May 20, 2013

Loving What Is with Joy Schultz

Joy Schultz

Questions That Can Change Your Life by Joy Schultz, Loving What Is instructor Do you ever feel like giving up? Would like to have a more loving relationship with your mom or your partner or child? Do you feel like as soon as you get one problem solved, another one pops up? Do you ever [...]

Making Money Thrifting

shoppers

Our first class of Making  Money from Thrifting was full of discussion and stories and people giving us their best thrifting stories. There were also those who were beginners but had the hunting instinct to get going. We had 11 pioneer thrifters who look for everything from Scottie dog collectibles to anything that is worth [...]

Psychic/Medium Sharon Cheney on Surrender

Psychic/Medium Sharon Cheney on Surrender When we are faced with life’s challenges, we want to understand why these things happen to us and often we look for someone or something to blame. Each experience of violence, abuse or pain provides us with opportunities to practice forgiveness, surrender and letting love overcome our fears rather than [...]

How to Become a Goal Achiever

Simon-Zryd

We all set goals constantly; some goals we are aware of, some not. Most people get through life without consciously setting goals. But they are missing out on so many opportunities! Before we talk about how to systematically reach every goal you will ever set in your life, let’s look at 5 reasons why setting [...]

Get Your Google On! Why You Need to Switch to Gmail

It’s time to switch to Gmail. Do you ever have the feeling that tech geeks and the young people are laughing at you because of the e-mail account you use?  Well let me be honest with you—they are!  AOL may have been a founding father to the Internet world and your Internet provider’s e-mail service [...]

Effective Job Search–Personal Branding or Competive Advantage?

Forget personal branding – use competitive advantage in your job search Since the Recession, career coaches have been preaching the need for personal branding in the job search.  However, many job seekers don’t fully understand what “branding” means. What is branding? In a nutshell, branding is a marketing concept, where a company will use consistent [...]

Do HR departments really hate job seekers?

Donna Shannon

Do HR departments really hate job seekers? by Donna Shannon If you’re looking for work, it might feel like the Human Resources (HR) department is your sworn enemy.  They can be non-responsive to your application.  They don’t offer feedback on why you weren’t selected for a job.  And worst of all, sometimes you don’t get [...]

An Interview with Deborah Burns on Medical Transcription Training

Deborah Burns

“A combination of House M.D., CSI and Desperate Housewives” is how Deborah Burns describes medical transcription. She says it’s still fun and exciting after 30 years as a medical transcriptionist. So we sat down and chatted with her about her workshop and curriculum. CFU: What does a medical transcriptionist do? Deborah: A medical transcriptionist listens [...]

Needlefelting Class & Ideas by Gage Evans

Needlefelting class

Recently, I have been having fun taking some older clothing and some newer tote bags and transforming them into my own original artwork through needlefelting. I learned to sew at an early age and have made my own clothing sporadically since then. In recent years, though, I have wanted to make clothing that reflected more [...]

The Soul of Mexican Cooking

The-Soul-of-Mexico-Cooking-Class

CFU Mexican cooking class  teacher, Laura Sonderup, shares this wonderful article about Mexican cuisine: The cuisine of Mexico is a richly varied style of food with clear influences from not only the country’s indigenous populations, but also of Europe and the Middle East. Comida prehispánica included corn, chiles, native herbs, beans, tomatoes, vanilla, avocado, squash, [...]