You don’t need anyone’s permission to do what you want when you want to do it. Stop waiting for the approval. Stop waiting for the sign that it’s the right time…

Every woman needs to read this and watch Reshma Saujani’s commencement speech about imposter syndrome. It’s a scheme as she puts it. There is nothing wrong with us. It’s the system that has to change…

Mita is a powerhouse and I can’t wait for you (especially allies and leaders) to hear her perspective in this episode, including practical ways to help you transform your workplace…

When is the last time you played like a kid? How about skee-ball or an arcade game (for you, not to win a stuffy for your kids 👋🏽)?

When your husband and his older brother present their youngest brother with his law degree from the same law school they graduated from years ago. 🙌🏽Yes. It’s a true story.

Do you know what happened to the college freshmen who were told they had to leave campus abruptly in March 2020? They graduate this month. 👏🏽

Gov. DeSantis is disgustingly racist and he is unapologetic about it. Tara Jaye Frank goes beyond the rage so many of us feel and shares where we need to focus our attention.

You can keep searching and chasing in the hopes you’ll finally find the freedom, joy and peace you’re looking for, but you aren’t going to find it out there.

I used to care so much about exceeding others’ expectations of me, about what they thought of me: was I smart enough, good enough, and had what it took to be “successful”…

Did anyone else record tapes on their boombox while the radio was playing so you could have a tape recording of your favorite songs?

I didn’t want to celebrate Mother’s Day in 2020. I was supposed to have given birth to a baby boy, but we lost him at 18 weeks in December 2019.

Just because you’re a mom and a leader at work doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice the other parts of you. Do what you need to do today for work and your loved ones….then go do something for yourself. Or do that thing for you first!

We picked up messages growing up and early in our careers that strength meant you had to push through and suck it up.

Text from husband (who is traveling for work) earlier today: Our sewer line is broken. It’s unusable. Have to stay at hotel with the kids.

Episode 80 transcript: We all deserve to have fulfilling careers and lives. We deserve to experience joy and peace, and freedom and all of those things that make us feel truly alive.

Decide now how you want to show up today for yourself, your team, your family. It starts with your intention.