Writing

On leadership, reinvention,
and the harder work of being.

Written from inside the rebuild. Not from the other side of it.

I stepped into the shower as quickly as the water was warming. Hair wet, soap on my face, back in the water. Check, done.

Foundation First

Born out of the moment I stripped every layer off my body, slipped into the cold rushing water, and felt my entire being come alive — F'IT became a way to start sharing with the world a different path.

Real Leadership

The power was the empathy

Silence for those who would've been wept for. Blind eye to those who would've been seen. The power was the empathy.

All writing

I stepped into the shower as quickly as the water was warming. Hair wet, soap on my face, back in the water. Check, done.

Letter-size paper is the 40-hour work week

Everything you inherited, you can question. I noticed I only ever use two paper formats — and my daughter taught me why that matters.

Foundation First

Born out of the moment I stripped every layer off my body, slipped into the cold rushing water, and felt my entire being come alive — F'IT became a way to start sharing with the world a different path.

Team not performing? More metrics.

Real Leadership

It's incredible how many organizations and leaders are still trying to define the perfect set of metrics, rules, and rewards to produce next-level performance.

All you built now rubble? Perfect.

Foundation First

Those who rise are often the ones that do something truly great. You are not diminished by the rejection. You are emboldened.

Remove the layers

You fight to keep the layers. Those pieces that protect your heart. Keep you warm. Feeling safe. But some layers need to come off.

Each circle leads to the next

Each circle leads to the next before ever fully closing. The space between what was and what will be.

Yosemite's glory remains

When the glass is already shattered, even the tiniest grain sends the shards crashing. So we hold on so tightly. Yosemite teaches you to let go.

The Grand Canyon, Ooh Aah

Coming back to the heart, the core, home. Stories speak of this over the ages, across religions and cultures. The Grand Canyon shows you what that means.

Own your natural beautiful

The choice we face every day. Does the fear decide the way? Or is this a time to experiment and let play, fun, and your natural beautiful lead?

Queenstown goofiness

It's actually ok to be a big goofball. A little nerdy. To have the high-pitched giggle and sing sentences in response to things.

Learning is a gift

Learning is a gift. The joy shows that you are still there. The you that was gifted to the world. The pain shows that things still matter.

The grandeur of the canyon

On two rim to rim hikes through the Grand Canyon, I had the honor of helping another. The grandeur of that place teaches you what actually matters.

Love prevails. You focused on the work? That's ok. You put up some walls? That's ok too. Real love finds a way.

Love in every season

Love, in every season of life. Flowers bound to bloom. Leaves' red reward of great work. Water's beautiful form falls.

Let the voices in

There's more, better thoughts behind that first one. The first voice, yes, needs heard. Sometimes quick and right. Sometimes keeps you safe.

Enable and choose

Choose Love. Enable people to live their best lives. Choose wisely what does the same for you.

Love, oh Love. You are a wild one. Ever-changing. Opening new eyes, new doors. Repairing what was broken.

Keep the joy, buddy

We the children who were hurt beyond healing. We are still whole. The walls our minds and bodies built protect us from the possibility of pain surprising us again.

Walk together into the beautiful unknown

I tried to push it away. The need to be the hero, not the rescued. Silent, distant, inward I traveled.

The power was the empathy

Real Leadership

Silence for those who would've been wept for. Blind eye to those who would've been seen. The power was the empathy.

Love and discomfort

Karston and my therapist agree on many things. One of them is to seek and thrive in discomfort — discomfort being the places that push us towards truth.