We live in a world that equates control with success. The tighter the grip, the safer we feel—or so we think.

Control looks like:
✨ Over-preparing for meetings so you never get caught off guard.
✨ Replaying conversations, hoping to rewrite them in your mind.
✨ Holding back ideas until they’re “perfect...

I'm writing to you from the lake house.

It's that dreamy (for me + maybe you, too) September day when the sunshine is out, there's a cool breeze in the air, and the lake looks an inviting blue.

As I walked along the beach and Austin rode his bike, I was surprised to see the Metropark employees...

For years, I've been sharing my struggles and vulnerably walking you through the lessons and tools to help make our lives better.

I've been shying away from telling you how great my life really is.

That's because I'm only just understanding both the depth of my struggles and the possibil...

We've all been there. Change is in the air and you're hoping it slides right on by and somehow forgets its plan for you so you don't have to deal with that big knot in your stomach.

Gosh darn it change. Again, really?, you think to yourself.

Whether it's knowing you need to get out of you...

"I don't know what I think about the patriarchy. I want to discuss it with you," I said to my friend last week.

While I agree that our system is broken and outdated in some areas - no standard, paid parental leave, expensive childcare, wage inequity - I also don't want to rail against a syste...

You think you need fixing because when something goes wrong, doesn't live up to your expectations, or you fall short of your own goals, you assume the problem is you.

You believe there is a deficiency in you and you wrap your identity around that idea.

I'm here to tell you there's nothing...

I watched this reel and its message has stuck with me.

The main message is, 'Why do we tell women they need fixing when what we need to fix is the system'.

Fixing things like pay equity, paid leave for child-rearing, having more flexibility in our schedules, and affordable childcare.

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This is a fun blog to write.

For my son's 8th birthday we bought a plane ticket for him to fly to Texas, by himself, to see Preston's family. He leaves in two weeks and will be there for a week.

Here's how this came to be.

Austin's birthday is on March 1st. In mid-February, on...

When I ask my clients, “Who are you if you strip away your titles?”, an inner scramble typically reveals itself.

Gosh, who am I if I’m not a director, sister, wife, business owner, friend, mother, aunt, dog mum, and I’m left with little ol’ me?

I should know who I am beyond these labels b...

A few reminders from me to you, or truly, from me to me!

- Let me stop fighting with the air.

- I don't need to question myself or make myself wrong. When I do, I box myself into a corner.

- I have no problems today, so let me stop manufacturing them.

- All is well.

- God is good.

I e...

Boy, did my new coach, Kim, knock my socks off yesterday.

Do you ever struggle with putting up a wall, feeling like you can't show a crack in your armor and feeling a ton of pressure?

Would it be ok if we called this person - ahem me and maybe you, - a perfectionist and a high-performer?

We lo...

Following on from my brag above, we don't always feel like doing the thing that is right for us to do.

I love helping women feel their feelings. It's a necessary practice for developing vulnerability. However, what I find most true in my life is that I have to act my way into the feeling not ...