Kitchen chaos, PT truths, and surprise book-club love. The kitchen renovation rolls on, and I’m now a whiz at healthy meals powered by a Yeti cooler + microwave combo (shoutout to Hungryroot and Aldi). We’ve only caved to the siren call of takeout once. We also escaped to Greenville, NC, for my husband’s disc golf tournament, where a working sink and oven felt like a luxury resort. Lessons earned: 1) I’d rent a coworking space for a month. 2) We’d move all the furniture to the garage for...

If your day starts with a swipe, you're letting other people’s agenda and headlines drive your mood and attention. Try this guardrail: Pick three things for your health and wellbeing before any screen time. Even five to ten minutes can make a difference. TACTICS Step outside for morning light Five-minute mobility or foam roll Two minutes of breathwork Three gratitudes and “How I will make today great” Read five pages of a devotional Longer hug with your person or a minute with your pet...

How high-performance activation goes on - even in a construction zone! In the last two weeks, I’ve helped 1,200+ accountants Break Free From Busy and Elevate Their Focus—so, I've been calling on my inner Yoda to keep my own focus while living in a construction zone... Summoning my inner-Yoda... We’re renovating our kitchen, and thanks to the open-concept living, my office studio is the only available space to store our stuff. (It currently looks like Wayfair threw up in it.) In our...