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Your FFT

Brene Brown just launched her new podcast, Unlocking Us. Her first episode was about FFT’s — Fucking First Times — how everything is so...

Can you innovate?

Times of crisis can also be times of great innovation. Look around: Concerts have gone virtual, restaurants have pivoted, entire college...

Systems thinking

Your focus last week was surviving. (Congrats, you made it.) This week your focus should be systems. You want to move out of taking it...

A new direction for Uplift

The world has changed. Almost everyone I know is now working remotely. Schools are closed. SXSW, March Madness, Disney . . . all...

So Money

Last week, I was on Farnoosh Torabi’s So Money podcast, talking about the financial impact of being a working mom. Here were a few tips...

How do I become less reactive?

This week’s reader question is common. I start every day with good intentions, but then fire drill after fire drills happen. How do I...

Learn how to fall (and fail)

Josh Waitzkin is fascinating. He’s been at the top of two very different sports: chess (Searching for Bobby Fischer was based on him) and...

How do I get promoted?

This week’s reader question is familiar: How do I make sure I’m setting myself up for promotion? Here are some tips: Be proactive. Let...

How to be your own work valentine

Flowers, chocolates, singing telegrams... some Valentine’s Day delights are just sweeter (and less weird) when they come from somebody...

I Will Determine The Line

I struggle with the tension between having high standards for myself and self-acceptance. Will accepting the messy current me prevent me...

Create a Safeword

My team is wicked smart and incredibly hard-working, so when something isn’t working, it’s not them, it’s the process. Yet, recently I...

How to Crush it as a Working Mom

59% of working moms of young kids do 30-minutes or less of professional development per month. Get ahead of the pack this month by...

What are your burning questions?

Last week, a mom reached out to me, asking me to tap into the Uplift community for answers to a burning issue for her. I posted the...

5 Things You are Probably Missing

In developing Uplift, I’ve surveyed and interviewed well over one thousand working moms and talked to countless business leaders trying...

My First Podcast!

I’m a total podcast junkie. Working out, cleaning, driving, I rarely don't have one on. So, I was psyched when I had my first podcast...

Embody your best self

Recently, I’ve been having some important meetings where I need to impress. A new trick has been helping me nail these conversations. I...

Be early

Those that know me well will laugh that I’m writing this, as I am chronically late. But, I recently heard the quote, “all the good things...

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