Comfortable Conversations

How to overcome that awkward moment after you’ve built up the courage to introduce yourself, but don’t know what to say next… Read more…
How to overcome that awkward moment after you’ve built up the courage to introduce yourself, but don’t know what to say next… Read more…
What is bigger than the universe, more powerful than love, and it’s the worst thing you could ever possibly do? So begins the lesson that Lexy taught me in her life and death. Read more…
Melanie Hope takes second place in Toastmaster’s District 33, Division D Tall Tales contest with her speech, “The Turf War”. See it here. Read more…
The award-winning humorous speech by Melanie Hope about the dangers of Christmas with the family, especially when mom wants a Snuggie. Bad. Read more…
Wile E. Coyote is one of my heroes. Why? Because he never gives up. Even when he’s splatted at the bottom of a cliff, he doesn’t wallow and wait – he owns his mistake, overcomes it, and optimizes the lessons from it. Read more…
What happens when a giant slug starts eating the city of Kent, WA? Find out here! Read more…