**I selected the photo for this blog in honor of every woman, particularly women-of-color, who has been constantly asked to be less than who they truly are. 1. We are unwaveringly committed to every human being’s birthright: to own their agency and be seen and...
Lord have mercy! The temperatures yesterday were getting too close to 100 degrees for me. When it’s too hot to go outside, what’s a person to do? Read. Since the 4th of July is upon us, I thought I’d suggest an even dozen books for your summer reading list. Lately,...
I’ve never recovered from COVID. I figured it out the other day as I found myself crying over our most recent book club selection: Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult. It’s a novel about COVID times. About all of COVID times, the uncertainty about the disease, the...
Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) famously used his mom’s phrase “look for the helpers” to reassure children who were worried and scared after 9/11. He shared that when he was worried or scared about something that had happened, his mom told him to “Look for the helpers. There...
Lately, I’ve been confronted with the disconnect between the universe’s timing and mine. There are things that I feel like I need right now: MAD! Work/Space (the coworking space I started in March – YIKES!) filled with women working and connecting, to fully own the...
Recently I was asked to do a virtual presentation to a business networking group to provide motivation and encouragement for our membership of local small businesses. As I thought about what to talk about, this thought kept coming up, “What got you here will get...
