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Winding roads
This weekend represents so much more than, “I finally got a race car!” The journey to owning this Spec E46 — at this time — has been...
Sep 22, 20243 min read

Turning over new leaves
Nothing rivals the new beginning that Spring represents. This season never ceases to amaze me when the crocuses, snow drops and...
Mar 27, 20234 min read


Highs, lows, and unknowns
This weekend I skirted death. Maybe that's a little dramatic. But one of the lessons that car racing teaches you is that life is full of...
Oct 25, 20224 min read


Letting go
For whatever reason, the waiting room at the pediatrician's office this morning was chock full of adorable little girls. As I sat there...
Jul 29, 20222 min read

Call me author?
There are pivotal moments that we allow to define us in life if we let them. For example, I became a mother the moment I saw those two...
Jun 28, 20224 min read

Perspectives from the plateau
We so often talk about the hills and valleys, and how we can learn from both. But we don't talk about the plateaus as much. Chess prodigy...
May 20, 20223 min read

A room full of risk takers
The Beautiful List book gets inside the mind of tween girls, meeting them in their insecurity and walking them out the other side in beauty.
Apr 26, 20223 min read


Surprising things I've learned about publishing
One of the things I've heard about becoming an author is that writing the book is the easy part. I've already learned this to be true....
Apr 7, 20224 min read

Put yourself in a prostituted person’s shoes this International Women's Day
Today, my mind is on the women and girls around the world right now who are being bought and sold, as many as two dozen times a day, for...
Mar 8, 20224 min read


Animal instincts
Yesterday my mom sent me a funny meme from the_mommy_talks that said, "Mama Bear is such a sweet way to describe the fact that I'd tear...
Feb 25, 20223 min read


Risky shots
“You Miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.” – Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, et al While watching my daughter’s basketball game last...
Feb 1, 20223 min read


"Do or do not, there is no try." -Yoda
On Thursday, I met up with an old friend. She’s actually a former co-worker. My business partner and I hired her and one other amazing...
Jan 15, 20223 min read


New year, new nothing: 100 weeks of Covid
Progress is like a snowball that starts small but gains momentum, growing as it rolls As I scrolled through Instagram over the weekend, I...
Jan 4, 20224 min read

When fear overcomes
The most anxiety-inducing, fear-mongering event in my parenting career happened last week. While the kids were prepping a dining room...
Dec 21, 20216 min read

Our kids need us to be parents, not peers
Perhaps more than ever before, being a parent today is like treading water. It requires stamina and a constant vigilance. Our efforts can...
Nov 30, 20214 min read
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