Newborn Evolution

Workplace Stress – How It Hijacks Our Health

by Joanne Newbornupdated on July 26, 2019September 14, 20181

Recently I joined a new company and was going a million miles an hour trying to get up to speed; visiting the 17 states that fell under my responsibility, getting to know my internal colleagues and external business partners, along with building and mentoring a team of 5 managers who reported to me. Additionally, I was tasked with interviewing candidates for an open role on my team. To say that there were not enough hours in the day was beyond truth. I was on a plane every single week for 4 months straight and trying to make everyone around me …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

“Fetish” Is the New Black

by Joanne Newbornupdated on October 16, 2018July 14, 20180

Saturday night my friends and I went to an 80’s Dance Club in New York City. I liked the club a lot, it was a mixture, of people who grew up in the 80’s and people in their 20’s who just think its cool to dress up like Madonna and flail around and be silly. Its filled with fun energy, and the drinks are cheap and taste awful – perfect for dancing, sweating and jumping up on stage when ever the music moves you to do so. There is no judgement in this place, all are welcome. As we …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

I Would Like to THANK Roseanne Barr for her Horrid Tweet

by Joanne Newbornupdated on November 5, 2018June 7, 20180

I would like to thank Roseanne Barr for her horrid tweet. Yes, I said THANK. Because she provided a wonderful learning moment. Hey kids, it’s all fun and games, until someone sabotages herself and hundreds of other people (who lost their jobs due to the cancellation of her hit show). Now Roseanne blamed Ambien, and Memorial Day (that was my favorite culprit of the “crime” at hand – yes, it was Memorial Day’s fault!). And we, as bystanders blame her for the awful thing she did. But what are we all doing? PRACTICING JUDGEMENT & BIAS. Eww. So, why did …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

65K (Texts) and a Bathtub Equal True Love. Makes Perfect Sense to Me.

by Joanne Newbornupdated on October 16, 2018June 4, 20180

You may have been horrified reading about the Arizona woman who sent 65,000 texts to a man she had one date with and ended up being arrested after sitting around in his bathtub. Sounds like she’s crazy, right? Well….maybe we’ve all been there at some point. And if we didn’t send 65,000 texts, maybe…just maybe we did think about someone we “loved” around 64,000 times or so? I will confess to you that I have. I admit it. #Boom, I said it. I could have easily have been that woman….in my mind. I feel you judging me. Well, let me …

Leadership Transformation

Today I Showed Up As a Leader…..When I Took My Car to the Dealership

by Joanne Newbornupdated on May 5, 2019May 28, 20180

I had been having an ongoing issue with my car and I took it into the dealership multiple times for the same issue. I paid for a diagnostic test, where they found nothing wrong. So I brought it in again, and they told me I needed a new battery – ok – bye-bye $500 bucks for battery and labor. Guess what? I still had the same issue. Agrrrrrh!!!!!!! Women & Cars – can be so frustrating!!!!! This is not my “thing” at all, so I am dependent on trusting someone else. The “Wonder Woman” in me despises asking for help …

Musings from An Evolving Mind

You Can’t Celebrate Mother’s Day, if You Aren’t a Mother

by Joanne Newbornupdated on October 16, 2018May 20, 20180

Welp, another Mother’s Day is upon us, and another year, that I’m not a Mother. Sometimes, it feels like Mother’s Day is here to taunt me, and remind me that my dreams are still at large. My grandmother passed away when my mother was only 5 years old. One Mother’s Day when she was still a young child, she went to Sunday Mass where they were giving out white carnations to the children to give to their mothers. They gave my mother a carnation, and then an adult from the Church came and snatched it away from her saying, “You …