Reader, This is for all of you whose days become a string of "just get through" and, all of a sudden, you find yourself months later and still not where you said you wanted to be. I suspect that’s because you lack a Freedom Plan. The July 4th holiday is a day to celebrate independence and freedom. For most of us, freedom isn't about escaping to a life on a beach with no responsibilities...forever. Freedom embodies full presence—being where you are with clarity, energy, and agency, and making...
about 13 hours ago • 1 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen to Sunday Sunshine HERE 🎧🎧 It's remarkable how much mental energy we invest in monitoring and worrying about the weather—something completely beyond our influence -- Me included after weeks of rain and this week's impressive heat wave. We spend more time thinking about things we can't control than things we can. I have this snow globe filled with gold glitter that sits on my desk next to my computer. Throughout the day, when my mind feels like that swirling mess, I reach for...
8 days ago • 3 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Listen HERE 🎧🎧 Do you look at others and then pull out your measuring stick to gauge your worth, your success, and your happiness (everyone looks happy on Instagram!)? Comparison is what the mind defaults to when we are weak, tired, overwhelmed, or feeling stuck. Comparison sounds like: "I want that success." or... "I should be where she is." When we "should" on ourselves, we're literally sh*tting on our own potential. Brené Brown's research says that shoulding is shame in...
15 days ago • 3 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Want to listen to this week’s message? Click Here To Listen I expand in abundance, success, and love every day, as I inspire those around me to do the same. -- Hendrick's Daily Affirmation Feeling inspired fuels my soul. If you are like me, you crave it. Inspiration is lifts me, energizes me, and often brings me back to life. Have you ever paused to think about why? The word inspire comes from the Latin inspirare, meaning “to breathe into.” Originally, it referred to divine...
22 days ago • 4 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Want to listen to this week’s message? Click Here To Listen You've changed my life, Christina. This simple sentence from a woman who worked with me at Fast Company became the floodgate to the permission I needed to completely overhaul my life and career. It was the moment I realized that impact isn't measured in revenue, sales calls, or spreadsheets—sometimes it's found in a single conversation that shifts everything. John Maxwell, author and leadership guru, says happiness is...
29 days ago • 2 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Want to listen to this week’s message? Click Here To Listen We do, do, do and go, go, go. And then crash. Maybe you recognize this pattern: the relentless pursuit followed by complete collapse. The ‘achievement high’ followed by the inevitable low. The doing cycle held me in a firm grip for years, leading to utter exhaustion and health crises. The Cost of Powering Through Working as a high achiever meant being hyper-vigilant and hyper-responsible for me. It meant trade-offs,...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Reader, 🎧🎧 Want to listen to this week’s message? Click Here To Listen Your brain is sabotaging your success. And you don't even know it. When I worked for Martha Stewart, I commuted 45 minutes to Penn Station and then walked 20 minutes to the office, arming myself against the day ahead. That armor was protection from disappointment and judgment. A shield against failure. A defense against vulnerability. This was my daily mental prep for survival before I even walked into the office. I...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
Reader, I regularly ask high-achieving women: What is your definition of personal success? What I hear more often than not: "That's a good question!" How often do we pause to reflect: What would success look like if it were designed around my values and more of what I want, not just my fears and obligations? For years, I was the poster child for powering through – launching media brands, managing difficult clients, forecasting through market pressures, and fighting the never-ending battle...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Reader, On April Fool's Day 2019, I was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. 💣 On that real-life nightmare day, these words from Dr. Park, Memorial Sloan Kettering ER doctor, changed everything. "You come to MSK to be cured." Cancer both stops everything completely and races it forward all at once. In a suspended moment, your whole life - past, present, and the future you had planned - collapses into a single point. In the days that followed, as I began aggressive chemotherapy while in the...
2 months ago • 3 min read