Into the wilderness: Story 36 I have begun writing a memoir. Saying this in my blog shifts me from potential goal to a commitment. I’m good with that. As I contemplate my story, I obviously reflect on the past. Since I left corporate work a year ago, the past has hovered about me. The painContinue reading “Standing on the Bones of the Past”
Author Archives: Cheryl Wipper
Relativism and Revolution
A Surviving Facts Blog The stock market has been a bucking bronco for the last few weeks. Rearing up, then furiously kicking its hind legs in the guts of millions of Americans’ retirement savings. Were you able to make tons from the stock market while it has tanked, and shot up, over the last fewContinue reading “Relativism and Revolution”
Tracking the Purge
A Surviving Facts Blog This morning I discovered a terrifying website. The Project 2025 tracker shows the progress on all of the initiatives in the 800-page document. If anyone has doubts that the Trump administration is executing Project 2025, this visually demonstrates that Trump has embraced the fascist nationalist agenda outlined in this far rightContinue reading “Tracking the Purge”
What happened to the communications field?
A Surviving Facts Blog Marketing has destroyed the communications field. I’ll tell you why. I have spent much of my career in the marketing and communications field. When I started in this area 30 years ago, businesses understood the distinction between communications and marketing- and the value of both. Communications managed issues and complex subjects,Continue reading “What happened to the communications field?”
When your workplace sucks
A Surviving Facts Blog We’ve all been in jobs we would love if the people we worked with or the company leadership weren’t so awful. You may be unable to trust anyone because the atmosphere is unnecessarily competitive and toxic. Your company may apply values and policies inconsistently. Your manager may be unqualified, lacking theContinue reading “When your workplace sucks”
It’s never too late to transform
Into the Wilderness: Story 35 I was able to “retire” early- not to stop working, sleep in and watch TV. I retired early intending to reinvent myself. I’ve already started this transformation- and I’m so excited about what is ahead. I’ve reinvented myself several times in my life. I was an editor of academic journals,Continue reading “It’s never too late to transform”
Is Neurotypical Neurowrong?
A Raising Autism Blog Having two daughters with autism has been a crash course in emotional self-management. I knew so little when my daughters were diagnosed in their early teens and tweens. Even after the diagnosis, and so much therapy, reading, observing, reflecting, ASD remains an unknown landscape. I was born on the Oklahoma flatlands.Continue reading “Is Neurotypical Neurowrong?”
Is Project 2025 the far right’s Nuremberg Laws?
A Surviving Facts blog I’m a podcast fan, and lately, I’ve been listening to Toy Soldier, a podcast about a 10-year-old boy who survived the holocaust when he was “adopted” by a Latvian Nazi troop who found him in the woods outside a rural Belarus town. His mother had told him never to admit hisContinue reading “Is Project 2025 the far right’s Nuremberg Laws?”
Let’s Talk About Age
A Surviving Facts Blog As an owner of a fitness studio, I have customers ranging in age from 23 to 84. That’s the beauty of the enduring fitness program I offer- the company is the longest running of its kind (I’m a franchisee). It works for any age customer, any fitness level and any impactContinue reading “Let’s Talk About Age”
The Good Mother
A Surviving Facts Blog I grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma in a traditional family structure. My mother was a homemaker, always cleaning, cooking and serving family needs. My father was an executive who worked long days and provided well for the family. My mom always wore makeup, coiffed her hair and dressed nicely. The houseContinue reading “The Good Mother”
Walk the Moon 