I Rolled My Eyes. Then I Cried About It.
After 12 years of caregiving, I have learned that the frustration does not cancel the love. It just means I am human and I need help. Neuroscience explains the eye roll. But God is in the business of what lives underneath it. This is the most honest thing I have written in a while.
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…