I’ll never forget a certain dinner with my business mentor.  We were discussing some big decisions that were looming over me.  I told him I was afraid to make the wrong decision: the consequences of choosing the wrong thing felt overwhelming.  He looked at me with kindness and said “Me Ra, not falling is still […]

Is there anyone you know that is vulnerable and needs this list? It could make all the difference.

It’s late Thursday night, and I typically try to unplug once we have dinner.  But tonight, I keep thinking about this passage from one of Paulo Coelho’s books.  It’s a passage I’ve been writing and thinking on for the last couple weeks.  And for some reason, something keeps nudging me tonight, as if to tell […]

Cast Your Cares – Overcoming Fear – Dallas Speaker & Author After the many responses and comments from Surviving as an Entrepreneur, I was reminded of how many of us are facing fears and stresses that often leave us feeling isolated. The encouragement to cast your cares is something we know in our head but […]

Surviving as an Entrepreneur – Overcoming Fear – Dallas Speaker & Author I can’t decide whether this post would be more appropriately titled Surviving as an Entrepreneur or How to Survive When You Feel like You’re Crashing. Let me explain and you can decide. Being empty seems to hit us when we least expect it.  […]

I’m a story teller at heart, and I can’t think of a better way to start the New Year than with a great story.  A true story.  One that happened recently. Laura stood in front of the group.  Her hands were trembling, and her infectious smile had been replaced with a face of anxiety.  It […]