I Want to Start a Movement: Dreaming Matters

I am currently listening to a book called “What Happened to You,” about trauma and the importance of approaching life in a trauma-informed way. While reading the story, it brought up memories from my childhood of the positive strategies I developed to…

I Want to Start a Movement: Build on What You Do Well

I Want to Start a Movement: Be Mindful So That You Are Paid or Rewarded

In life, most of us will need to work. What you do for work needs to follow what you love and what you can build on. I was happy to find a career path that fit the definition of a happy life: meaningful work…

I Want to Start a Movement: Sometimes You Have to Think “start over.”

At my last job, a board member asked me a profound question: “What would you create if you had a blank slate?” You don’t have any existing systems. You don’t have to worry about any staff disruptions; there…

I Want to Start a Movement: It Takes a Village

As I started my latest role at KenCrest I was on a committee to shape the 6400 regulations in Pennsylvania. I advocated for a competency model over a specific number of hours or even specific topics; it didn’t work out. So here I am now taking…

I Want to Start a Movement: Words Matter — Grateful

My blogs will be centered around one word each week for the next five weeks. The idea is to see the power language has to set or stay on a course of goodness in our thoughts and actions. I hope you enjoy the words and discuss them at work…

I Want to Start a Movement: Today is Way More Than Furniture

As a child, my parents rented a home next door to my grandmother. It was what people today would call a tiny house. As our family grew, the dining room and unheated porch became bedrooms, and I shared the unheated porch…

I Want to Start a Movement: Another Reason to Cry About Taxes

I Want to Start a Movement: Curious

This month, there will be one word that will be the theme of the week. I hope you will use it often and explore what it means to you at work and at home. This word will inspire your achievements and help you find what you need to have joy, a sense of accomplishment, and an appreciation for…

I Want to Start a Movement: How to Have Difficult Conversations

At my last job, the company designed the month of December to be a catch-up month, where employees would have to participate in various trainings. There would be a series of guest trainers for the month, and one year, I…