If the going gets tough, up your resilience by maintaining a strong connection to your foundation. Last night as rain began rolling through Houston, I was reminded why I love thunderstorms. Growing up in a farming family, we were hyper-aware of weather patterns, and I always had a respect for the weather’s innate power. Where we lived, it could bring healing rain or devastating floods; cool breezes or fierce tornadoes; fantastic ice sculptures or damaging hailstones. At some

Say goodbye to wasted time, shoddy work...and maybe even writer's block! Last week I had a piece of creative writing work to do, but I was just not feeling it. Some of my editing is highly technical and structured, but in other cases I have a lot of creative freedom to rewrite a text. I love this type of work, and it usually ends up being some of my favorite copy! But I need to be in the right frame of mind to complete it; otherwise, I end up either wasting time or doing work

Learn to silence any voices that say you can't, shouldn't, or never will. I saw an acquaintance at the gym yesterday who asked me how business was going. “I’m swamped!” I vented immediately. “A ton of projects came in right at the new year.” “Wow,” she said flatly, turning to walk away. “Sounds stressful. Good luck!” Later, I revisited the interaction in my head. Instead of having a nice conversation together, I said the first negative thing that came to mind, which shifted t