We need to be better listeners. I’ve learned this over the years and have found it to be the number one differentiator in both my professional and personal life.

Far too many times we sit with our thoughts and overthink things that we might otherwise jump on board and try. But saying yes to something that you’ve been thinking about could be exactly what you need.

Five years ago I set out to experiment with the concept of connection and engagement with others in a different way. I hosted a Homegrown Dinner at a local restaurant with almost twenty other women where we shared food, each answered a question of the evening and connected. It was incredible.

What if you wrote about your own homegrown lessons? What insights would writing provide you? What could you learn about yourself? Let me help you get started.

If we want to achieve our goals and enjoy our lives, we don’t need to cancel the hustle. We need to reshape the hustle. We can make the hustle culture healthy and helpful with a defined goal, meaningful why, and a clear ending.

Don't push off or discount what could be because you believe you have time. The notion that we will always have time, that there will be enough time later is one for you to think more deeply about. It’s not true. We don’t have all the time and there isn’t always “later.” Instead of waiting, take the steps now, to do what you want.

Every working professional needs to set boundaries at work. Here’s a three-step exercise that will teach you how.

Every working professional needs to do end-of-year fulfillment audits so they can identify the work that brings them joy and carry it forward into the new year.

I think what the pandemic really did was highlight for us what we've been teaching leaders to do for so long. It’s quite frankly what we as human beings need to be taught to do – to connect with people on a level in which honest and open dialogue can happen.

Here’s what fills my cup. What about you?

For this Father’s Day, I’m sharing a few of the unique characteristics, beliefs, and actions that made my dad who he was. Thankful for these memories, thankful for his love, thankful for how he gave me permission to be me.

My former teammate asked me if I wanted to get my hands dirty again… and I did. Here’s how you can, too.

Learn what I was taught as a farm girl, and uncover and why farm girls are a great asset to businesses.