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.
Turning My Struggle with Self-Worth
For decades, career success was the only thing that made me feel worthy. And then I started reading my own pattern – and experienced a different result.
Where Do I Belong?
Her parents were too young to know how to love her – so for years, alcohol took their place. Sobriety. Relapse. And finally, the realization that home was never out there – it was within her.
I Want to be Bold and Confident
Angie loved the world – but the world didn’t always love her back. So she decided to stop outsourcing her self-definition to people who judged her unfairly.
Don’t Shrink to Fit
A teenage heartthrob, Claudia struggled for years just to let her own voice be heard. Shrinking to fit meant something as small as not knowing how she liked her eggs.
Don’t Put a Lid on Me!
Barbara was a nationally recognized subject-matter expert with multiple degrees – and still kept quiet in the office. Today, she’s found a microphone that broadcasts her voice around the world.
Dreams Do Come True
Debbie was sobbing on the bathroom floor behind three locked doors when she finally asked herself the question that changed everything: why am I settling for the crumbs of other people’s lives?