The Gold in the Crack: What My Diet Coke Habit Keeps Teaching Me About Leadership
I am a fountain Diet Coke snob with zero shame about it, and RaceTrac has been my supplier of choice for years. This is the story of what my brain was actually doing every time I went back, and what finally changed.
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.
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?
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 Rebound Playbook:
One year ago yesterday, I was told I wasn’t good enough.
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.