Have you ever shied away from telling someone a goal, dream or passion of yours? Almost as though you feel ashamed by your own ambition? I have.

No longer. It is time to be proud and lean into those dreams. Does this make you uncomfortable or just a little afraid? Good!

Change comes at the edge of our comfort zones.

If you enter your mind as though you are entering a house, what is your reaction? Is it a sense of chaos and stress, or is it luxurious like a peaceful resort? Can you choose? Have you ever tried?

The first time I remember writing something intentionally, entirely because I wanted to, it was a “report” on a giant clam. And by report, I mean a complete word-for-word-copy of the encyclopedia entry.

Refreshing, funny, vulnerable and full of great advice for women everywhere. Girl, Wash Your Face feels like you are chatting with a great friend, sharing life stories and dropping wisdom that is as unexpected as it is deep.

Great joy, excitement and satisfaction in life do not come from easily accomplished tasks. They come from doing what is hard to achieve a goal. That is the glory of climbing the mountain, the view from the top is tremendously more beautiful because of the work it took to get there.

Every time I go for a long walk or a run, I wonder briefly if today is the day my hip will break. Literally. 

Instead, my mind was racing so fast it felt like a race car moving too fast to make the turn. Feeling the forces pull you straightforward as you fight to turn the wheel and correct the course. Veering slightly up onto two wheels, sensing the impending doom of the crash that hasn't yet happened yet. The race of feeling overwhelmed. 

"Life might have its failures, but this was not it. The only true failure can come if you quit."

If that isn't a life lesson of resiliency & failing forward in the midst of those who will laugh at the dreamers, I do not know what is. 

Buy the book. Share the book. You will not regret it. 

Childhood stories are a treasure trove of adult lessons in leadership and personal development. The story of the ugly duckling forces us to think of how we define our identity. 

Don't be an ugly duckling. 

There is something difficult we must talk about. Something no one really likes to admit. A fear many of us face. What is this treacherous topic? 

Asking for help.