Last week I spent a couple days away with my team for our annual retreat. Imagine 24 women sharing a (huge) house … it’s like one big slumber party, only with a purpose. We spend lots of time laughing, crying, laughing until we cry. The time we spend together is always restorative, and we come…
Yesterday marked 1 month since my mastectomy. It’s been a bit of a ride since that date. I’ve been re-learning how to do all my usual things with a strange feeling foreign object (a tissue expander) in my chest. I still sometimes (oftentimes) need to trade an hour or two of activity for an hour…
I’m writing you this morning from the biggest, most beautiful porch overlooking the water of Lake Gaston, NC, listening to the birds, waiting for the sun to come up. This morning I will wrap up what has been our 4th Annual Business Planning and Goal Setting Retreat with my team. It’s been a whirlwind of…
Today is one of my favorite days of the year! My team and I are off to Lake Gaston, NC for our Annual Goal Setting & Business Planning Retreat. This is our 4th year doing this retreat together, and it is time that we all enjoy immensely. There is lots of laughing, a fair bit…
While I’ve been home recovering from my surgery, I’ve watched a lot of TV. Probably more TV in these last 3 ½ weeks than I’ve watched all year combined. One of the few “regular” shows that I record to watch each week is Grey’s Anatomy. On one particular episode, Dr. Miranda Bailey, who is an…
It seems to me that one of the things we complain about most often is time … specifically not enough of it. “There aren’t enough hours in the day” “I ran out of time” “I don’t have time” “I just need more time” I’ve sure we’ve all said one of those phrases at least once….