You're grounded! And for once, that's a good thing.

“Why are you trying so hard to fit in when you were born to stand out?” - Ian Wallace I've been thinking a lot lately about the "shapes" we try to squeeze ourselves into. My latest life lesson came from an unexpected place: my living room furniture. 🛋️ The Couch That Changed Everything Last fall, my husband and I celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary by doing something I thought of at the time as ridiculously extravagant: we replaced our living room couch. We’d spent 14 ye

Believe you can and you're halfway there. -- Theodore Roosevelt Today’s newsletter provides highlights and reflections on Episode 10 , in which Anthony Moseley , Creative Director for the Emmy Award Winning Collaboraction Theatre Company, joins me to discuss a topic that often feels out of reach: Confidence . Most of us struggle to embrace confidence without feeling like we’re stepping over the line into arrogance. In our conversation, Anthony and I explore a framework you ca

There are few constants in my family, but one that has appeared every single holiday season since I started dating my now-husband is spinach soufflé. It is delicious. It is decadent. It is a savory, creamy, highly-requested family favorite. We also affectionately refer to it as “Troll Snot.” Because before it hits the oven, it looks like a lumpy, sludgy, dark green mess. After baking, it transforms into a golden, puffy dish that is well worth the wait and the effort involved.

Money is a taboo topic most of us learned to avoid at a young age. Today's newsletter shares highlights and reflections from my conversation with Leslie Mallman, a Financial Advisor and Money Healer, on why money can feel like so loaded - and how to turn anxiety into agency.

We often think of financial success as a distant, abstract goal. But what if we broke it down into clear, achievable steps? I assembled a simple roadmap outlining three distinct stages of financial fitness, to help guide you from establishing financial stability to self-sufficiency, with recommended resources at each stage.

This past weekend I had a moment at home that I imagine you can relate to, that highlights how holding boundaries is an empathetic and compassionate part of unconditional love. The approach is also useful in a work context, especially if you are a manager.

Today’s newsletter serves up some highlights and personal reflections from Episode 8, in which award-winning author and long-time Google executive Alana Karen and I discuss how to play the "long game" in your career.

As the quiet hum of Thanksgiving is beginning to settle in (at least for those of us here in the US), I find myself deeply grateful for the simple things in life. My family, my health, and a safe place we can all call home. But I’m also noticing the small delights. ☺️ Like yesterday morning, when I was met with an unexpected surprise: the street construction near my home is complete! For the past two months, driving anywhere has been a literal hell on wheels. Road work has be

I've been reflecting recently on two forces that deeply affect my life: passion and resilience. For 25 years, as I climbed the corporate ladder, I was a master of resilience. My grit, my ability to show up all the times I didn’t want to, my ability to persist and pivot after a crushing setback, to keep going when I was running on fumes and a prayer… that was my superpower. And honestly, it had to be. 📉 But resilience is the floor. Not the ceiling. We all praise resilience. W

When I joined Google, there wasn't much higher praise you could receive than being called “scrappy.” I started in 2010, during the startup era of Google Enterprise (now Google Cloud), and in my early days we wore scrappiness like a badge of honor. We were at the bleeding edge of extending Google’s consumer products to the world of business and there was nothing but blank space to fill, introducing companies across the world to the benefits of cloud technology. We were a "nimb

You are not stuck. You're just committed to a certain pattern of behavior because it helped you in the past. Now it's time to upgrade. - Emily Maroutian Today’s newsletter serves up some highlights and personal reflections from Episode 7 , in which ​ Blessing Nnachi ​ , joins me to explore the question of how to get unstuck. Blessing's book, By Design: How to Create a Career you Love , guides you through the process of embracing what you really want in your life, and designin