How will you serve, love, and create right here?
I’m deep in a season of creating and trusting. A new curriculum.An online course.A store full of tools for life and leadership.Three books this year (yes, three).And of course, the Courage Deck, that holy, magic little stack that continues to change
Courage over clout.
I just went back and forth with a PR agency that said they wanted to feature me as a Top Speaker to Follow in 2025. Let’s talk about those shiny features and accolades you see in the marketing world. You know the
Three days of deep conversation, creativity, laughter, and community.
Here they are, the first Commerce Bank ALDP cohort to be fully trained in Courage is Built Here™! Three days of deep conversation, creativity, laughter, and community. This program, and these people, are always one of my favorites each year. They
And I’m deeply grateful.
They say that when everything seems to go wrong, it’s often a sign that what you’re doing really matters and that it’s going to help a lot of people. I don’t think I’ve ever felt that more than this week. A hotel
Time to lean in, show up, and do the work!
Courage is Built Here™ is hitting the road! 29 workbooks.29 journals.29 permission slips.Certificates, countless pens, crayons, colored pencils, markers.And sticky notes in all the colors. All boxed up and ready for three days of deep courage work with the Advanced Leadership Development Program at @commercebank. I’m
Doing the work and living the change.
A three-and-a-half-hour workshop was about to begin. I sat down to pray over the room as the team caught up with each other, many meeting in person for the first time, and I glanced over. My breath caught a bit. A copy
It’s a beginning.
We have a logo! And it feels wildly foolish to feel really excited about it, let alone to share it. Because here’s what I’m learning:When you live with courage, you feel beyond foolish most days.When you walk with unflappable faith, you
It was never just one.
Sometimes people look at your life or work online and assume you’ve “made it.” They see the polished pieces, the offerings, the photos, and assume it happened quickly. That success came overnight. What they don’t see:The canceled workshops.The quiet seasons.The years of
