{"id":2,"date":"2010-05-06T23:32:56","date_gmt":"2010-05-07T03:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2015-10-10T23:01:31","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T06:01:31","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"About Sage Wit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>About the blog<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Does this sound like you?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You would love to help bring about a more socially just and environmentally sustainable world, but the issues seem overwhelming\u00a0 and you just don&#8217;t know where to start or what actions you could take that would make a difference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>You&#8217;d like to be able to think more independently and back up your statements with credible information, but you need to strengthen your critical thinking skills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Welcome to Sage Wit.\u00a0 This blog\u00a0 seeks to bring the qualities of wisdom, discernment, perception and occasionally some wit and irony to a variety of\u00a0 topics, ranging from writing and personal development to many of the social and environmental challenges we face&#8211;or sometimes try to deny&#8211;these days.<\/p>\n<p>Facilitating connections between people and sharing ideas is an important part of the bigger picture.\u00a0 I encourage and\u00a0 invite you, dear readers, to share your observations and insights\u00a0 and take away the ideas that work for you.\u00a0 Please give credit where it&#8217;s due and cite the authors and sources of those ideas. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s always good to&#8221;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Praxis_(process)\" target=\"_blank\">praxis <\/a>what&#8217;s been preached&#8221; so, whenever possible, the articles posted on the blog will include some suggestions for specific actions we can take or commit to that make a positive difference in the world&#8211;if only for one person or one little corner of the globe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About Me<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My purpose in my work and in my life is to encourage and empower others to bring about positive social changes in the world. I do this through my writing and communications skills, talent for identifying and explaining information patterns and my desire to help connect people through ideas.\u00a0\u00a0 The path I have chosen for myself and how I collaborate with others is one of humanism, empathy,\u00a0 balance,\u00a0 a quirky sense of humour, and an attentiveness to wellness at the personal and global level.<\/p>\n<p>My passion is using my research, writing, and editing skills to inform and inspire people to create positive changes, equality, wellness and balance at the individual, community, or global level.<\/p>\n<p>I have an M.A. in Criminology, 20+ years of\u00a0 social science research experience, and a talent for working collaboratively with others to help them produce written documents that speak their truth in crystal clear prose.<\/p>\n<p>Need a hand with an editing or research project? Check out my web site and find out<a title=\"How I can help you\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sdc-sage-editing.com\/hireme.html\" target=\"_self\"> how I can help you<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About the blog Does this sound like you? You would love to help bring about a more socially just and environmentally sustainable world, but the issues seem overwhelming\u00a0 and you just don&#8217;t know where to start or what actions you could take that would make a difference. You&#8217;d like to be able to think more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"https:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sdc-sage-editing.com\/sdc-sagewit\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}