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I loved talking to the women at Ellevate Houston this week. There’s just something about bringing like-minded women together to share, laugh and inspire one another. What’s so special about Ellevate is their commitment to creating equal opportunity for women- to have a voice in important conversations, to steer our collective economic power towards that which we care about, which in turn, ultimately benefits everyone, and leads to a more equal world. Can I get an Amen? I talked to them about struggle, challenge and pain. You know- the heavy crap. I talked about how pain can be a gateway towards reclaiming our true selves. We might not ever know or understand the reason behind our greatest suffering, but we can choose to create meaning in our pain. We can grow, evolve and transform through the hard times. And, ultimately RISE UP to become even better than before. Trust me, it’s what we were made for! 🙌💗💪 Check out my insta stories for a little taste of my speech! 🙌

I really, really love this quote!! It’s simple yet profound. So much of life is a paradox. We fall, we RISE. We sleep, we wake. We lose, we win... I guess if God gave us the ability to fall, stumble and fail, then he also gave us the ability to RISE. We were born with the ability to feel and experience pain, struggle, heart break, and we were also born with the ability to feel and experience strength, redemption and HOPE. As Andra Day’s song goes... “I'll rise up I'll rise like the day I'll rise up I'll rise unafraid I'll rise up And I'll do it a thousand times again” #WEAREBUILTFORTHIS

Hi friends! I’m at #RISEBusiness today in Charleston! Whoop! Drinkin the @theholliscompany kool aid! Here are my take aways after day one: 1. Rachel and Dave are both funny, authentic, wise and INSPIRING!🙌 2. Entrepreneurship is freakin HARD and you’ve got to embrace the struggle- AMEN. 💯 3. Always keep learning and approach your business with humility.🙏 4. BE self aware, know what you don’t know and acquire the skills you need. 🧐 5. Failure is FOR you. It’s the most data rich experience you can have- use it to grow.👊 Here’s the thing... I felt energy all around me today of men and women dreaming for more and opening up to what’s possible for them. I felt a collective energy of focus, determination, inspiration and hope. I also felt how complex and unique our individual journey’s are. I think we can safely assume that most of us are doing our best to be our best, and striving to live a life feeling whole and complete. I honor this journey- ALL OF IT. The failures. The setbacks. The commitment. The accomplishments. The plateaus. The effort. Keep going. Keep trying. Keep moving. Let go of your old stories. They don’t define you. They aren’t you. Take a leap and become the hero of your own story. No one is more worth it than YOU! 🙌 Let’s Go!! (stealing from Dave!🤣)

Hi! Here I am talking @jpmorgan client lunch about finding time for ourselves and not feeling guilty about it. As we head into the holiday season, we tend to feel a lot of demands put on us. It’s a time where we can easily slip down the path of not feeling enough. I say, let’s rewrite that outdated script and spend even more time on ourselves. Our mental, emotional and physical selves need a lot of TLC this time of year. Call me selfish, hell, you can call me crazy. But, I’m heading to yoga class right now. Mic drop. 🎤 🤣🤣

I made it! It’s the last day of October (and Halloween no doubt) and I’m posting about one of my most personal, passionate causes- #breastcancerawareness. Let’s start here- how many of you have visualized beating the sh*t out of cancer? 🙋🏻‍♀️ Well, courtesy of @savaresefightfit_westu your vision can be made possible!! 👊🙌👏 My incredible mother, Marlaine, has been battling the disease for over 31 years now (see pic of her ringing MD Anderson chemo bell in scroll👆) - she’s still being treated every three weeks @mdandersoncancercenter and her grit, strength and determination inspire me daily. I never knew how good it would feel to punch something for over an hour straight! And, keeping a strong, focused concentration on my Mother’s cancer cells kept my energy and aggression at an all time high!! 🙌 Also, @accellifestyle hosted the event and can I just say... Megan is a rockstar!! Check out their unique, custom patented (non-stink) brand of athleisure wear ASAP. All the proceeds from the event benefitted @therosehouston. I was honored to be in the company of such an incredible group of women “fighting” for #breastcancerawareness- let’s keep fighting, sharing our stories and coming together to find a cure! (Special shout out to @ragdesfight pictured above- she’s fighting the fight as we speak and looking great doing it! You are an inspiration! 💗)

Well, we didn’t win tonight but we’ve still got one more shot! 🙌I’ve loved experiencing this series with my best friend!! His devotion to the ‘Stros is inspiring and I feel especially grateful I’m able to be at a #worldseries game!! Let’s do this and finish this thing off tomorrow... GOOO ‘STROS!! #takeitback #astros #astrosbaseball #worldseries2019 #htownpride

Loved being @davidsoncollege for parents weekend seeing our boy! So much fun meeting new friends, watching football game and eating North Carolina BBQ! Beautiful place and beautiful people... ❤️🖤❤️

Well, it happened. I made a vision board. I have never done one before, but after having lunch with a friend recently who was kind enough to listen to me blab on and on about my life and the uncertainty I was feeling around my goals and next phase, she kindly stated- “I think you should do a vision board, it might help you gain a little more clarity around what your intentions are.” SO I DID. At first I felt a little silly- (maybe a little too woo-woo?) Here’s the deal, I am pretty realistic about the fact that there is so much more to do in making any of these dreams become a reality than just me cutting and pasting down images and words that inspire me. But, I have to say, the actual act of creating the board was so much FUN. I felt free and empowered! I had the realization as I was doing it how critical it is to have clarity around your values, intentions, hopes and dreams. Clarity creates more confidence. And, most importantly, I find comfort in releasing the outcome a bit- maybe some of this comes true and maybe it doesn’t, but the real value in this exercise for me was the simple and profound act of DREAMING - no limits, no inner critic, no outside opinions… just a girl and a board dreaming again… 🙌🙏💕✨

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