Our move to Virginia was not a simple, one-step process. It was almost a full year of limbo, of in-between. My husband had moved to start his new job in August and we listed our home for sale in September. I was prepared to move when the house sold . . . but it didn't. It was months of keeping the house "ready" for a showing. It was months of going to my job that I knew would end. It was months of my son going to school and activities, not knowing when it would be his last sw

Growth Mindset. This term feels like a recent catch phrase to me. I’m not sure if it's just something I have discovered recently because of my deep dive into the world of personal development, or if it is really a new topic for blogs, podcasts, facebook lives, etc. But for many years now, before I even knew what having a growth mindset meant, I have surrounded myself with images of growth.

Looking back (updated [November 2026]): I wrote this at the very beginning of my coaching journey. This is truly the starting point of everything I teach and coach about in Pencil & Purpose. It's the origin story of Life Drafting. SO much has happened since this post, but the core of what I want to do in the world remains. If we’re lucky, life brings us through cycles of comfort (AKA the comfort zone) followed by change and transition, which hopefully leads to another period