Subject: Why willpower fails (every time)
Why willpower fails (every time)
August 3rd, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTThat moment you try to hide the number on the scale (from your husband). Yes, that was me 9 months after giving birth to my 2nd child (Noah). Although I'd lost some of my baby we ...
An essential ingredient to success & balance
July 27th, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTWorking too much. . . yet still struggling to get everything done? Spending too much time doing things you don't want to be doing (and very little time doing the things you actual ...
The power of a post-it note (will shock you)
July 20th, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTStomach full of knots, feeling a bit (okay, a LOT) nauseous. I wanted to make like an ostrich and bury my head in the sand. It was July 2009, and I was staring at my revenue numbe ...
#1 tip to increase productivity
July 13th, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTI kept thinking "Heather, what's wrong with you?" It was busy season as a corporate finance attorney (October - December are by far the busiest months). My team and I were more t ...
How to not have regrets
July 6th, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTI was so stunned that I audibly gasped. Okay, so let me back up a moment... I was having lunch with a dear friend mentor several years after he retired, and it was time to tell hi ...
This is uncomfortable (because it's true)
June 29th, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTShe didn't want to hear it. . . But I was determined to say it. It was the Summer of 1990, and my friend *Anna* was dating a cute boy who was pressuring her to do things she didn' ...
The most wonderful time of the year (that wasn't)
June 22nd, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTDriving home after a long day at work, oblivious to the twinkling red white lights (that were everywhere) and irritated by The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year mockingly playing in ...
I couldn't believe what I was about to do
June 15th, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTWalking into my office (while gently closing the door behind him), he said "Heather, can we talk?" My heart rate increased. Everything slowed down. [It sounded ominous, and so I ...
Is this too preachy?
June 8th, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTTwo women who couldn't be more different yet had an incredible bond. . . One was a 50+ year-old New Yorker who was never married and cussed like a sailor (even *especially* at wor ...
Taking a leave of absence
June 1st, 2021 at 8:00 am CSTOver the course of my working life, I've taken 3 leaves of absences. The first two related to pregnancies. The third was when I had cancer. When out on maternity leave, I felt g ...