Take The Photos Take the photos. Capture the memories, the moments and the beauty that surrounds you.I don’t take for granted how lucky I am to live where I do and to be able to watch my daughter race her grandpa up the hill to sled, ski with my girls, snuggle with my dogs and […]
Giving Voice to Shame Will Lessen it’s Power Bear with me as I attempt to make a vulnerable post as eloquent as possible.I cannot count how many times I stared in the mirror after purging and wondered if I would make it through this disease alive. Actually, I can give you a rough estimate –
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Everything Else Is Out Of My Control Every single day we are faced with the choice of getting upset about things outside of our control.And most of the time we choose to get upset.Because we live with the illusion of control. We grow up believing that if we do x, y and z – we’ll
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What Else Have I Forgotten That I Love? I have a question for you- what is something you used to love doing that you no longer do- and how will you reconnect with it this year?I used to bake daily, but as my business has shifted over the last few years, and my time is
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We Have The Opportunity Every Day To Live My 12yr old will send me sunrise photos from the bus window when they drive by the lake.Yesterday, as we drove home from her musical rehearsal, I got to share the sunsetting on the opposite side of the lake with her.As I hummed the Fiddler on the
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On Being Imperfect I screwed up today. I missed a meeting with an important person in the organization I am really excited to be working with this year as a leadership and team building consultant/coach. No excuses, I made a mistake and missed it. Immediately after that missed meeting, I had another meeting where no
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Tell Me More These are the 3 words we need to say when someone comes to us with a problem:“Tell me more.”It’s tempting to want to jump in and start giving advice, fixing, and filling in our own story- but the truth is, we always need more information. And by saying, “tell me more”, you
Our “Yes Day” The truth behind our “Yes Day”. I was going to write about how we did a “Yes Day” weekend for the girls, where they got to choose activities that we would say yes to. I was going to write about how important it is to quiet the reflex to say “we don’t
How Do You Want To Win? I risked embarrassing my 7th grade daughter last night at the Cross Country meet in front of her teammates.But it was a risk I was willing to take for the sake of leadership.Because leadership is a lifestyle, not a title. There is no age requirement or level of education
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An Apple for Teacher An apple for teacher…Finley wanted to give her teacher an apple she picked at the orchard.But instead of it being in her backpack the next morning, I found it back on the counter.She had decided not to bring it to her teacher because she was scared that the other kids might
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