For years, I shared stories.

Now I’m asking different questions.

? Why did one effort succeed while another failed

? Why do similar efforts produce different outcomes

? What role do assumptions, context, and timing play in the lives we create

Sticky Thoughts

“New stories, new patterns, straight to your inbox”

Every struggle leaves a clue. For years, I shared the stories – moments of breakdown and breakthrough from women navigating real life.

Now I’m doing something different: looking back at these stories to find what they have in common. The patterns. The assumptions we never question. The discomfort we avoid.

What I’m discovering might surprise you – and it might also be exactly what you’re looking for.

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I Didn’t Have a Plan

She signed up for a marathon at 25 without ever having run a mile – because she knew she needed to do something she had never done. Two decades and one life-altering diagnosis later, Cher is still chasing discomfort on purpose.

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Giving Birth at 75

Fifty years ago – one of the first women in America to sell computers. Today – a tech luddite, overwhelmed and befuddled by apps that swear they’re ‘intuitive.’

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Laugh . . .

She tumbled down the airport stairs, snapped both heels clean off, and limped into her first TV interview laughing at the absurdity – Penny landed the job that launched her award-winning career.

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