Edia Stanford-Bruce

author |independent content creator | Seasonal Transitions Coach

United States

Hello! I'm Edia, the founder of Fruitivity4Life LLC, an education company committed to helping adults achieve the next step in their personal growth and development. I pivoted during the COVID-19 crisis into life coaching. I began as a journalist, went on to be an educator, and today an entrepreneur. My home is in Reston, Virginia.

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in production: Fruitivity:Cultivating a Fruitful and Productive Life

sample from Chapter 3 - "How Not to be a Sucker"

Livinginseason

08/29/2010

Living in Season - slow time, seasonal celebrations, holidays

by Edia Stanford-Bruce The year I turned 40, I disappeared. It had been coming on gradually, this "fading," but I waved it away as the mere product of an over-active imagination or peri-menopausal anxiety.

LinkedIn Pulse

02/17/2015

A Kiss And A Loaf Of Bread: Beginners' Lessons About Work

I own but one thing as my crowning achievement on earth. Of all the roles I have ever played on stage or off, the dearest one has been the role of "mama", or as my own would say, "mami";(to some, "Gamma", "Auntie E" and "Abuela").

LinkedIn Pulse

10/27/2014

It's A Wrap: Lessons On Saying Goodbye To A Job

I love the community theatre for many reasons, but especially because it taught me well how to embrace goodbye. In contrast, when other industries hire people, they want to be so sure of making the right decision that saying, "goodbye" is avoided. Hiring Managers want to lean back in the chair as if to say, "Aaaaah!