Minx Boren
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Minx Boren is a Master Certified Coach, credentialed through the International Coach Federation, as well as a motivational speaker and workshop/webinar facilitator. She is author/co-author of sixteen books, including Friendship Is a Journey, Healing Is a Journey, and, most recently, Decades of Gratitude, Gusto, Grit & Grace. Minx is a longtime community leader and activist and has served as president of Executive Women of the Palm Beaches 2013-14 and as a member of the Board of Directors of The Women’s Foundation of Florida since 2007. She is the 2013 recipient of the Giraffe Project, presented by Women’s Chamber of Commerce to women who “stick their neck out for others. ”Her current focus is on exploring with olders what it means to grow into our later years with gratitude, grace, and gusto. As an adjunct professor at FAU Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, she offers courses on such topics as Navigating by Values, Resilience in Stressful Times, and Healthwise Living. As an author, Coach Minx leads workshops at spas and wellness centers as well as for the Women’s Foundation of Florida for those who want to write a book or articles for publication or simply want to learn to journal their personal reflections more effectively. Minx is the CJO – Chief Journaling Officer – for Purpose Journals, a company that offers unique journals, webinars, tools, an active writing community along with significant support for anyone who wants to “discover yourself on the page.” Minx is involved with developing and presenting local Sustainable Living initiatives including, because of her background in nutrition and wellness, programs on Food Glorious Food – A Sustainable Perspective. For the past 10 years, she has been sending out a Balance Point Newsletter every other week – thought-provoking ideas, questions, and action challenges - along with selections of poetry from her poem-a-day practice – all from a coach perspective. You can sign up to receive them on her website.
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Gathering in Community
while the form and formalities of convening
may vary over time and
because of the human...
Make Soup
Bringing magic back into everyday life, even though for most people, it just looks...
Happy Mess!
no matter the chaos, the clutter, the fuss
there is joy to be found
in the...
January 7, 2021
how often have we
mere humans
made a way out
of no way
found a response
to the unspeakable
tragedies...
Now that COVID has Come Knocking
I am hanging tight
to poetry
right now searching
for words to make
sense of the maelstrom
that has...
Your Confidence Is Showing
People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things....
The World Is in Too Much Trouble to Make Ourselves Small
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
~Anais Nin, diarist, essayist, novelist, short...
Disrupted into Gratitude!
Sometimes I go about pitying myself when all the while I am being carried...
Laying Low Spirits High
A Thought Worth Considering "You gotta have hope
Mustn't sit around and mope..."
~From the song "You...