The Energizer Blog

I could be writing about our just-completed vacation on a 4-masted clipper ship. That will come another time.

A benefit of a slower summer is being able to stop and observe the natural world—often realizing that we humans still haven’t matched...

Yes, weeds!! But they have a very valuable place in the eco system and the survival of the endangered Monarch butterfly.

Here's a riddle to start you thinking: What can curve at the corners, droop in lopsided fashion, stretch to great extremes...

In our sped-up world of hypertext, hyperspace, and hypertension, we might all do well to consider what happens when we are forced to "wait".

What is the difference between resiliency and stupidity? In my mind, resilience encompasses grit, determination, focus, and tenacity.

USA TODAY, recently ran a full-page article of Kerry Hannon’s book Love Your Job. She rightfully quotes the latest stats that just 30

In 2014 the Rustic Crust was on track for record sales of its all-natural pizza crust.

Email is a wonderful/terrible thing. Get an email from a friend who asks you to pass along some important message.

Resiliency requires energy and focus—both of which vanish in our ever-pressing sense that we can only get “it all done”...

Answer: everything. At least it does when both parties have gone through divorces; there’s little money between them, and three kids to boot

According to Gallup's new 142-country study on the State of the Global Workplace , engagement varies considerably according to the region

My twin brother is on the faculty of Boston College and is also a lay minister at Norfolk Men’s Prison.

What do you get if you blend speakers like executive coach Marshall Goldsmith with employee engagement/career guru Beverly Kaye?

How to Think Like Leonardo DiVinci by Michael J. Gelb. At a time when innovation rises as the golden apple for the future...

My voice caught and the tears came to my eyes as I told the interviewer, “I don’t know what I would do without my brother and sister.

Mom was probably 88 when my sister and I decided to take her on a trip she always wanted to experience: Ireland.

Douglass would know about strength at an early age. He was born a slave on a plantation in 1818.

Sometimes, a fresh start is not obvious until it has passed—until the reflective memory becomes potent with meaning.

I live on the shoreline of a large lake! And, while the likelihood of tornadoes where I live is not as high as Kansas or Oklahoma...