Brave at Every Age

Brave at Every Age

What were you doing at 16? If you are like me, you were doing 16 year old stuff: goofing with friends, playing in the school band, working a part-time job, earning a drivers license. If you are like Cora Haenelt, you were giving a speech to over 500 women in...
BRAVE Doesn’t Need to Be Hard

BRAVE Doesn’t Need to Be Hard

As I write to you I am in Pittsburgh. We drove across the country from our home in the Denver, Colorado area. Over three days we drove across Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, took in a little slice of West Virginia, and then coasted into Pittsburgh. Did I...
Celebrate Brave the Podcast! Now Live

Celebrate Brave the Podcast! Now Live

Members of the Build Your BRAVE network were the first to get the news and it came right after a failed coup in the USA. I’ll be honest, I deliberated holding back, waiting for some dust to settle and accountability to build, before sharing the news. But then, a dear...
I am FireDancer.

I am FireDancer.

Brave are the courageous souls who dare step outside the predefined yellow brick road. -Kami Guildner Sure, I knew about the yellow brick road. I watched VHS (yeah, I said it). I knew within my deepest heart-of-heart that there was a yellow brick road for me, no...
No is a one-word sentence; Celebrate it

No is a one-word sentence; Celebrate it

“Yes” is a one-word sentence and we celebrate it.   “No” is also a one-word sentence and we shrink from it.   But do we celebrate it?   No.   But here is the thing, we should celebrate no as a full and complete sentence.   No frees us up as much as yes, and sometimes...
I’m 40! Single Ask Made Reality

I’m 40! Single Ask Made Reality

My single birthday ask was to wake up in the mountains, looking at the mountains.   Since I live in Colorado … super simple to find a short-term rental, right?  ….. Welp. There is also: Two kiddos. Two dogs. My birthday is during Thanksgiving week. It is COVID, right...