Dr. Dan Gottlieb – Psychologist & Author

Dan Gottlieb, PhD, earned his degrees in 1969 from Temple University. He became a psychologist, specializing in addictions and directed a community based treatment program in Philadelphia. According to his website, www.drdangottlieb.com, he enjoyed early success and loved spending time with his two young daughters. Then, in 1979 at age 33, Dan was in a […]

Kelly Fitzsimmons – Comic Wonder

Entrepreneurship is in Kelly Fitzsimmons’ blood. Her father and grandfather owned successful businesses and it didn’t take long for her to follow them. In college she realized that her temperament was not fit for academia. So, at the sprightly age of 25, Kelly started an information security consultancy business called Sun Tzu Security. Her interest […]

Brian Brown – EcoSun, Inc.

Pre-Y2K (Year 2000), Brian Brown and his wife thrived in the information technology field. As a Network Administrator, he was helping reprogram and test computer systems to avoid a technological disaster after the 20th century came to an end. However, only a few months after the new century began, Brian was out of a job. […]

Jackie Bradley – Musician

Twenty two years ago, I was blindsided with what I called an “ambush” divorce. I met my husband in college and we had been married for 25 1/2 years. Our two kids were in college. I was stunned when I received less than two weeks notice that I was out of a job. Being a […]

Pat Barone – Catalyst Coaching LLC

Ever since college, Pat felt frustrated and unfulfilled with her jobs. She had moved to Wisconsin from New York City because of her husband’s new employment as a police officer. She found a job as a paralegal to help support their young son. But she was unhappy with the changes. She had a Master’s degree […]

Ethan Austin – Give Forward

My lemon occurred when I got an email with the results from the July 2007 California Bar — and they were not positive. After spending months studying for the exam and scoring well on the practice exams, I was pretty devastated not to see my name on the “pass list”. I felt like a failure […]

Gail Ambrosius – Chocolatiere

Ever since she was 17 years old, Gail savored the idea of giving to others the opportunity to indulge and relax; to appreciate finer things in life. But, as with many childhood aspirations, real life took over and she found herself working for the State of Wisconsin as a cartographer in the Department of Natural […]

Life’s Lemons Take Us Off “Autopilot”

In a recent podcast for Lemonspark, Megan Tull said something very powerful about a retreat she attended years ago. She said the retreat forced her off “autopilot” and to ask herself what she wants in life. She had never asked herself that question before, and in that moment, she realized she was not living the […]

The Birth of Lemonspark

When I heard my twin babies cry for the first time in the delivery room, I thought my painful infertility journey was finally over. My husband of eleven years and I had been trying to get pregnant for four years before resorting to in-vitro fertilization. The process was agonizing, physically, emotionally and financially. At the […]