PinnedHow I stopped being a “good girl” so I could be authenticI grew up in a household that prayed before meals and attended church on Sundays. These 2 acts were the height of our Christian-hood, with the other days of the week spent walking on egg shells as the parents anxiously made sure ends met at the end of the day. …Christianity7 min readChristianity7 min read
Feb 27, 2022Pleasure & Transformation: They Should Always Go Together for Maximum GrowthIn August 2021, when someone asked me “How are you?” I wished I had the guts to say “It’s complicated.” Every day was both the worst day and the best day ever. One, because I am a recovering dualist. Two, because each lesson required shedding of skin. Sometimes, the feeling…Productivity3 min readProductivity3 min read
Published inILLUMINATION·Feb 13, 2021Making peace with my Myers Briggs: Confessions from an ESFJI was in the corporate world and uncomfortable with the F. — I took my first Myers Briggs test in August 2014. It was my first introduction to a “real” personality test. Until that point, I had grown up perusing the quizzes in American Girl magazines and mot recently BuzzFeed “Which Sex and the City Character Are You?” Anything that would get…Myers Briggs5 min readMyers Briggs5 min read
Dec 8, 2020Lead Your Goals Like a CEO: With StrategyHoshin Kanri is a method companies use to make sure everyone in the organization is working towards the same goal. Can you imagine the chaos if a Manufacturing team was working on something different than Supply Chain was working on? The company wouldn’t make the right product. …Goals5 min readGoals5 min read
Oct 4, 2020Finding balance in a world of extremesGood and bad. Pretty or ugly. Left or right. Republican or Democrat. All or nothing. Male or female. It’s exhausting. The extremes The world expects us to pick only one word to define us, and scoffs when we “see both sides” or live in the middle. The term “non-binary” is so…Balance2 min readBalance2 min read
Sep 20, 2020Accelerate your personal growth by asking WHY — not HOWIt’s important to think critically about your development, because most how-to articles aren’t tailored to your specific needs. I bet you’ve Googled: “How to be successful.” “How to wake up early.” ”How to have a hard conversation.” “How to do chaturanga.” It’s smart — if it worked for someone else…Personal Growth5 min readPersonal Growth5 min read
May 2, 2020Why Quarantine is the Perfect Time to Re-parent YourselfBe hyper-aware of yourself during times of stress 2020 is stressful… You’re in forced isolation, your job doesn’t look like it used to, and you might not even know when you’ll get toilet paper! Everyone’s basic needs — physiological and safety — are being threatened and we don’t know for how long. When we are under stress like…Parenting4 min readParenting4 min read
Jun 11, 2019Feel Happier All Day With This 1 Scheduling HackI’m sitting on the couch, looking at my schedule for the next day: one calendar for work, one calendar for personal. And nothing was exciting to me. I already dreaded the day and wished it to be over… and it hadn’t even started. My calendar looked like this: 9:30–10:30 Meet about training project 11:30–1:00 Luncheon 4:00 Oil change 6:00 Dinner with Matt What came first in this schedule is my MUSTS. And they are worded as such.Daily Tip3 min readDaily Tip3 min read
May 29, 2019When Bravery Duels SafetyWhere there’s a duality, there’s a choice; a duel between between two separate realities, two different outcomes, two opposing multiverses. This is this universe. The other you belongs in another universe. Right? In this multiverse… My safety suffocated my bravery. Well, I can see both sides. The group glances my way, disappointed then…Human Parts2 min readHuman Parts2 min read
