Your Truth Is Not Always the Truth

Your truth is not the truth. What would you say if I told you your truth isn’t actually always the truth? That may hit you the wrong way, but let me explain. Last year, I bought my daughter a calendar with the title Unf*** Yourself. The calendar gives quotes and ideas each day to help […]

7 Confidence Building Tips for Women

As a professional speaker, I have learned a lot about the importance of confidence in my line of work. It takes confidence to put yourself out there, confidence to believe in yourself, and confidence to get up on that stage in front of an audience of strangers. Still, the more I do it, the greater […]

3 Important Reasons You Should Do Hard Things

You can do hard things. I want you to plant those words firmly into your mind. Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Through the years, I have realized how important this statement really is. We tend to play it safe in life. We often choose to do […]

In a World of Chaos, Choose Kindness and Integrity

Kindness and integrity are incredibly valuable in today’s world. Too often, there are people who focus so much on what they want that they are sometimes willing to let their kindness and integrity slip in order to get it. We see it in the media, in Hollywood, in politics, in business, and even in our […]

Four Things I Love About Parenting Adults

Life is Always an Adventure When You’re Parenting Adults Those of you with adult children know that parenting adults requires a different skill set than what we used when they were children. Because of this, now that four of my six children are adults, I am learning to parent a little bit differently. I have […]

Visiting Antarctica: The Journey of a Lifetime

At the end of December, we had the pleasure of traveling to Antarctica. It was so much fun to travel with my mom and my two oldest daughters, Emma and Olivia. Mili, our youngest daughter, was also invited because we wanted a fun girl’s trip. But Mili isn’t a fan of the cold, so her […]

Why CONNECTION is My Word of Focus for 2024

With so much going on in today’s world, and since the COVID-19 pandemic, I feel it’s fair to say that we are lacking connection both as a society and as individuals. This is why I’ve decided to make 2024 a year of connection. Connection is a Bridge In my experience, I have found that connection […]

A New Year Doesn’t Actually Mean a New You

With the start of a new year, it’s common for most people to reflect back on their “old selves” and begin a new journey of self-improvement. Resolutions are made, goals are set, and the phrase “New Year, New You” can be heard in marketing slogans everywhere. The idea that we need to reinvent ourselves each […]

How to Make the Best of Life’s Unexpected Detours

I feel that most of my best stories come from traveling because in traveling, you can almost always expect unexpected detours. No matter who you are, detours are bound to happen. And with unexpected detours, we’re either at our best or at our worst—especially while traveling. Last weekend, we were flying to Nashville from Fort […]

Weddings and Whoppers and All That Comes With Them

In the last year, we have been to three weddings. For us, that’s unusual, as it’s actually been quite a while since we’ve been to any wedding at all. Every time I attend a wedding, it causes me to reflect back on my own wedding. My husband and I have been married for 30 years […]