Writing

A *Pathwright Partners* blog post There's a challenge I've noticed business owners facing that I don't think we talk about enough. And that is this question of what you need to be responsible for yourself versus what you can hand off to someone else. Accounting and finances...

The Wanderer is the embodiment of freedom — untamed, untethered, and unwilling to be caged. She follows the pull of unseen horizons, drawn not to safety but to the mystery of what could be. This is the energy that leads us into the unknown, toward the vast expanse of future...

We carry many selves. Some buried deep—forgotten, silenced, or abandoned. Versions of us that once believed they couldn’t survive what we’ve endured. But look at us now. Blooming anyway. Not in spite of the pain, but because of it. Every scar, every silence, every...

This week I had a new experience at the gym. I was done with my set and wiping down the machine when a lady came up to me to ask how it worked. She confessed she had never used this type of machine before and wasn’t sure how it worked. My first thought was: “And you’re asking...

Winter is not my favorite season. Even that is an understatement. I confess, it is a struggle to find joy in the short, bleak days of January (and February, and March, and April....). But in the last few years I've been trying to shift my perspective and search for glimpses of...

Too often we exist as hollowed soul-shells, content with a shadow of existence, insisting that this is good enough. Racing through our days as if this counts as living. Or in the words of Neil Postman, “amusing ourselves to death” and calling it life. In my journey of living...

Over the past year Ihad the opportunity to take part in Leadership Rockford, a 9 month program hosted by the Greater Rockford Chamber of Commerce. What is Leadership Rockford? Leadership Rockford is a program designed to help develop and connect the future generations of...

Last year I had the opportunity to attend the Tommy Corral Memorial Foundation Restore and Resilience Mental Wellness Retreat at Stronghold Castle in Oregon, IL. It was one of those synchronous experiences that I happened to stumble into. The timing of the event was perfect as I...