Beyond Survival, Into Leadership Ten years ago, my life took an unexpected turn: I was diagnosed with cancer. Those moments cracked something open in me. Conversations with strangers cut straight through the small talk and into the heart of things—fear, hope, grit, love. And in that rawness, I noticed something: people relate to their diagnosis in dramatically different ways. Some see it as a chapter—painful, intense, but ultimately finite.Others weave it into their identity so thoroughly...
21 days ago • 2 min read
Are You Admired or Just Tolerated? For years, my husband has been the willing (and occasionally unwilling) test subject for my coaching. Recently, I asked him what changes he’s noticed since he began implementing new strategies and becoming more intentional with his relationships. Here’s what he said: “My workday has become more satisfying, fun, and enjoyable. Patient workflow is more efficient, timely, and accurate. The team shows more compassion toward each other and our patients.” One...
22 days ago • 2 min read
Are You Admired or Just Tolerated? For years, my husband has been the willing (and occasionally unwilling) test subject for my coaching. Recently, I asked him what changes he’s noticed since he began implementing new strategies and becoming more intentional with his relationships. Here’s what he said: “My workday has become more satisfying, fun, and enjoyable. Patient workflow is more efficient, timely, and accurate. The team shows more compassion toward each other and our patients.” One...
28 days ago • 2 min read
Your Sunday Anxiety Is a Message How you feel on Sunday evening is incredibly telling. Are you excited about tomorrow, fueled by the idea of getting back to meaningful work? Or is your stomach doing flips—anxiety and dread growing with each passing hour? If you’re feeling the latter, pause and ask yourself: What’s the culprit? An overloaded week ahead? Look at your calendar on Friday, not Sunday. Adjust early. Reorganize, communicate, and prepare so you don’t start Monday feeling ten steps...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Reclaim Meetings: Less Updating, More Innovating Last week's Weekly Wisdom was a high-level challenge to critically assess your calendar and reimagine how your time is spent. The goal: cut 5-7 hours off your calendar. We waste an extraordinary amount of time with ineffectual meetings. In essence, using these precious hours to simply “update” the team rather than capitalize on the participants to catapult the work forward. Deeper Dive - A New Approach to Meetings You’ve chosen the right...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Leading Without Fixing "Soon you start seeing the world not as it is, but as a lineup of problems waiting for you to fix them. Before long, everything looks broken simply because you’re addicted to fixing it.”— Ozan Varol We’ve all been there Reader — seeing the world through the superhero lens, swooping in to right the wrongs. But the constant drive to fix can quietly lead us to exhaustion — mentally, emotionally, even spiritually. A client recently offered a brilliant metaphor: Be the air...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
My Challenge to You: Reader, Where could you do better at unapologetically owning your worth? It’s easy to be quietly sabotaged by insecurities or old beliefs that no longer serve us.I’m inviting you to pause and look inward — to identify where you still hold back, where your light dims out of habit or fear. Then ask yourself:What would it look like to own my worth fully — not from ego, but from truth? This is the challenge and the gift: to grow boldly into the person you are already poised...
2 months ago • 1 min read
The Power of One: How Negativity Shifts a Team We’ve all been in that meeting — the one where a single person alters the tone for the entire group.Enter Negative Nellie: disengaged, dismissive, and clearly uninterested in contributing. At first, we navigate around them, trying to minimize their impact or simply ignore the undercurrent of negativity. But here’s the catch — our brains are wired to attune to others. We unconsciously acclimate to the emotional tone of the group, and before long,...
3 months ago • 2 min read
Leading to Their Language: Translating the 5 Love Languages Surprise me by feeding my animals and cleaning the pastures, and you’ll have my heart forever! My appreciation (love) language is Acts of Service. Knowing this is like having the CliffsNotes to our connection. Dr. Gary Chapman’s The 5 Love Languages: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical Touch, Acts of Service, and Receiving Gifts—offers a simple but powerful truth: when we understand what brings us joy and connection, and...
3 months ago • 1 min read