I started taking my lunch break. I left work at a reasonable time. I said no to projects that weren’t mine. I closed my laptop after dinner and spent time with my family instead of checking Slack notifications.

Taking back my time and asserting myself when I was at my lowest was hard - and sometimes I failed - but I knew I needed to keep trying because when I was successful, it gave me the strength to keep going.

The latest wave of federal firings has me angry and sad. Angry that we have someone in charge who is, quite frankly, a bully. Sad because I know firsthand how it feels to work under one.

Dear America:  If you think D.E.I. doesn’t impact you, you’re wrong - no matter how you see yourself.

Mark Zuckerberg recently championed 'masculine energy' and aggression as leadership traits, but for many of us, this perspective feels out of step — or like a giant step back.

As I sat down to capture my thoughts in the last several hours of 2024, I did so with less levity than I think most people would expect - including myself. What was on my mind? Water skiing.

As the year wraps up, I’ve been reflecting on everything 2024 threw my way. It was a year of change, challenge, and leveling up—but most importantly, it was a year of showing up.

My values were pushing me to act ahead of having a real plan, but it wasn't a leap of faith. That push was stronger than any fear I had at the time, but the fears did come - and leveling with each of them was vital to moving forward.

By the time I was 21, I was working in a bar, and going to community college like many people my age, figuring things out one shift at a time. I wasn’t unhappy, but I wasn’t exactly sure where my life was headed either. 

My daughter’s recent comment about Kamala’s voice wasn’t political. It was flippant - and triggering. How do we teach our daughters to feel the weight of their words without slowing them down?

After 27 years, I woke up on a dark Monday morning and wrote my company a resignation letter. Why was it so easy to say goodbye?

I thought I’d start by sharing the straw that broke the camel’s back—why I finally left my job in higher education.  Honestly, I’m shocked I stuck around as long as I did.