Sep 29, 2019
I pretend I can be all the things and do all the things with no stopping (except laundry. I don’t want to do ALL the things.) I behave as if I am infinite and omnipotent. And then my glass house shatters as soon as the stone of hangry gets tossed and the brick of six […]
Sep 29, 2019
So you see this, and I’m sure you have questions. For many of you, there is no context for Jenn in a chicken pool toy. So this is the crazy visual for my communication skill today. I like to call this “Hi, and here’s what’s coming.” Conversations have five parts: greeting, feedforward, business, feedback, and […]
Sep 25, 2019
When I was a young mom, people were forever exclaiming, “Enjoy this season! You’re going to miss it.” I wanted to scream and throw a slimy board book in their well-meaning faces. (I wish this were hyperbole.) Yes, people say this all the time: To single friends, enjoy the season of singleness. When you get […]
Sep 24, 2019
I could not see the giant Schnucks shopping cart. Rolling down the interstate in the Odyssey, my 10yo keeps pointing, trying to help me see the 13-foot cart. “Mom, it’s taller than that truck. It’s going up the ramp. Look, there it is again.”I kept seeing the hill of exit and the flat side of […]
Sep 23, 2019
Hiya, Monday! I know that our relationship is, well, tumultuous. So, can we talk? You are steady. I’ll give you that. You are faithful to show up. Every week—same bat time, same bat channel. I guess what changes is my thinking. I could see you as an opportunity to start afresh, exploring new ideas and […]
Sep 22, 2019
Leadership isn’t taking charge, getting things done, or signing the checks. Leadership is serving and influencing others. I’ve had this weird thing about permission. Maybe it’s military parents or years in teaching, but I felt like I could only help other people so much or live only so far into my dreams before a person […]
Sep 4, 2019
Growth is a quirky cocktail of self-awareness, other perspectives, and some new moves. Everyone’s recipe is a little bit different, but these are the essentials. Self-awareness is understanding your personal culture, values, drives, patterns, and pitfalls. New moves are the way out of staying the same — we literally have to do differently to grow. […]
Sep 3, 2019
When I had four tiny humans aged six and under, I thought for sure I had puncture wounds from the pecking. Ten years later, it turns out, their beaks get bigger. (In all honesty, I love my teenagers and prefer this age to previous ones. But still…) In parenting, we keep coming back to basics—responsibilities. […]
Aug 14, 2019
I had a couple big setbacks this week. They didn’t happen suddenly, but they crashed on the same day. One involved a client where I didn’t set clear expectations, so I didn’t meet theirs. Now I’ve lost a client. One involved my lack of follow-through, almost costing my child the first day of school. Don’t […]
Aug 5, 2019
I am impatient. I don’t want instant results, but I want the movie montage to get to the end. I want growth, grief, and conflict resolution to feel like the highlight reel. And that’s just the thing: I highlight reel implies a finishing. Here are snippets of all the work, conversations, practice, activities, waiting, and […]
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