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What do you do with the fear that you feel?

We snuck away to play in the snow last week before I began to truly understand the impact of Coronavirus in the US.  The image above is actually a screenshot of a hilarious video Oakley made of me.  I looked back to say “I’m a little nervous!” before I flew off down the hill, screaming all the way.

The COVID-19 pandemic started out as no big deal in my mind. 

In my naivete, it felt like it was happening so far away, it wouldn’t get to us, so safely tucked away here in the United States.  And even if it did, we would be so prepared, we’d all be fine.  I made choices aligned with that uninformed way of thinking for quite a while.

When we know better, we do better.  

But let’s be clear, knowing better and being better informed, will certainly not take away the fear that we’re feeling.  The rapid-fire …

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We need your fire

This is my spunky-fun, crazy-smart, friend Brooklyn Calloway, the founder of Brookielynn’s Bungalow, is her home for all things DIY and crafty, where she says it’s ok that she’s usually covered in paint and glitter.  We met through Wendi McGowan Ellis, at her now infamous AC3 gathering.  Of course, I knew of her previously through her steadfast involvement in all things Frisco.  But I hadn’t met her face-to-face until that first night at AC3.   We made an instant connection across the room in a conversation about groups of women and the “rules” around “who’s in and who’s out”.

Clearly deciding together that nobody has time for that nonsense in this life.  

I’ve had the privilege of getting to know her better over the last year and I’ll tell you what, she’s a get it done girl.  She’s full of energy like the Energizer bunny and she loves every second of it.  In fact, …

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Meet Chelsey, your guide to more Thoughtful Gatherings

The themes for our monthly Girls Night Out emerge from lots of listening and paying attention to what is going on in the lives of the women we serve.  So as soon as there were rumors of fall around the bend, and the energy of the holidays began to rumble.  We knew this first week of November would be perfect for guiding women through some intentional conversations about the holidays.

We needed someone who could guide us to chart a course for the all the gatherings ahead.  

It seems like we always have grand schemes and visions for how the holiday gatherings will go down, and mostly we are sorely disappointed. . . not to mention, often literally sore, from head (& heart) to toe.   We decorate the table, the mantel and the front porch like nobody’s business.  We prepare the most delectable, Pinterest-worthy menus.  We light the candles and set the …

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Live another day

I went to a lunch event yesterday in Fort Worth that was such an encouragement to my heart.  It wasn’t advertised as an “encouraging” event.  It was an educational luncheon on conscious capitalism.

I learned so many things, but most of all I was reminded (again) that I’m not alone in this entrepreneurial journey and inspired to keep going.

The speaker, Sunny Vanderbeck, said something that I can’t help but share with you.  He said, “Everyone who does anything of significance has someone pushing them further than they think they can go.  It’s not about arriving at the long-term vision that you’ve seen in the distance.  It’s just making it to the next log, and the next log.  Then one day, you look back and see that you’ve made it all the way.  It’s about the journey.”

There are so many treasures in that quote, but let’s look at two.

    You need someone pushing …

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Who is your summer inspiration?

Yesterday was a huge day for me, and for HeartStories. 

Over the past 3 months, Brittany and I have been reading applications, interviewing and checking references for summer interns.  It’s been exciting to learn how we can best serve each other as a team this summer though the experiences and stories each of us uniquely brings to the table.  We finally got to spend the entire day together yesterday, at our intern kick off meet-up (with the exception of Esther, who joined us virtually from Colorado).

It was a fast and furious and a total blast.  

We played a little try- not-to-hit-the-chandelier indoor basketball, to get things started.  The energy and creativity they bring is absolutely contagious and inspiring.  I don’t think there was one single second of silence the whole day.

But you know what I’m most excited about?

These are women who could get any big corporate  internship they wanted.  They could, but they chose …

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Career Day

When you were in 8th grade, did you already know what you wanted to do for the rest of your life?  Did you end up doing it?

I had no clue.  

I spoke to the 8th graders at a local middle school for career day last week.  It occurred to me, that since it took me 36 years to figure out how to do work that mattered to me, instead of doing work just to make money, my little talk might be good for people of all ages to hear.

So here’s an excerpt of the main points.  (Even if you skip to the end, I hope you’ll do the excercise.)

I always knew I wanted to have a career helping people.  So when I was nearing HS graduation, I talked with the guidance counselor about majors and decided that I’d be a psychology major, specifically child and adolescent psychology.

I thought becoming a …

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