My 4 year old is always going through my stuff! He knows about the bag with old watches, the drawer with rechargeable batteries, and the Spiderman onesie my brother got me for my birthday (story for another day). His curiosity even extends to my behavior with recent questions including:

…I have seen cultures desperate to preserve themselves and others trying so hard to become something else. I have run the surveys, helped craft the initiatives, been the voice of the dissatisfied, and been the ear for leaders to all that was being said. 

…we only really learn to get anywhere because we learn to fall. So fall on your frontside, backside, and even your face but just remember that when you have that chat with yourself be sure to make it a good one - aligned with your values, supportive of your goals, and with the curiosity to try.

Now there are two types of people in the world: People who don’t think adults should argue with toddlers, and people who know better…

Have you ever been to a silent disco? It is an event where you have multiple (think 5 or 6) DJs or music stations playing that can only be heard through headphones. So in order to hear the music you need to have your

Have you had those moments you wished there was an 'off' switch in your head? (Side note: I'm raising my hand here, because this was me to a T)

As a middle child, I learned how to be the diplomat and the world's greatest arbitrator of all times. Sandwiched between an older sister and younger brother, I learned to see all sides, consider the facts of everything, developed empathy, and how to solve relational problems for others.

Often, we choose to stay with one hard, to avoid another type of hard. We keep our true opinions to ourselves or don't initiate the hard conversation, so we can avoid the discomfort of conflict. However, it’s also hard when…

Our goals in themselves are nothing more than a passive result. An outcome from having done something. They can come and go. They can be taken away. However, the knowledge, skills, & confidence gained, AND who you become along the way - when working towards your goal - can’t be taken away…

My parents grew up in Taiwan. Whenever I complained about my homework as a kid, they would remind me that they had 5x as much homework as we did, studied 7 days a week for the majority of the year, AND to top it off, when test scores were released, they were displayed…

A lot of us cringe on the inside when we hear the word 'failure'. I recently did a coaching webinar with a global tech company and we spoke about how to move through times of uncertainty & change. One of the biggest themes that popped up throughout our time together - even with C-suite executives in the room - was around a fear of failure…

I'll just put it out there. 2020 has been one heck of a year, right?Following a global pandemic, we’re now exposing and being confronted head on with deeply entrenched racism that has been happening all along in our system, in our communities, in our workplaces, in our homes, and in our own hearts…

…sometimes we notice when our fears come up, the comparison sets in, the self-doubt messages rise...and we're hard on ourselves. We say things like "I should know better than this", "I thought I moved past this" - and then we try so hard to STOP thinking about those things…

Have you ever been in a room and felt so intimated by the setting or the people that you sat in silence? But, in your head you were bursting with thoughts and ideas which you gradually watched other people say out loud. Or, do you have more interesting conversations with…

I always remember that moment after I poured out my heart to a friend about a challenge I was going through and he quickly countered - "Just stop worrying and think positively, Stephanie." (spoiler alert: that didn't work)

When I was a little girl, a really popular game to play at school was called 'Simon says'. The teacher would call out instructions and the children would have to follow the instructions, but only if they started with "Simon says".

Real talk today. Things are intense right now and naturally, there is a lot of advice circulating online and in our social circles around seeing the silver lining, staying positive, how to grow through all that’s happening with Covid. And I 100% agree - as a natural optimist, this was my starting position.