Life handed me a chapter I never saw coming. A family emergency pulled me into 100% survival mode these past couple of months, and for the first time in nearly eight years, I couldn’t show up here weekly for you with joy discoveries, EQ tools, and stories from my heart. I’m finally coming up for air. And while I don’t yet see the whole picture of what this experience will mean, I do know the …
I used to think I had to go on vacation to make meaningful memories with my boys. That unless we were traveling somewhere special, I wasn’t really showing up as the mom I wanted to be. So when our summer travel plans got canceled this year—plans I’d been genuinely looking forward to—I felt disappointed. I could see how quickly my boys are growing up, and I started spinning out… wondering how many summers we really …
I was talking to a coaching client a couple weeks ago who was feeling totally torn. She’d spent five years in recruiting, but deep down, she knew it wasn’t her forever path. Still… walking away felt hard. She kept saying: “How can I pivot now, after all the time I’ve invested?” Oh, friend. I’ve been there. I recently made a pivot in my own business that I knew—if I’m honest—I should’ve made 6–12 months earlier. …
I had two friends pass away last month, within one week of each other. Both were young (45 and 50 years old) and both were incredible women who made such a bright impact on the world in their too-short lives. When something like this happens, it makes me think a lot about my life, how I’m spending my time, who I’m spending it with, and whether or not my God-given gifts and talents are being …
One of my yoga teachers is a huge Dave Matthews Band fan. One year, her husband got her front-row tickets to see DMB. Being the wise yogi she is, she spent an afternoon creating a bright, glittery sign that read, “May I meet you, Dave?” As Dave came onto the stage to introduce the opening band, she held up her sign with proud arms, put a bold smile on her face, and communicated her request. …