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  • Accentuate the Positive: Day 5

    Accentuate the Positive: Day 5

    “I alone hold the truth of who I am.”

    Grab the Lapels

    March 20, 2026
    Reflection
  • Accentuate the Positive: Day 4

    Accentuate the Positive: Day 4

    “I affirm and encourage others, as I do myself.”

    Grab the Lapels

    March 16, 2026
    Reflection
  • Accentuate the Positive: Day 3

    Accentuate the Positive: Day 3

    “Every decision I make is supported by my whole and inarguable experience.”

    Grab the Lapels

    March 12, 2026
    Reflection
  • Accentuate the Positive: Day 2

    Accentuate the Positive: Day 2

    “Asking for help is a sign of self-respect and self-awareness.”

    Grab the Lapels

    March 10, 2026
    Reflection
  • Accentuate the Positive: Day 1

    Accentuate the Positive: Day 1

    Later, the universe tapped my on the shoulder again.

    Grab the Lapels

    March 9, 2026
    Reflection
  • Boosting Colleagues and Creating Positive Vibes

    Boosting Colleagues and Creating Positive Vibes

    If you get anxious and think you can’t, you can’t.

    Grab the Lapels

    March 3, 2026
    Reflection
  • A Wondrous Job

    A Wondrous Job

    “…being invited into a Deaf/hard-of-hearing consumer’s life is a privilege…”

    Grab the Lapels

    November 21, 2025
    Reflection
  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #8

    I would wear the “teacher label,” and say, “I am not an interpreter.”

    Grab the Lapels

    October 9, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #7

    The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #7

    Our parents are deaf. So actually mom made me go to the local school when I was in grade school and interpret for the deaf students.

    Grab the Lapels

    October 2, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #6

    The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #6

    What is your name? I wish to remain anonymous. What did you want to be when you grew up? Wife and mother. Does your childhood career goal now affect your interpreting in any way? Do they overlap, “speak” to each other, or are they completely separate? Yes. I have to avoid the helper role as…

    Grab the Lapels

    September 25, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
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