You Are More Than Any Body Part
Rejecting Diet Culture and Loving Your Whole Self My friend, Jamila Hume, is on a mission to guide and empower women to create balance and harmony in their lives—to live from a place of radiance. She knows from experience how life’s daily challenges and stressors can alter a person’s well-being. That’s why she’s all about […]
7 Things I Refuse to Be Judged For
How to Proudly Wear The Labels Others Give You We live in a society of labels. There’s always someone trying to slap a descriptor on us … telling us how we’re supposed to act, feel, talk, dress, look. How we’re supposed to BE. We get these messages from family, friends, our communities, the culture. And we’re […]
A Creature of Habit(s)
How ‘The Golden Hour’ Can Help You Create Personal Success According to world-renowned self-development author and speaker, Brian Tracy, the first hour of your day is perhaps the single most powerful factor in one’s personal development. He calls this time “The Golden Hour.” And he says that what you do during this first hour prepares […]
Stop Asking for Permission
Embrace Being the Boss of Your Own Life Four years ago, I told my husband, Scott, that I wanted to launch my own education consultant business at the beginning of the new year. His response? “You’d give up a stable curriculum director’s job and amazing insurance to start you own business? That feels too risky.” […]
Your Dream Isn’t Too Big
When You Do the Work, Magic Happens You see that picture? That’s me on stage in front of 1200 educators at Warsaw Community Schools in Indiana. It’s also photographic evidence that dreams really do come true when you work for them … emphasis on work! This was just one stop on a crazy whirlwind of a […]
It’s Not Enough to Have Goals—You Need a SYSTEM
How to Shape Your Habits to See Real Change We can be totally honest with each other, right? Good. Because I need to drop a truth bomb on you: There’s a reason you keep failing to reach your dreams and achieve your goals. It’s because you don’t have a system! I know, I know. You […]
The 2 Reactions to Your Transformations
How to Let the ‘Haters’ Fuel Your Fire to Succeed As I read my friend Susan Hyatt’s new book, Bare: A 7-Week Program to Transform Your Body, Get More Energy, Feel Amazing, and Become the Bravest, Most Unstoppable Version of You, I felt myself nodding in agreement at nearly every page. But there was one […]
4 Rules for Growing Your ‘Personal Garden’
How to Weed Out What’s Not Working In Your Life Last night, as I pulled weeds from my flower garden, I started thinking about the importance of tending to our “personal gardens.” Your personal garden could be your mind. Perhaps the positive thoughts that flow through your mind are beautiful zinnias—and the negative ones are […]
High-Maintenance—and Proud Of It!
Why Women Should Embrace the Label The hubs and I recently took a blissful seven-day vacation to Cancun (sans kiddos … a once-a-year necessity!). It was a full week of poolside cocktails, time with my guy, and meeting new people. Among the new people we met was a couple at the pool. I was chatting […]
The Power of Sisterhood
What I Learned from My Retreat with Badass Women Entrepreneurs People ask me all the time, “How did you get from where you were 15 years ago to where you are now?” And among my top three answers is that I invest in personal development programs. I firmly believe: If you want big ass results […]