Whole Person Living

The first months in a leadership role quietly set expectations that can last for years. This toolkit supports leaders in approaching early transitions with intention, helping them listen well, align thoughtfully, and establish leadership presence without rushing or burnout.

After two years of consistent weekly movement, I have learned that habits stick more easily when they are built on care rather than pressure. This piece reflects on how intention setting, realistic expectations, and self compassion can turn habit building into an act of self care instead of self correction.

This worksheet helps you to plan compassionately for loss-related dates ahead.

Each year, I see so many messages of "New Year, New You." While this may be motivating for some, I see it overwhelm others. That's a lot of pressure- to reinvent your whole self. And is it really what is best for you? What parts of you already exist that you want to hold near to you from one year as the foundation for your growth in the next? Name it. Celebrate it. Create realistic goals that support your continued evolution. This workbook is an invitation to slow down

In a flood’s aftermath, grief is as communal as rain, but how each person processes it varies.  At Camp Mystic, families gathered on riverbanks, searching the mud for a daughter’s shoe or a token of a life unfulfilled.  Others retreated into silence, overwhelmed by disbelief or exhaustion, feeling frozen.  Some channeled pain into action as they organized relief drives, created Facebook groups to reunite lost items, or helping with the Lost Stuffy Project...others are angry.

Three moms. Three daughters. One shared loss. We didn’t choose the Dead Mom’s Club—but in it, we’ve found sisterhood, healing, and a way to honor our mothers each Mother’s Day. This is our story of grief, friendship, and holding space for both joy and ache.