Mother’s Day is not a surprise event. It comes at the same time every year, just like her birthday. You have a lot of time to plan and if you forgot, I’m giving you over a week, you’re welcome. Pay attention to HER and what she likes, needs and wants.

When I was at Haas School of Business, in 2007, I have a vivid memory of what success meant to me. We were in the middle of a presentation from a gentleman explaining how he successfully launched a world famous tech company in Silicon Valley. He kept talking about what SUCCESS meant to him, repeating

Do you show up for yourself as well as you show up for yourself? Do you find yourself searching for that elusive Motivation Bug that seldom seems to show up when you need it?
I remember the pride I felt for her and wondering where she would have gone had I not inspired her to believe in herself.
In real life, it’s important to make small, incremental changes. This helps guarantee that you can stick with them and they will have lasting change. I’ve told you this before and I’ll continue to tell you. We are training for the long term. We are training for life.
As we age, many of us see our circles change in ways we never expected. The schoolmates and co-workers that were once with us daily, have shifted, moved away and moved on. If we’re no longer interacting with these people daily, life moves on, priorities change and we can’t count on each other any more.…

When I agreed to run with her, she said she had 12 miles on the plan. That was the maximum I imagined running that day. I let the voices get to me and I was planning the finish before we even began.
The quiz she gave told us to list people from various social categories and mine was limited. I didn’t have time for friendships that didn’t involve school or my daughter. I did NOT want to attend social gatherings that were outside of my family, especially school sporting events.

Most of us have had diets, calorie counting and food shaming thrown at us our entire lives. There is always someone ready to educate you on the things you’re putting on your plate and how their diet is better for you.

I often find myself thinking, and have even said out loud a few times, “I don’t know what I did to deserve you in my life, these blessings in my life, these friends, this support…” But if I stop to think about it, that’s not true. I’ve manifested some of the best people in the