

By the time I went to Oprah’s 2020 Vision event in St. Paul, I had been meditating for at least 5 minutes a day for 10 days in row because that is my 365 (366 for Leap Year) for 2020. I often heard that the benefits of mediation were immediate but I wasn’t expecting it to be truly… immediate. The Oprah event exceeded all of my expectations because: 1. I didn’t have any expectations except to see her live on stage and 2. meditating cleared up some junk just in time to see this show. My mind was so open that it soaked up every morsel of wisdom that Oprah had to offer.

Jan 14

Jan 14 National Dress Up Your Pet Day

Barb Pellicer Paton

Holidays/National Days, Products & Gift Ideas

Happy National Dress Up Your Pet Day to all the pet lovers in the country! I cannot wait to see all the posts for this national day which is today - January 14th. In 2009, celebrity Pet Lifestyle Expert and Animal Behaviorist Colleen Paige’s request to have a national day for Dress Up Your Pet was approved by Nationaldaycalendar.com. Who would have guessed that a little over a decade later, that this day would be as popular as it is today?

Jan 7

Jan 7 Vision Board Day

Barb Pellicer Paton

Healthy Family, Holidays/National Days

In 2019, when all of the New Year parties were over, I remember the buzz words were VISION BOARD. Everyone decided that they needed their vision to be in print and 2019 was the year to do it. It was vision board parties and workshops galore! Even though I wasn’t invited to any vision board events and I have FOMO, I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have gone to an event anyway. I was too busy working on my goals.