Opportunity

“The difference between an opportunity and an obstacle is your attitude. Your faith has to be greater than your fear.” I honestly believe- “things happen, it is up to me to decide if they are good or bad.” Sometimes through these challenges, we see new lessons: we see how strong we can be, we see […] More

Challenges

“Challenges are what make life interesting and overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.” – Joshua Marine What if adversity isn’t happening TO you, but instead it’s happening FOR you? Every challenge can be a lesson you needed to learn, every rejection was actually protection, and you were given THIS mountain to show others that […] More

Be Thankful

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey Sometimes gratitude can just be a matter of perspective. I Am Thankful For.. …the mess to clean after a party because it means I have been surrounded […] More

Character

“Character is the ability to carry out a good resolution long after the excitement of the moment has passed.” – Cavett Robert I cannot even count the times I start a new year, planning “to be healthier, blah blah blah”, Recently someone told me to really think about WHY I set a specific goal, and […] More

Make the Best of the Situation

“Things turn out best for people who make the best of the way things turn out.” – John Wooden I have never believed that everything happens for a reason, but I very much believe that you can find a reason for everything that happens. I know it is a subtle difference. We may experience hardship […] More

Schedule Your Priorities

“The key is not to prioritize your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.” – Stephen Covey Do you manage your schedule or does it manage you? I started my business 10 years ago with 2 toddlers because I wanted more time with family. But 3 years into the work, my 4 year old told me […] More

Adapting to Different Work Schedules

“Just because people don’t work traditional hours; Doesn’t mean they don’t work hard hours.” — Amy Schmidt Sometimes our work schedules are dictated to us by the type of work, coordination with co-workers, or customer needs. Today’s workplace is different than 20 years ago before smartphones when television went off the air at midnight, and […] More

Progress

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt Happy Independence Day. Let us all remember those who fought to provide and protect our independence. Let us honor them […] More

Comfort

“If I am weird around you, it’s because I am comfortable.” -Anonymous In the past 2 months, after the death of a friend and team member, I have struggled at times to “act the person that I am expected to be”. Am I too stable, too soon? Am I sad, too long? Am I too […] More

Grief

“Grief is the price we pay for love.” – Queen Elizabeth II Grief can come in waves, sometimes the things that you believe should affect you are more manageable than expected, and other times a simple happening can start a wave of emotions. I am learning that being sad and crying is not a sign […] More