Happy New Year! Ok, ok. I know I'm a couple of weeks late, but still, this year is bursting with fresh, new opportunities! I've been spending the last two weeks identifying what I want to get out of this year on three focused fronts: my life, my blog, and my work, in that order. Why spend the first two weeks of the new year doing this? I have a couple of reasons. First, I spent the last two weeks of 2017 enjoying a bucket list trip with my husband to Germany, Austria, Switzer

Note: This is part two of a three part blog series to prepare for 2017. Enjoy! In my prior post, Reflect and React Part I: I Want To See You Be Brave, I discussed the importance of self-awareness and how fear is the main hindrance to becoming self-aware. I'm stepping up to the plate and addressing some of the questions I posed at the beginning of the last post. In writing my responses, I learned new things about myself and wrote things that were in the back of my mind, but t

Note: This is the first part of a three part blog series regarding preparing for 2017. Another year is in the books. What did your 2016 chapter look like? What did you accomplish in your professional and personal life this year? What are you most proud of and why? Who did you welcome into your life and how have they impacted you? What was your biggest failure this year? Why did you fail? Are you still pursuing it? Why or why not? While most people are focusing on what they w