Caregiver + Career Chronicles (and other leadership articles)
The Neuroscience of Calm: Why Your Nervous System Is Your Most Powerful Leadership Tool
Neuroscience has confirmed what caregiving leaders have always known in their bones: the most powerful thing you can bring into a room is a regulated nervous system. Your calm isn’t a personality trait. It is a physiological force that shapes every person around you.
Learning to Hold Ambivalence in Caregiving Without Breaking
The life I imagined and the life I am actually living are two different lives. Two completely real things. Existing at the same time.
From Silos to Symphony
Silos do not break because you demand it. They dissolve when people feel connected to something worth uniting around. If your organization is playing beautiful notes in separate rooms and calling it a strategy, this is for you.
When the World Chooses Harmony:
We live in a time of unprecedented discord…
And in the midst of all this chaos, the Olympics, the global stage that brings nations together, chose harmony as its theme.
When Someone Sees Gold in You (And You Only See Play-Doh)
What if I told you one of the most iconic toys in history was actually a complete failure?
Be Like Play-Doh: The Leadership Lesson Hiding in Your Childhood
The best leaders carry a little Play-Doh wisdom with them.
The Scariest Costume You’ll Wear This Halloween?
Halloween is just around the corner. Time to decide what mask we’ll wear, what character we’ll become for a night.
But here’s the thing. Many of us have been wearing costumes all year long.
Caregiver + Career Chronicles vol 8
There was a Tuesday in 2018 that I’ll never forget.
I sat in my car in the parking lot, engine off, keys in my lap. I had fifteen minutes until the meeting started. My presentation was ready. My game face was… somewhere.
The Demand Gen Detox:
We’ve built an entire industry on the premise that more is better. More campaigns, more touchpoints, more automation sequences, more data.
But here’s what nobody wants to admit…
Feeling the Pressure
You’re four months into your new role. Maybe five. The initial excitement has worn off, and now you’re feeling it. The subtle shift in the room when you present. The increasingly pointed questions about pipeline. The “just checking in” messages from the CEO that feel less like support and more like surveillance.
The Marketing Leader Paradox:
Another incredible marketing leader just lost their job. Less than six months in. The pattern is exhausting, and it’s everywhere.
Walking Through What You Teach
There’s a raw truth about leadership that no one warns you about: the universe has a peculiar sense of timing. Every time I prepare to teach something, I’m inevitably asked to walk through the very lessons I’m about to share, not as an observer, but as the student who still has everything to learn.
7 Anchors for Finding Harmony in Life’s Storms
Eleven years ago, everything shifted in an instant. My husband had a brain stem stroke. Here are 7 things I wish someone had told me back then.
Caregiver + Career Chronicles vol 7
Caregiving doesn’t come with a manual. It comes with moments that are raw, messy, and unforgettable that stretch us beyond what we think we can endure.
Rewiring Marketing Minds
What neuroplasticity can teach us about modern marketing leadership in the age of AI, and the humans behind it. When I first stepped into marketing, it was all about the message.
Caregiver + Career Chronicles Vol 6
When we hear the word neuroplasticity, we often think of stroke recovery, traumatic brain injury rehab, or a doctor’s office conversation laced with science and struggle. It sounds clinical. Maybe even out of reach.
Caregiver + Career Chronicles Vol 5
It was one of those days.
We had just returned from yet another trip to the ER. I was exhausted, emotionally and physically. But life doesn’t pause for grief or stress or trauma when you’re a caregiver, a parent, a professional, or a human trying to hold it all together.
Caregiver + Career Chronicles Vol 4
The 5:40 AM Fall: Why Strength Matters in Caregiving It was 5:40 AM when it happened. One moment, I was asleep.The next, I was wide awake—shocked by a sound that stops any caregiver cold. The thud. The unmistakable crash of a body hitting the floor. I jumped out of bed, heart racing, and ran to […]
Marketing Is Not a Sales Rep: A Harmony Hero’s Take on Revenue, Brand, and Balance
Modern marketing teams are under pressure.
Pressure to prove ROI before the work has had time to breathe. Pressure to generate pipeline from campaigns launched last week.
Pressure to show up like a salesperson—without being given the full toolkit or timeline.
Caregiver + Career Chronicles Vol 3
I took this photo at the aquarium, and I haven’t stopped thinking about it since.
Two alligators.
One with its hand resting calmly inside the open mouth of the other.
Caregiver + Career Chronicles Vol 2
After sweating through a killer hot athlete class with an incredible instructor (shoutout to Michael—you absolutely crushed me), I felt that familiar nudge: share this with the tribe.
Because someone out there needs to hear it today.
Caregiver + Career Chronicles Vol 1
Live from the front seat of my car (somewhere in the shade because Atlanta in July).
My husband is having another procedure today.
You’re Not Scattered—You’re Strategic: Reframing the Caregiver Mindset
The voice in my head was brutal: “You’re scattered, disorganized, failing at everything.” But that inner critic was wrong. I wasn’t scattered I was strategically managing a complex operation. The problem wasn’t my abilities. It was the story I was telling myself about them.
The Resonance of Quiet Leadership: Why the Most Powerful Leaders Don’t Need to Raise Their Voice
In our attention-starved world, we’ve confused volume with value, noise with influence. The loudest voice gets the spotlight, the biggest title commands the room, and the person with the microphone assumes they hold the power. But two decades of leading in high-growth organizations and navigating both boardrooms and personal crises has taught me a profound truth: real leadership doesn’t shout—it resonates.
The 45% Who Got It Right: Why ‘Ask for Help Early’ Is Your Leadership Superpower
Last week, I posed a question to leaders and caregivers navigating the complex dance of professional responsibility and personal care: “What’s the best advice for caregivers juggling a demanding career?”
The responses revealed something profound about how we approach sustainability in leadership.
Marketing is Like Running a Summer Camp (And I Have the Battle Scars to Prove It) ⛺
Y’all, I just survived running “Camp Grote” last week for a 3-year-old and 7-year-old, and let me tell you, it was the most intense marketing leadership training I’ve ever experienced. After 25+ years in revenue marketing, I’ve had an epiphany. Driving business growth is exactly like running a summer camp. Both involve managing chaos, preventing […]
Your Authentic Voice Matters in an AI World
We’re living in a time where artificial intelligence is reshaping how we live, work, and connect. It moves fast, generates content in seconds, and can even hold conversations. AI is efficient, powerful, and clearly here to stay.
“Goodbye, Switzerland” – the beginning of a new era
We were sitting at my kitchen table, three strong-willed women. We were in the middle of a heated discussion and two of the women were quite riled up. I sat there, listening to them state their cases, while one was getting quite emotional.