Category: Personal
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Setting Boundaries Before the Busy Season Hits 🦩
We were out working in the garden this week and found a pumpkin that had wound its way through a tomato cage. It was about to be stuck tight. The wire was pressing into the skin, so we had to shift the metal to give it room to actually grow.…
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Graphing Lines, Relearning Math and the Art of the Pivot
Here we are sitting at the corner of my desk on our first official day of school. I never expected to be back in school with a sheet of graph paper resting directly on top of my client work binder. Coordinate planes, slope formulas and hand-drawn lines from an algebra…
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Art Class, Camping and Future CEO Training
When we packed up for Duck Creek, I wanted to bring an activity that got everyone engaged. So… I set up a family Bingo photography challenge!! The rule was simple: we all got the exact same prompts, but every single photo was going into the same printed family book. That…
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Letting Go of the Hustle
A few weeks ago, my view changed entirely. I traded my laptop screen for the pine trees. I climbed into a hammock swing and let the world spin without me for a minute. No scrolling. No answering phone calls. No checking notifications to see what the algorithms wanted from me.…
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Right Where You’re Rooted
A notification popped up in my neighborhood Facebook group last month. A local momma was looking for businesses to sponsor her two kids so they could play competition soccer this season. I didn’t know her and I didn’t know the kids. But I knew I could help. Last week, she…
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The Art of Building to Last
My grandpa recently turned 90 years old! NINETY!!! To celebrate, we gathered around a dinner table to honor a man who has walked nearly a century on this earth. Looking at the photo of him next to my girls, it hit me just how rare and beautiful that kind of…
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The Bold Filter
Not everyone is your client. And honestly? That is exactly how it should be. When you are running a small business. It is easy to fall into the trap of wanting to say “yes” to every single person who knocks on your door. You think you need to be everything…
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The Mid-Year Audit
We are officially halfway through the year. Crazy right!? For most people, this is where the “New Year” energy has completely fizzled out. They are just coasting until fall. But as a high-capacity leader, this is where I take a hard look at the “ins and outs” of the business.…
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The Freedom of the System
I was at the lake last week with my kids. The sun was hitting the water just right. The lunch we packed was the perfect fit for the day. My phone was in the bag. But my business was not “off.” There is a big difference between being a dedicated…
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My Kids Teach Me, Too
🦩 The Best Teachers I’ve Ever Had The best teachers I’ve ever had are my kids. When we slow down and the schedules loosen, I notice things I would miss otherwise. Their natural rhythms show me who we really are as a family. They wake up happy just to be.…