A text thread this week was buzzing about podcast and webinar setups. Color temperatures, ring light angles, all the glamorous behind-the-scenes details. Then the chat shifted.

Today marks 10 years in the President’s chair at Quadel.
There have been jazz hands, sighs, pacing, cartwheels, and even a few Tums.

It's called Blind Date with a Book. When I walked into the bookstore, I saw a stack of books wrapped in plain paper. No title. No cover. Just a few teasing hints.
our answer say something about us?

Sometimes the best “work” you can do is stepping away from work.

This week I took a day off and wandered through an art museum ... checking the box on not one but two of my vision board goals.

Can your playlist and internal scripts hold up for a root canal?
In the middle of a series of dental implosions, that was the question echoing in my head this week as I landed in the chair of doom.

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 workplace 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥?

Conflict doesn't shake me. And at first, I couldn't figure out why.

Most everyone supports affordable housing. 𝐔𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤.

Someone just shared how my TEDx Talk impacted her.
A 14-story building was going up in her backyard. The developer was zoning a portion of it for affordable housing.

When I first adopted my daughter - who came from a background of neglect - 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐩 𝐟𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲.

Would she think I wasn’t coming back?
Would this feel like abandonment all over again?