thanksgiving has always been my favorite. a festive day for family, friends, and food without the bother of gift-giving. a day for cozy...

big not-awkward hugs after 18 months; when you choose phone v zoom; a well-played line from a 90s movie; the view when you fly into...

in august, i wrote a post titled “the secret is two notebooks.” it was a half-truth. the full truth is that there are four notebooks in...

it’s the holidayyyyyss ! (yes, it started november 1.) so, who's ready? who has a to-do list that rivals santa’s delivery schedule?...

what do you think of when you think of “storytelling"? do you picture a parent reading “goodnight moon” to their children at bedtime, or...

i once heard that leading a life without passion, denying yourself of passion, is committing to a life of being the living dead. we...

the phrase “i don’t know” dead end or opportunity? that depends on how we use it in our stories. the ones we tell about ourselves. in my...

several weeks ago, we introduced you to cari hebert from ' the being approach '. cari is a high-performance mindset expert, certified...

i’ve been to a few weddings recently. filled with grand tradition and big meaning, i like being caught off guard by the little moments...

lawyers are problem solvers at their core, and there’s an art to that effort. for me, the daily challenge is identifying how i can...

do you ever feel like you're trying really hard but getting absolutely no where? i urge you to look closer. growth and forward movement...

it’s 2021; everything’s digital. need to get in touch with some? open your laptop; send an email. writing down your grocery list? pull...

a friend recently told me offhand that she just wasn’t a creative person. she said it as we sat in her well-decorated apartment, in the...

can you pause to listen? see? taste? smell? oftentimes, i find myself wrapped up in looking ahead. i worry and stress about performance...

“the sunset was nature’s masterpiece: swirls of apricot and amber spilling into the ocean, leaving behind nothing but wisps of cotton...

for me, finding the perfect daily notebook has always been a balancing act. it can’t be too proper (sorry, hardcovers); scribbled notes...

do you ever have trouble processing your thoughts? i do. my words always seem better when written, rather than spoken - and i often find...

i once had a writing teacher who said she kept every rejection letter she got as proof she was on a path towards something. that she’d...

have you ever had brain freeze? not the popsicle-induced kind (although those are the worst). but the “i’m-so-overwhelmed-i-don’t-know-wh...

we recently noticed that toth shop team calls often start with that smallest of ‘small talk,’ the weather update. as people who aim to...