It's All About HEART

It's All About HEART Author, Workplace Consultant, Career Coach, & Heart-Finder All of Roze's work is grounded in H.E.A.R.T., a philosophy she created when she started her business.

According to Roze, we can all be successful and fulfilled in our work lives and personal lives when they're grounded in H.E.A.R.T. (Honesty, Empathy, Adaptability, Responsibility, and Teamwork) and enveloped in Passion and Respect. For 15 years, Roze authored a bi-weekly column, Workplace Woes - Roze Knows. It was published on the official Web sites of WVEC, KVUE, and WHAS11, ABC-TV affiliates, an

d The Virginian Pilot newspaper. Her column provided common sense advice for common workplace problems. She was the "Dear Abby" for the workplace. Roze continues to facilitate retreats and conduct workshops and seminars on a great many topics pertaining to soft-people skills, including but not limited to leadership, effective communications, mentoring, team building, and customer service. She also conducts one-on-one coaching/mentoring sessions with individuals, helping them find the right jobs (assists with their resumes, cover letters, LinkedIn profiles, interviewing techniques, networking, etc.); address issues in their current jobs; and transition from one career/job to a new one.

Norfolk Public LibraryNORFOLK friends, I’m so excited to share this with all of you! This fall, I’m partnering with thre...
08/29/2025

Norfolk Public Library

NORFOLK friends, I’m so excited to share this with all of you!

This fall, I’m partnering with three of our Norfolk Public Library branches for “Author Chat & Paint” events.

During each event, I’ll share my heart journey, the origin of my life symbol and subsequent amazing heart-finds.

Each attendee will be GIFTED a nice glass tumbler from Norfolk. Paint supplies will be on hand for everyone to paint their life symbol on their tumbler, and more discussion will be had.

Space is limited to just 15 attendees at each event, so be sure to sign up when registrations open. If spots are full, still register in case someone cancels.

Lafayette Branch (Registration is Open NOW): https://norfolk.libcal.com/event/15013095

Jordan-Newby Anchor Branch (Registration Opens September 16th): https://norfolk.libcal.com/event/15013129

Blyden Branch (Registration Opens October 21st): https://norfolk.libcal.com/event/15013148

This heart-find is so beautiful, and its timing felt incredible.I was talking to a dear friend, wishing him a very happy...
08/18/2025

This heart-find is so beautiful, and its timing felt incredible.

I was talking to a dear friend, wishing him a very happy birthday. We had worked together more than 30 years ago. Though it’s been a very long time since we’ve seen each other, it’s always so easy to reminisce and pick up where we left off.

As we were talking, I stepped out of my car, carefully watching my footing around the roots of an old tree. And that’s when this gorgeous, textured heart appeared.

I can’t help but believe it was a nod from up above, a gentle reminder of how meaningful our old friendships are. Like this majestic tree, we may weather with age, but our true friendships don’t fade. If anything, we cherish them even more.

No matter the distance or the years that have passed, it’s always the right time to reach out to old friends and let them know how much we care about them.

“Old friends are echoes from the past, reminding us of the indelible footprints we’ve left on each other’s hearts.” Unknown

By any chance, can you relate to any of these things?Waiting for a response to a work-related email you sent over 10 bus...
08/06/2025

By any chance, can you relate to any of these things?

Waiting for a response to a work-related email you sent over 10 business days ago.

Yearning for a conversation with your deceased parent(s).

Dreading your vitals being taken at an upcoming doctor’s appointment.

Trying to figure out how to get a decent night’s sleep.

Wishing you had no experience with family drama.

Processing the sudden passing of a dear friend.

Wondering why you haven’t received the text or phone call you were “promised.”

Any one of these things can weigh on us, stressing us out, keeping us up at night, swirling in our minds and hurting our hearts.

As much as I can relate to these struggles, I also know how much my heart-finds help soften this chaos. They don’t erase it, but they center me with hope, comfort, and joy.

Here are a few of my recent heart-finds. I hope they bring you peace. You are not alone.

“The most powerful weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. Train your mind to see the good in this day.” Marc and Angel Chernoff

What a special day! Wickedly fun! I had the best time getting to know Gregory Maguire, author of WICKED. He’s such a lov...
07/22/2025

What a special day! Wickedly fun!

I had the best time getting to know Gregory Maguire, author of WICKED. He’s such a lovely person. My sister, Brad, and I enjoyed having lunch with him at his beautiful home.🩷💚

My sister hosted the most lovely book party for me at her home in Concord, MA. It was such a joy to share my book with h...
07/19/2025

My sister hosted the most lovely book party for me at her home in Concord, MA. It was such a joy to share my book with her wonderful friends. I’ll never forget their kindness, our conversations, and the spirit of the evening. I’m most appreciative to everyone who came, especially my sister for making it all happen.

Feeling so grateful for such a special night and all the heart it held.

For many, this may look like a piece of litter in the street, a simple bread clip. But for me, it’s a tiny, beautiful bl...
07/10/2025

For many, this may look like a piece of litter in the street, a simple bread clip. But for me, it’s a tiny, beautiful blue heart-find, and it couldn’t have appeared at a better time.

Like so many, I’m juggling quite a bit and feeling the weight of things outside my control. This heart-find felt like a timely nod from up above, a gentle source of comfort, reminding me to continue to give my all and trust that everything will work out for the best.

And I don’t think it’s a coincidence that it’s blue, given all the recent wonderful things unfolding with Lauren Ciampoli and Old Dominion University.

“Let no day slip over without some comfort received from the mouth of God.” John Knox

These are just a few of the many amazing heart-finds I’ve come across over the past month. For me, they’re a constant re...
06/29/2025

These are just a few of the many amazing heart-finds I’ve come across over the past month. For me, they’re a constant reminder that we’re not alone. A divine presence surrounds us. We just need our hearts and minds to be open to it.

I can’t help but notice these treasures’ imperfections. They have flaws and I think that’s a nod to the fact that life can be challenging, even overwhelming at times.

It’s to be expected that we will get “banged up” as we travel life’s roads with all their twists and turns, cracks, and even pot holes. Nevertheless, we can endure and even thrive with our determination and steadfast faith.

“God never said that the journey would be easy, but He did say the arrival would be worthwhile.” Max Lucado

Such a special day! I had the joy of being part of the 104th birthday of one of the precious Red Stone ladies at Westmin...
06/21/2025

Such a special day!

I had the joy of being part of the 104th birthday of one of the precious Red Stone ladies at Westminster Canterbury in Virginia Beach. Yes, you read that correctly - 104!

The staff brought the birthday girl a giant birthday hat and festive socks. (She’s known for her signature socks!), and gold crowns and zany glasses for the others.

I wrote a poem in her honor, and gave gift bags to all the ladies, each with a wooden heart ornament, colorful heart stickers to decorate them, and a fun heart bracelet.

It was so much fun to celebrate the birthday girl and help each woman decorate her heart in her own beautiful way.

As you can see in the photos, the only drawback was a COVID outbreak at the facility, so all the staff and I had to be masked and no refreshments could be served.

Spending time with these ladies is always so rewarding. They fill my heart to the brim!

I’m sharing this excerpt from my book, “HEARTS,” to honor my dad this Father’s Day. He is always in my heart.𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰...
06/15/2025

I’m sharing this excerpt from my book, “HEARTS,” to honor my dad this Father’s Day. He is always in my heart.

𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭

𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝟒𝟎 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐦, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐈 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐦. 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐭 𝐦𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐮𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬.

𝐀𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐦𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐈’𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐬𝐞. 𝐈’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐀 𝐜𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐠𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐞.
𝐋𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐃𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲𝐎.

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦.” 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐦𝐚𝐧

The Portsmouth Public Library’s Local Authors Expo this past Saturday was such a wonderful experience!I had the chance t...
06/10/2025

The Portsmouth Public Library’s Local Authors Expo this past Saturday was such a wonderful experience!

I had the chance to meet some truly talented fellow authors, connect with kind attendees, and even sold copies of “HEARTS: Finding Unexpected Signs of Hope, Comfort, and Joy.” As my very first bookfest, it was both exciting and a great learning opportunity.

Huge thanks to the Portsmouth Public Library for hosting such a rewarding event, and for the warm hospitality shown to all of us participating authors.

And to top it all off, I was lucky enough to win one of the raffle prizes—a beautiful gift basket! Tucked inside was a bracelet that reads FOLLOW YOUR HEART. It felt like a little, much needed, nod from up above.

Do you see what I see? With the school year wrapping up, I wasn’t surprised to find an eraser lying in the street. But w...
06/07/2025

Do you see what I see?

With the school year wrapping up, I wasn’t surprised to find an eraser lying in the street. But what was surprising and so delightful was the heart that seems to be drawn or pressed into it.

It instantly reminded me of the impact teachers have on our lives. I’ve been so fortunate to learn from teachers who not only had brilliant minds, but big hearts as well.

They shaped my path in ways I’m still grateful for. They not only expanded my mind, but they showed me they truly cared. They touched my heart.

“Your heart is slightly bigger than the average human heart, but that’s because you’re a teacher.” Aaron Bacall

I’m so excited to be a part of Portsmouth Public Library Local Author Expo on Saturday, June 7, from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM...
05/28/2025

I’m so excited to be a part of Portsmouth Public Library Local Author Expo on Saturday, June 7, from 10:30 AM to 2:30 PM!

Stop by to say hi, browse, and pick up a signed and inscribed copy of my book “HEARTS: Finding Unexpected Signs of Hope, Comfort, and Joy.”

BONUS: There will be plenty to explore downtown that day — First Saturday Art Market, Farmers Market, Antique & Flea Market, and Seawall Music Festival — plus FREE parking!

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