Reader I was struggling as 2025 came to a close. It was hard to find energy and focus. My battery was running low. 🪫 It was such a vicious cycle of guilt, as my inner critic judged me lacking for being unproductive. As I looked at my sales and revenue for the first quarter of 2026, I knew I had work to do, but I felt defeated before I even started. Then I made three vital shifts that changed everything for the better. ONE. I started working on Season 2 of The Story I'm Telling Myself Podcast....
8 days ago • 2 min read
Reader I made it past Quitters' Day. How about you? The second Friday in January is called Quitters' Day because a quarter of us have already abandoned our New Year's resolutions. However, the good news is you are allowed to hit the reset button and get a do-over.{ Reader, I know your 'Polly Perfect' is trying to tell you otherwise, but ignore her. If you have a dream you are unleashing for yourself in 2026, you need to know that there isn't one straight path you have to follow to achieve it....
15 days ago • 2 min read
Reader I couldn't believe I was hearing these words: There's an abnormal spot. I'm going to refer you to a specialist. I try not to panic. I think of my sister's cancer diagnosis. Is it my turn? I think of my Dad, subcumbing to cancer on his third battle. Is that my fate? I get in my car. Anxiety has me in it's grasp. Cancer is the drumbeat pounding in my head. Stop, I think. This isn't going to help. If it is cancer, stress won't help. You feel fine. You play pickleball five times a week....
22 days ago • 2 min read
Reader I am my harshest critic. Or, the Miranda that lives inside my head is. You might recognize her Her constant refrain is "still not good enough." Reader, I'm curious. What challenge of your worthiness does your inner critic play constantly in your head? Shame Rejection Unworthiness I have considered myself a strong, confident, and accomplished person throughout my life. Yet, the smallest glimmer of negative feedback can unleash the look from Miranda and I am in a spiral of shame,...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Reader I had a profound moment over Thanksgiving thanks to my eldest daughter. It's after 8 PM on Thanksgiving. I'm in the front passenger seat. My husband is driving, and my daughters are in the back seat. We are in an upscale neighborhood where we've been enjoying our Thanksgiving feast at a friend's home. Many homes are already lit with Christmas lights. We turn onto the main thoroughfare and there are four houses in a row with the same commercial style lights outlining the front of the...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
Reader I'm celebrating Thanksgiving this week and in that spirit I want you to know how grateful I am for your support and engagement. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your journey and for being a part of mine. My word for 2025 is change. Selecting it was a breeze because my life was full of changes I knew where coming and I was preparing myself to embrace each one: the first year without my father launching my podcast—The Story I'm Telling Myself celebrating my youngest daughter...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Reader I met my husband at my second job out of graduate school. I wasn't looking for a husband but there he was. Our first "date" was an after work meet up of the young professionals at the manufacturing plant where we worked. I wanted to resist the attraction because dating someone where you work is such a cliche. Truthfully, I don't think we would have been an office romance that lasted except for one agreement we made from the outset—we didn't talk about work. My time with Dave was carved...
2 months ago • 3 min read
Reader I should have acted sooner. For the past few years our health insurance plan has offered the Hinge Health programs as a free benefit. I blythly ignored it despite my struggles with plantar fascitis and occaisional hip pain. I'd learned that hip pain was a signal that my footwear needed and upgrade, and that had worked for years until this spring when a stabbing pain in my right hip started disrupting my sleep and my activities. I started seeing a sports massage therapist when they pain...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Reader if you see my energy and creativity, would you tell them to come home to me? For years I have struggled with an energy and motivation slump in Q4. I'm talking about ignoring social media letting messages pile up in my inbox taking no productive action to build my business deeply questioning whether I should become an employee instead of owning a business Reader, I'll be honest. I never thought I would admit this. Then I was invited to join a women's mastermind group with Angie and...
3 months ago • 4 min read