Okay, I’m not going to lie to you. I’ve definitely thought about what would be on my green room rider before. Whenever I go to a concert and soak up that rockstar energy (special shoutout to my faves- Eddie Vedder and Steven Tyler), my mind drifts off to that delicious…

It all started with the Venus of Willendorf. Yep, beauty standards began during the Paleolithic Era, the later half of the Stone age. Thanks, early Hominins! And those beauty standards haven’t let up since. Magazines featuring stick-thin supermodels in the ’90s and blockbusters featuring glamazon movie starlet’s ushered our beauty…

The vibration of the jackhammer busting through the foundation next door rattled my office windows. I could feel tension spreading up my jaw as my rambunctious puppy Diego’s I-hate-the-mailman barks echoed up the stairs. I knew it was only a matter of time before one of my kids interrupted another…

I know, I know… the term “self-love” is triggering your gag reflex. Tap your forehead and take a deep breath. My fingers are crossed that you’re still here. I get it. You’re over self-love. It feels gross to you at this point because it became a major social media buzzword…

The overwhelming success of the La-Z-Boy and UGGs (my personal favorite) is all the evidence you need to understand that people love to be comfortable. The comfort of routine and familiarity is why you have a favorite booth in your local cafe. …

Watching my son eat solid food for the first time was one intense exercise in conscious leadership. The food in question was the magical product known as Cheerios. Ah, that perfect childhood staple. (Also the 2 am adulthood cereal craving staple, but that’s beside the point…) He tried to get…

Let’s play 2 truths and a lie. I’ll go first… Life is happening by me and for me. You have to suffer to succeed. There is wisdom to every emotion. The lie in those 3 statements is often passed down societally as a truth. Suffering builds character. If it’s not…

Innovation is not just a stroke of luck. It is the product of an incredible, revolutionary process. There’s actually a skillset and mindset that can help you come up with novel ideas. The end goal of all design thinking processes and skills is innovation. Innovation is about applying an idea…

In eighth grade, I had the full junior high Mean Girls experience. Two girls who had been my best friends ditched me and left me in the dust. Teenage wrath bubbled up inside me. I threw my pear on the ground, splattering fruit everywhere and it barely missed my friend’s…