by maren | Mar 18, 2026 | Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Development, Mindset, Skill Development
Last Tuesday, I sat down to write a challenging email. I suddenly noticed that I hadn’t watered the plant across the room recently. Forty-five minutes later, I was still puttering around my house making sure all my plants were happy. Yes, I have a lot of plants (just...
by maren | Feb 17, 2026 | Business, Mindset, Skill Development
Have you ever felt like you’re trying to hold it all together while feeling secretly brittle inside? You’re not alone. And although the ‘brittle-ness’ seems self contained, it’s not. It’s what’s getting in the way of your success, in both life and business. Let’s dive...
by maren | Jan 7, 2026 | Business, Leadership Development, Mindset, Skill Development
Last week, Stephanie shared an article she’d read about how LEGO went from losing $1m per day (yes, per day 😳), to being solvent, to a net profit of over $266 million. All by doing something simple. Something every one of us could implement today. Let’s get into the...
by maren | Nov 14, 2025 | Business, Leadership Development, Mindset, Skill Development
Our culture confuses busyness with purpose. Our calendars overflow, our minds race, and our bodies run on autopilot—and we don’t just tolerate it, we glorify it. It’s how we define ourselves. We think meaning lives in what we do because it’s where we’ve been trained...
by maren | Oct 29, 2025 | Business, Leadership Development, Mindset, Skill Development
There’s a quiet habit among leaders that drains energy and dissolves trust: people pleasing. It’s a pattern that hides in plain sight, wrapped in kindness, obligation, and the hope of being seen as reliable. It’s a cultural “should.” An automatic yes feels easier than...
