I knew that I could do more I was hit with a question I wasn’t expecting during a meeting Friday afternoon.A meeting about the need for leadership training in the financial sector went a different direction when, after I described the community that I live in, I was asked:“Are you concerned about your kids not […]
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“What the heck are we doing?!” Have you had this happen?When you do something purely on instinct and then your rational/logical brain catches up and yells at you “WHAT THE HECK ARE WE DOING?? ”.Someone captured that very moment a few weeks ago while I was speaking at a conference in Cleveland. And because vulnerability
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My Humbling Moment I haven’t shared this story with you before…But after being asked to Chair the March of Dimes fundraiser this fall, an organization that is actively working on reducing the racial and income disparity in healthcare for mothers and babies and addressing implicit bias- I felt that it was time to share.When I
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An Ode To My Father Always hug your dad. There was a stretch of time when I was a teen that I barely spoke to my dad. I wrote earlier this week about how much shame I felt when I got out of the hospital for anorexia. That silence and shame is what led to
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Champion Others Don’t be a team of bittersweet.From sports to medical to corporate – I have run into team after team made up of bittersweet. And very few made up of champions.Yesterday, I ended up butt down in a shallow creek after tripping over a vine while clearing out the heavy brush in the timber.
Fighting Shame Shame…we all deal with it- so let’s talk about it.There’s no shame in box cake.And for most of you reading this, that statement is a no brainer. But to some, getting caught baking from a box would cause shame to come running. Shame tells them that baking from a box you aren’t a
Take Time To Pause I used to struggle to pause.To temper the energizer bunny level drive.Today was the first really hot day of the year. Close to 90 degrees and sunny.I had been working on the new stone path leading up to the goat playground, grateful for my pick axe, mallet and shovel, pounding in
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On Stewardship When was the last time you thought of the word stewardship?I’m actually curious so feel free to share.It’s been on my mind a lot recently as we have been working to remove invasive species and allow native plants to grow. It’s work. I lost count of the number of thorns I have pulled
Kindness is Never Insignificant Toddlers shouldn’t get cancer. Kids shouldn’t get cancer. Teens shouldn’t spend high school in the hospital. Mothers shouldn’t have to deal with cancer when pregnant or with young kids. But they do. And all the “shoulds” and “shouldn’ts” in the world won’t change reality. Tonight for a few hours a group
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Moving Forward Beware the narrative lane changes, and have the courage to call it out. Moving forward, there will be a lot of attempts when it comes to arguments about gun control & mental health and it is important to see them and call them out. Catch these following lane changes that others will try