Skip to Content

The Courage to Take Action

Chair by window in coffee shop

The Courage to Take Action

February 25, 2025

Back several years ago, I owned a coffee shop in downtown Cedar Rapids. I had taken a risk in 2011 to step away from a banking career, steady salary, match […]

woman with hands in air

Surrender Remembers. Fear Forgets. 

December 10, 2024

Surrender Remembers. Fear Forgets. What has your attention right now? Where has fear, resentment, guilt and anger made a presence in your every day? Do these have a firmly held […]

Girl Walking

Risking Everything for Our Full Aliveness

October 29, 2024

There are times in my life that I feel completely broken. Like unwanted toys. Dirty, broken, worn out from a new shiny box Christmas morning, if you get what I’m […]

Pondering

October 1, 2024

I’m pondering. Enlightenment in watching a bird build a nest. Picking out the branches, and twigs, and anything it can find that might be the right fit and size to […]

four light bulbs with one lit up

Connected Leadership

August 1, 2024

Here’s what I knew and understood about connection prior to landing and exploring a world of coaching and consulting, inner teaching and learnings. I understood it through the lens of connectivity….plugging […]

leading with love

Leading Myself with Love

May 9, 2024

Taking a deep breath, breathing in the cool, crisp air of the morning, I ask myself: What does my heart truly yearn for? To feel safe. To feel whole in […]

rollercoaster

The Rollercoaster

April 16, 2024

HOLDING ON. HELD ON. STILL HOLDING. Like a rollercoaster, the anticipation once on the ride is overwhelming, exciting, a thrill and rush of emotions overflowing! For a moment, it’s intensely satisfying.  […]

An open book with coffee mug

The Path of Acceptance

April 3, 2024

Let it go. Let it ALL go. Let the chips fall as they may.

Brooke Fitzgerald head shot

HER take on the Power of No: A conversation with Brooke Fitzgerald 

February 24, 2024

It can be challenging to say no, especially if the person making the request is someone you care about or your boss.

A person looking at a sunset

Break Away

February 3, 2024

You don't know me. You don't own me. Your weight and your secret key, they no longer scare me.

The Restoration Project Graphic with no text

Get started

This is where courageous growth begins