To Move Forward Something Must Die

See a subject that resurfaces time and time again with my clients is relationships. This has only increased after I shared a very vulnerable story about how my marriage almost ended in my first book, From Heart to HRart. Relationships are hard, whether it’s with family, friends, co-worker or your significant other. Being vulnerable and providing permission to others to be so close and intimate is also putting ourselves at risk for the most amount of pain.

The number one question that is asked of me in regards to my marriage and how it is stronger today more than ever is, what did you do?

Three Vision Fest Takeaways

For four years now, we have been coming together to create Vision Boards with new found clarity about our year to come. It is hands down my favorite event that we host at Leadership Arts. As with all of our programming, I am always constantly re-evaluating to ensure that we deliver the absolute best! As a result, Vision Fest has had quite an evolution and after experiencing this year’s Vision Fest I had a few takeaways that I would like to implement for next year. As my fellow Visionaries, I’d like to share these takeaways with you first…

2018 Year in Review

Instagram has a #tradition of reviewing the year by sharing nine images. Curating my nine images served as the starting point to my reflective practice and despite the fact that I did manage to select nine images, I came to the realization that there were many more moments that deserved acknowledgment.

So here is my year in review and my most significant 18 moments of 2018.

Episode 65: The Grateful Showcase (Nancy Nicholas)

I can’t help but laugh that Nancy and I have the same exact initial memory about the beginning of our friendship. It was shopping, at the Mall of America and we were on the hunt for shoes. Skechers to be specific. She had recently invested in a pair of BOBS and couldn’t stop saying how […]

Episode 64: The Grateful Showcase (Josh Smeltzer)

When I compare the person I was when I first met Josh to who I am today. I find myself in a state of disbelief at the amount of growth and I am then immediately filled with humbling gratitude. I’m not sure who I would be today if he hadn’t entered my life and decided […]

Thanksgiving Cookies (yes it’s a thing)

Thanksgiving is this week and it definitely seems to have shown up out of nowhere.  But last week was my son’s Thanksgiving party at school and I signed up to bring a dessert.  I stumbled on a turkey cookie image and thought these will be cool to make.

So I embarked on a mission to create these turkey cookies.  

Episode 63: The Grateful Showcase (Katie Caples)

It is those who are passionate about what they do that are empowered to carry others that are still trying to figure it out. When I started Leadership Arts Associates, I was one step closer to doing what I love however I had no idea exactly what that was. I could in no way articulate […]

Episode 62: The Grateful Showcase (Marvin Worthy)

If there is one word to describe this episode, it is persistence. If you didn’t notice, this episode is three days late in being posted and that is because I ran into technical issue after technical issue. But with persistence, I was able to finally upload the file late on Monday evening, so our listeners […]

I can fire you if I want to!

As a general rule, employees are at-will, absent a contract, and may be terminated at any time, for any reason or for no reason.  Conversely, though, an at-will employee may resign at any time (with no notice) and for any reason.

Episode 61: The Grateful Showcase (Demi Stevens)

It never fails that life delivers me with a full heart as we start the showcase every year. This past weekend marked the official kick-off of a week-long Book Launch Extravaganza. The kick-off event was a private reception with individuals that had previously taken the program that served as inspiration for my newest book. Let’s […]