Start changing how you react to mornings and people will start changing how they react to you.” -Jim Rohn Good morning, Wisconsin! I am grateful; I am strong; and I am alive!

People will talk about & judge you no matter what you do, so you might as well do what makes YOU happy. You are limitless! How cool is that?

Sometimes you have to look back to see how far you’ve come. As a reminder that no matter what is on the horizon we are stronger because we have each other & our health. Fear, you will not win. You will never win.

Have you ever watched a video online and thought “Wow that is so cool, inspirational, etc.” only to look at the comments to see completely different opinions…and think “wait, what?!” I’m in a golden retriever group and an owner posted his golden at the Boston Marathon (which ended up on ABC news) and I immediately […]

A Sioux creation story says that long ago the Creator gathered all of Creation and said, “I want to hide something from the humans until they are ready for it. It is the realization that they create their own reality.” The eagle said, “Give it to me, I will take it to the moon.” The […]

Steve Jobs died a billionaire at 56 of Pancreatic Cancer and here are his last words on the sick bed: “I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. In the end, wealth is only a […]

Here is an experience I think will help you with faith. I’ve never typed this out because recalling the memory is excruciating. I feel the urge today. When my dad entered hospice care at home, I spent days just sitting with him. We took shifts as a family. But I didn’t want to miss a […]

Day 2 of my book 100 Days to Brave. Today it encourages me to be brave so others can. So I’m going to share something that I’m ashamed of…in hopes it will help another. The other day I posted this picture of the pure joy on this one’s face when I said YES to letting […]

Last night as I was rubbing my sons head as he was falling off to sleep…I remembered my mom used to do the same thing. It was so soothing… So, when you think to yourself “what have I accomplished today…” When you dropped them off at school and kept yourself from weeping (until you got […]

It’s been five months since I suffered a severe panic attack that led into a month-long anxiety attack leaving me to essentially re-learn the confidence to: Eat, Leave the house, drive, walk into a crowd, use an elevator, fly again, walk again and run again. I was like a new born baby. I felt my […]