Female leaders

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...

In the world of personal growth, women’s empowerment, and spiritual development, there is one pattern I see repeatedly, and I’ve lived it myself. We say we want expansion. We say we want emotional safety...

I used to think the tightness in my chest was just something I had to power through. “Just do more, get to the other side of the project, and you’ll feel better”. That is what I would tell myself. I thought the...

There is a particular kind of confusion that successful people rarely admit out loud. It happens after the promotions, recognition, and years spent building a respected career. From the outside, life appears ...

There is a moment many women in leadership quietly experience, usually somewhere between managing a crisis at work, replying to emails while sitting outside a child’s activity, remembering a...