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Janelle Monae all Dae
Confidence, power, brilliance. I could look at Janelle Monae all dae in her limitless yellow. “Embrace what makes you unique, even if it makes others uncomfortable. I didn’t have to become perfect because I’ve learned throughout my journey that perfection is the enemy of greatness.”— Janelle Monae How many...
I Believe Black Lives Matter
If you believe Black Lives Matter: Hire them. Pay them. Promote them. And have the hard conversations about why they might turn down your offer. Are you recruiting them simply for the color of their skin, to check a box, or because you are interested and actually making space for their point of...
Memorial Day: Freedom isn’t Free
Memorial Day is here and it’s gotten me thinking about patriotism lately.“We should get an American flag for our house,” I woke up yesterday morning and turned to my husband and said.“Why? Why now all of a sudden?” he replied.I had a hard time putting it into words, but I...
Finding Your Finest Hour In a Time of Crisis
Crisis brings out the worst in people. But it also brings out the best in people.What if it brought out the best in you, your team, your company?What if you could get to the other side of this crisis knowing that in the greatest hour of need of those who...
The World Needs Your Message Right Now
The world needs your message.It’s been eight weeks of quarantine, eight weeks of completely re-branding and re-inventing myself professionally, eight weeks of being smacked in the face on a daily basis with my complete and utter incompetence.Every day a new lesson. Every day a new discovery. Every day a new...
Is Your Inner Circle Helping You Reach Your Full Potential?
Who is in your inner circle?Jim Rohn once said, “You are the average of the five people you keep closest to you.” I believe that to be true. And, it’s not just me; studies have shown that people with overweight friends are 57% more likely to become overweight.And, in fact,...
We’re All Up Schitt’s Creek, Together
Are you watching Schitt’s Creek? I just finished the last episode of the last season, the series finale, this morning. I laughed, I cried, I had an a-ha moment.In the time of COVID-19, we are all the Rose Family right now, and we’re all up Schitt’s Creek.If you aren’t watching...
Getting Through with Emotionally Intact Kids
Emotionally intact. That sounds pretty good, right?So, let’s talk about do-overs, mulligans, restarts…Have you ever had any? Sure you have.We’ve all screwed up. We’ve all tried again. We’ve all reinvented.Our kids will be able to do that too.But how do you raise emotionally intact kids?Are you a parent struggling to...
Do You Have Clean Poops?
There is nothing like the coronavirus crisis to focus you on what is really important. And what is really important? Poops.Can you spare a square? Times are tough, and they are about to get tougher. We all need to do our part.And, your part is to take care of yourself...
Everyone Loves a Good Crackpot Medical Theory, Right?
My father has a crackpot medical theory. It’s become known as the “Wasted Heartbeat Theory.” It goes something like this: we are all born with a certain number of heartbeats, and when we exercise, we raise our heart rate, and use up more heartbeats… so stop exercising.Now, don’t hate on...
You’ve Come a Long Way Baby
I had a video call last week with some frolleagues. Frolleagues (n): those colleagues who have become friends. Similar to framily (those friends who have become family).We were laughing about what we looked like, how we sounded, who we were when we first started off in our careers. Because of our...
What is Your Grand Opus?
When he was quarantined during the bubonic plague, Isaac Newton discovered gravity. Elsewhere in England, William Shakespeare was also hunkered down, social distance writing King Lear. In my house, we’re stress baking, eating jelly beans, and binge-watching Netflix.What is your grand opus? Do it now!Or, don’t.I couldn’t give a fuck.Here’s...