There was a moment this weekend when I turned around and saw my kids all hugging each other (congratulating one of my daughters on a terrific performance in her school play). It started as a tender moment between my twin teen girls, then their older brother saw the opportunity to jump in and squish ...

Having trouble work-life balancing? Here are my tips for a much more enjoyable approach.

(Learned first-hand from 17+ years working from home, including 13 running my own business with newborns, toddlers, homeschooling, medical emergencies, military spouse time away, lots of life surprises…and PLEN...

I am raising my voice.

I feel called from something deep inside of me to speak up about this human experience (particularly womanhood and motherhood) and what it means to me. 

And by raising my voice, I don’t mean just speaking louder. I mean actually raising it. Nurturing it. Giving it a place to gro...

Voltaire famously once said (in French, I'm guessing), "The perfect is the enemy of the good."

I've been thinking a lot about that lately, with life seeming to hit both a crescendo and accelerando (music tech terms) at the same time.

I think it's important to remember that "enough" counts. Good enough...

This is a video I recorded a few years ago, whose lessons I still think about. Here's a quick recap, in case you are short on time:

Lesson 1: Set preventative boundaries.
Lesson 2: If you call them stupid, say you're sorry.
Lesson 3: Do the work to clean it up.
Lesson 4: You can carry it around, b...

When you're at the beginning of a new journey, endeavor, project, or goal, it's hard to look at everything that's currently on your "to do" list and imagine how you'll ever find the time and energy to make it happen. But you do. You probably have before, and you will! Because capacity is elastic.