In April 2022, I met some of my best friends in Athens, Greece and ran my first half marathon. Experienced runners will tell you that once you run one race, you usually catch the “race bug” and immediately start thinking about the next one. Since then, I’ve run one half marathon every year—except 2025, when I injured my knee skiing. This year felt different because of that injury. I started training almost five months in advance to make sure my knees were strong enough to han

If you have not seen the MJ movie yet, don’t worry—I’m not going to spoil it for you. But I highly recommend you go see it. Sunday night, my entire family gathered at the Alamo Drafthouse to watch it together—parents, sisters, kids, and a few of the close friends who over the years have basically become adopted members of our family. That tends to happen in our crew. One sister makes a great friend, and before long they’re at Christmas, birthdays, and holidays right alongside

I had the pleasure of joining Emily Fenech on the HR Voices Podcast last month to talk about the future of work and the challenges facing people teams today.

Complaints from frustrated customers have prompted e-commerce and financial technology companies to quietly rehire some content writers, software engineers and customer service workers they had replaced with AI bots.

Recently, I watched a French movie called “Let's Dance.” I am actually not a big movie person, because I do not want to keep thoughts in my head I do not “need.” So I tend to only enjoy movies that are “forgettable” or at least not worth remembering. For example, Romantic Comedies - you know what will happen before even starting the movie. Or Christmas romantic comedies - even more forgettable (the boy and the girl will end married by New Years if not sooner). But this movie

This Mother’s Day season I had a chance to slow down due to recovering from a surgery (I know - I should find non-hospital related ways to rest as well 🙂 I am working on it. 🙂). This slower pace has allowed me to be very present and more observant of what is happening around me. It also has given me time to reflect on the intricate juggle of responsibilities of working moms striving for work/life harmony. In my current state, I cannot drive and spend most of my time at hom

I am lucky to have my amazing sisters (Elisha, Kami, & Tausha) living in Austin. But sometimes they influence me to do things that I might not otherwise do. This February my sister, Elisha, asked me to run the Ascension Seton Half Marathon with her - a 13 mile / 21 km, hilly run in downtown Austin (yes Austin is not 100% flat). For some odd reason, I said yes. Don’t get me wrong; if you have met me at least once, you know I LOVE to run. But since I started my mobile cardio fi

Ok friends. This month’s blog post doesn't follow the normal pattern (Narrative plus 3 to 5 lessons), because why should it? Nothing seems “normal" right now anyways. So, I am writing this one completely differently. So, for you to be able to digest it, I suggest you read it the way I wrote it. Go to your favorite music platform (for me its hashtag#amazonmusic). Search Becky G - Shower. Take a deep inhale. Now exhale. Wait 2 seconds. Repeat. And now that you are relaxed, rea

Every year my family and I go on an annual ski trip. This year we went to Park City, Utah at the start of the year. Each year I take group ski lessons to continue learning and improving in the sport. I skied for the first time on a business school trip when I was 26 and it has taken me years to first, not be terrified of the sheer presence and size of the mountain (we didn't have anything similar to that growing up in Mississippi), and second, become a semi-decent skier. I co

On Valentine’s Day, my sisters and I took my mom to see a Patti LaBelle Concert in Austin. First, let me just say it was awesome. Patti, you still got it girl! Get em! But on top of enjoying the show, I also managed to walk away with four leadership lessons (as I tend to look for them in normal life :)). First Lesson. If you are doing something you love that you are great at, you can do it for a long time. Let's start with the fact that Patti is 77 years old. She even said it