Maybe it’s because we are in the thick of student athletics, maybe it’s because we have traveled a road of watching our son face extreme adversity or maybe it’s just because sometimes my mama heart feels too much pain for my children, but I have heard time and time again, “He/She will be so much stronger because of this!” when things go wrong…and those words send a twinge through my soul from time to time.  Do I disagree with that statement?  Not fundamentally, I suppose, bec

This week, we're talking about snakes. Not the tangible, animal snakes - but human snakes. The people that are running behind the scenes causing issues, promoting lies and gossip, and creating drama. If you know me at all - I have ZERO tolerance for "snakes". I think it's safe to assume we've all dealt with a "snake" in one form or another, but I wanted to give you some insight and ideas on how we identify and handle snakes within the workplace. Hopefully, there's an idea or

The notion of work/life balance is a MYTH...at least the way we've been trained to think about it. The harsh reality is that for those "GSD" type people, balancing work and life is simply a pipe dream. To achieve our goals, to do what we want to do, and to change the life we want to change - we must grind for it, work for it, and sacrifice for it. And that comes at the "cost" of work and life being out of balance at times. It requires communication, it requires "rules" to liv