You don't need the whole plan mapped before you unpack the first box. Earlier this week, I stood in a dorm room the size of a large walk-in closet, helping my son Nolan create his home for the next eight…
The next chapter doesn't owe you a straight line. It just owes you a pattern worth following. When I was 22, I genuinely thought I was going to be a high school gym teacher. Then I took a job as…
My 18-year-old son wouldn't call himself a founder in a room full of millionaires. Sound familiar? My son Nolan and I walked into a room full of real founders last week. Not side hustle founders. Not "thinking about it someday"…
A hotel sales manager once told me, with a straight face, that the brand would probably never hire someone who looked like me. My hair. That was the reason. I sat with that comment for a long time. Long enough…
Can I tell you about my pandemic reading list? It's 2020. The world has gone quiet. My calendar, once packed with industry events, flights, and back-to-back meetings, was suddenly, startlingly empty. And I did what a lot of us did…
March 13, 2020. I remember the exact moment the floor fell out from under me. Within hours, my industry—meetings and events—was effectively erased. My business was wiped out. With no sign of returning. I’ll be honest: there were moments of…
There was a time I couldn’t get through a sales call training without crying. Not because I didn’t know the words to use. I did. But I was an introvert, (a female Canadian one at that...) and I had ZERO…
March 2020 was a vibe. And by "vibe," I mean a total dumpster fire. I’d spent over 25 years in the meetings and events industry. I had the network. I had the reputation. I had the "badge." My story isn’t…
I’ve been doing some deep thinking lately. The whiteboards are a-glitter with post-it notes and arrows…. Now that I’m doubling down on helping expert professionals (the ones heading into their "Second Act") design a business that actually honors their bandwidth,…
It’s impossible not to scratch an itch, I’ve tried. And the itches that feel like they’re inside of your body? How does that even happen! Well, the last few months I’ve had one of those deep tissue itches, and I’ve…