Hi Reader I'm writing you a bonus message with a special invitation! I’m excited to let you know that I’ll be speaking on an upcoming Balanced Success Conversations panel, hosted by Tameeka Leon. These panels are designed to feel like an honest, supportive conversation where women come together to share what’s really working (and what isn’t) when it comes to success and balance. This month’s theme is: Practical Self-Care for Busy Women: Making It Stick Without Guilt - Date: Oct 31, 2025 -...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader The holidays are marketed as “the most wonderful time of the year,” yet for many of us, they’re the most "something else entirely" (e.g., stressful, demanding, and exhausting). We head into the season hopeful and end up wondering how we got overwhelmed so quickly. If this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. The combination of unrealistic expectations, emotional triggers, and sheer overload can deplete us long before the festivities even begin. But it doesn’t have to be that way. You...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Hi Reader Have you ever had that tug-of-war moment when your gut tells you one thing but your brain immediately questions it?You weigh every possibility, overanalyze each outcome, and end up more confused than when you started. That second-guessing isn’t a failure of decision-making, it’s often a symptom of disconnection from self-trust. When we’re overwhelmed, exhausted, or swimming in other people’s expectations, our intuition gets buried under the noise. If you want to strengthen...
19 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader We usually think of productivity as a good thing, something to strive for and something to be proud of, and as a coach specializing in that, I agree! It often is just that. As with most things in life, however, there is a duality. Productivity can be supportive and freeing, but it can also turn into something that harms us. If you’ve ever felt like productivity was not working for you, or even made life harder, you are not imagining it. The truth is that productivity becomes...
26 days ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader If you're like me, you have the best of intentions when it comes to planning out self-care. You promise yourself you'll do things like journal, walk, or hydrate and you are so excited to start! But let me ask you this...have you made that self-care plan only to watch it fall apart as soon as life got busy? One urgent deadline, one bad night of sleep, and suddenly all those good intentions disappear along with any benefits the self-care had to offer. Ugh. The reason this happens is...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader Ever had one of those days where the checklist is complete (we’ve read the emails, done the laundry, completed the errands, finished the projects) and yet, somehow, you still feel unsatisfied? Conversely, you may have had a day where not much gets done on paper (that poor checklist goes largely unchecked) yet you end it feeling fulfilled? (You don’t think you should but you can’t help it because what you did was meaningful to you.) What’s the difference? It comes down to two sides...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader When you think of burnout, do you picture exhaustion and overwhelm? Being "tired" (weary and worn out to be sure) is often part of it, but there is much more to it and the root cause is much deeper. To understand better, we need to look to your nervous system. Your nervous system is your body’s command center. It’s meant to rev you up when there’s danger, and then settle you back down once you’re safe. But here’s the challenge: your brain doesn’t distinguish between a wild animal...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader Do you ever feel like you’re running around all day just putting out fires? You end the day exhausted, but when you look back, the most important things still aren’t done. That constant cycle of urgency keeps you reacting instead of intentionally choosing what matters. The fix: prioritizing. The reason: if everything is urgent, then nothing is urgent. Without a clear way to prioritize, you’ll always feel behind. When it comes to how to prioritize, there are many ways to decide what...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
Hi Reader When you hear the word mindfulness, do you think of sitting perfectly still for 30 minutes, following a guided meditation on an app, or finding total silence (which isn’t exactly realistic in a busy household)? We’re led to believe that a mindfulness practice is this BIG thing, when in reality it’s the little things that bring us present (the little things that are already part of our routine). Mindfulness can happen in the smallest, simplest routines you already have in place, with...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read