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Welcome back!  Are you making time for creativity?  Creativity has been at the forefront of many conversations lately and I have some thoughts I want to share with you.

What does it mean to be creative?  Creativity transcends beyond traditional rules, patterns, and ideas, it requires imagination.  I believe a mindset of creativity is one that is open, curious, and...

Hello and welcome back! On our way to school this morning, my ten-year-old son and I shared a conversation about the difference between gratitude and appreciation.  As with most of our conversations, it was a significant reminder for me and one I hope resonates with you too.

The difference between gratitude and appreciation lies in our expression of what makes us feel grateful....

Trust what you know, now.  You and your experience are your greatest resource.  You know more today than you did a year ago, use this knowledge wisely.  What can you do to keep you and your loved ones healthy, safe, and grounded in this season? What do you need to feel supported and connected?  What's working now or worked before?  What didn’t...

Hello, end of Summer! I will savor every final moment with you, but Fall will always be my favorite.  Kids returning to routine, sunny cool mornings, and college football to name a few reasons why.  The shift from Summer to Fall feels a lot like the reset of a New Year to me.  An opportunity to double down on activities and experiences that have the most impact on the...

Let’s unearth what lies behind building our reputation.  What is it, how do we earn it, and what can we focus on to nourish it?

Reputation:  beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone, a widespread belief that someone has a particular habit or characteristic; quality of character.  Building reputation takes time, effort, and...

It’s the last week of July, how will you end the month?  As I reflect on this past month, I find myself refining what’s most important, right now.  My favorite question from this past week in helping create even more clarity:

 If you were to describe winning in one word, what would it be?

 If you were to zoom out for a moment, free of comparison to someone...

Last March, I found myself alone in my garage staring at an old set of dumbbells trying to figure out how I was going to stay motivated and consistent with movement and exercise.  For over a decade, I’d depended on the energy and peer pressure (the good kind) of a fitness community.  Whenever we are called to create a new way of doing something, we are being invited to ...

“Wishing you a day of remaining in the moment.  Not the past or future or story.  Not your thoughts or anxieties or lists.  But right here.  Right now.  Straight into the center.”  -Victoria Erickson.

There have been a few small changes since March and much remains the same.  Dare I say we have found a groove resembling what feels...

She was coaching me when she said it and I haven’t stopped thinking about it ever since.  Crowding out, what a powerful concept, a perfect beginning to the journey.   I was on a call yesterday with a good friend of mine for nutrition consulting.  In nutrition/diet context, “crowding out” is the idea that if we begin adding more of the good things into our...