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With any change, one day you’ll feel like you are crushing it and that “you’ve got this”, and the next day it might seem like nothing is going right and you’re wondering how you’ll make it through the day. You will have amazing days where you are fired up, energized and being the leader, parent and person […]

For me, the month of July means summer vacation, enjoying time at the lake with family and friends, and taking a real break from the daily responsibilities and to-dos. And, to reset and recalibrate from the past few months. This summer though, I realized that I needed an even bigger reset than usual! After a year […]

If you’re like most people, you end the day or the week feeling like you didn’t do enough.  You might have the best of intentions when you start your day or week, but you end up getting side-tracked with last-minute issues and other people’s requests. Deadlines get delayed, piling up the work. And, you feel […]

Confidence is a big word with a lot of meaning. We all want to feel more confident. Whether it’s in that upcoming work presentation or hoping that we are raising our kids to make smart choices. And, if you ask 10 different people (even experts) how to be more confident, you’ll likely get ten different […]

I read a post on Facebook a few months ago about a mom who paid her teenage son to read personal development books and write a report afterward. It stuck with me as an interesting idea! Carter, my 12-year old, has been wanting to earn a little extra cash, so I offered him $20 to […]

So many busy leaders tend to focus on time management. While that can be helpful, what is even more helpful is when you focus on managing your energy. While time is fixed, your energy is variable. This means you can do things each day to increase your energy or actually drain your energy. How many of us do things that flex […]

Feeling like your weeks are a bit of a rollercoaster? One day you are crushing it and feeling high energy, and the next day it seems like nothing is going right and you’re wondering how you’ll make it through the day? You aren’t alone. Especially now when our days are often turned upside down and […]

Your days might be filled with back-to-back meetings, a mile-long to-do list and trying to lead your team through a challenging time, pushing long hours and feeling like you’re on a path to burning out. You might be struggling to juggle all the different roles in your life – parent, spouse, leader, friend and more […]

As we near the holiday season, so many people are feeling tapped out, exhausted and in need of a real break. It’s been months of performing “business as usual” in a freakin’ pandemic – nothing is business as usual here! Be it working from home with boundaries blurred, putting in longer hours to fit it all […]

Where do you need to cut yourself some slack? I’m coming off a couple of weeks with the kids’ school closed, juggling that in a busy time of year with clients . . . and at the very same time feeling the urge to simply do nothing! I am reminded of the unnecessary pressure we […]