What I’ve learned in one year of running a business — If you have a young child in your home, chances are you’re singing Encanto songs under your breath at all hours of the day … not necessarily because you want to, but because they’re so damn catchy you just can’t help it. The other night around 2:30 a.m. I found…

How one question changed the trajectory of my life — I’ve defined my life by running. Some of my best memories are running marathons. I’ll never forget running the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in Savannah: It was mile 20 or 21 or something like that, and we were crossing through a neighborhood toward the finish line. One very old woman—probably…

Three causes of imposter syndrome and my suggestion for moving beyond it — This morning I opened my eyes to the sound of my 14-year-old chocolate lab peeing on our carpet … for the second time this week. (It may be time for Depends for Dogs.) After jumping up, letting her out, and then cleaning up the mess as my husband groaned in…

What I believe to be the root of women and unhappiness — What are the whispers you hear when it’s quiet? What are the thoughts that you push away as quickly as you can, hearing them approach like a distant train whistle and mentally cramming them in a corner of your brain before the whistle turns to a deafening roar? I’m reading…

I write and edit for a living, so I often see misused or overused words. Now I’m irrationally annoyed by a few. Here is a list of the top words and phrases I would happily delete from the English language. Undoubtably I hear this word said more than see it written…

What hiking and marketing have in common — I’m currently training for a 28.3-mile hike with the Make-A-Wish South Carolina. Training consists of long hikes (this one was supposed to be 14 miles) on Saturdays with groups of strangers in current 90-degree temperatures. Yea. It’s fun. (My husband thinks so too when I leave him home all day…

When you own a business, it’s easy to get caught up in everything that comes with business-owning: your employees, your product, your services and, essentially, your world. Owning a business is all-encompassing, for sure. However, when it becomes all-encompassing, there’s the danger of missing the forest for the trees. Following…

Being an overweight child taught me to reject my body, blaming it for the disconnection I felt with others. — It was a scene right out of the movies in all of the worst ways. Except it was my life. …

It’s a Sunday on a Tuesday at 2 am or 3. I’m counting backwards from my head to my feet, and over and over my fingers are tapping asdf jkl; asdf jkl; 5212 1252 5212 1252 fbcb cdfg fbcb cdfg the keys on my sheets echoing to my feet as I tap to the rhythm with my…