What 40+ Countries, Two Decades in Strategic Communications and Cultural Management, and a Lifetime Between Cultures Taught Me About Human Connection.

After more than thirty years as an entrepreneur, people often assume I’ve seen it all. The truth is almost the opposite. Every stage of building a business has required me to become a student again. When...

Many women know they have something valuable to contribute, yet still hesitate to speak up, put themselves forward, or take up space. Visibility is often mistaken for attention-seeking, when in reality...

For women in leadership, pregnancy is often framed as a disruption to performance, timing, or career trajectory. Yet this perspective overlooks a critical reality: leadership and pregnancy are not mutually...

For years, women have been taught that success should feel exciting. Bigger launches. Bigger months. Bigger achievements. But what if the thing we've been chasing isn't freedom at all? What if the constant...

Do you like hearing the sound of your own voice, or do you hate it? “I hate hearing my own voice” is a comment I hear regularly when mentoring coaches as they listen to recordings of their coaching...

Every major shift in how we work creates two groups: the people who shaped it and the people who adapted to it later, on someone else’s terms. With generative AI, the evidence is now unambiguous about who is...

Female leadership is essential for the future of our world. When young girls see strong, confident women leading in their communities, workplaces, sports, and governments, they gain the belief that...

The signing of actress Dareen Haddad as brand ambassador for WeValue AI has drawn attention across both the media and property technology scenes, a partnership that brings star power into...

We are 75 percent water, 25 percent dry mass, 50 percent spiritual beings, and 50 percent physical beings. These are also a map to the layout of our universe. We are lymphatic fluid, bones, and flesh...

The presence of women in leadership roles ticks a diversity box but does not automatically mean there’s equality in the workplace. Are organizations genuinely advancing gender equity, informed by women...

Too many women have learned to accept having their ideas overlooked, repackaged, or credited to someone else as simply part of the workplace landscape. But claiming visibility is not about ego or self-promotion...

I recently had the privilege of supporting a women’s affinity group, Women United, through the United Way of Pierce County, which hosted its first annual afternoon tea. On the surface, it looked...

"I had never considered that my disappointment mattered to anyone." I sat with that sentence at a point in my life when I was professionally depleted, and the behaviors I was showing up with had...

You have kept going. You made it through sleepless nights, pregnancy losses, burnout that left you shaken, and the quiet grief of returning to a workplace that barely noticed what it took for you to...

Male-dominated industries do not need more women waiting to feel confident. They need more women willing to move before confidence arrives. The biggest leadership lie that women have been sold is...

The day before my 40th birthday, I stood in the entryway of my new home holding a set of keys that represented far more than a real estate transaction. They represented resilience. They represented courage.

I feel so blessed and also heartbroken. How is it possible? This isn’t the first time I’ve written about bittersweet. A while back, I wrote a review of a book that touched me deeply, Bittersweet by Susan Cain...

Many of the rights women enjoy today did not emerge because society gradually became more enlightened. They exist because women refused. Women refused exclusion. They refused violence. They refused...

If you’ve tried to find a better balance but still feel exhausted, you’re not alone. Many high-achieving women leaders are told they need better work-life balance, but that balance often fails when the deeper...

A returning mother sits across from her manager on her first day back. She is told, kindly, that things will “go back to normal soon.” The implication is unmistakable. Something ‘happened’ to her. Something...

From the outside, many women appear to be thriving. They are capable, high-functioning and outwardly successful. They are building businesses, leading teams, raising families, supporting others, managing...

The truth about building a business your way. There’s a narrative that gets sold to women all the time: Start your own business. Be a solopreneur. It’s easier than working for someone else.

I was working with a client recently, a high-performing leader who arrived at her coaching session with a head full of racing thoughts. Within the space of our session, something shifted. A deep out...