I’ve got some cool things to recommend you check out this week.
Two Opportunities for Support and Inspiration I recommend…
Solid Ground Coaching Circle: Navigating Transitions When It’s All Just TOO MUCH
10-week coaching group begins March 13th
When life has been challenging, you need a safe space to talk, to process, to be heard, to be witnessed. Do you have that? If not, that’s where a well-curated women’s coaching group can be invaluable.
In the past year or more, if you’ve experienced loss of loved ones, health challenges, divorce, moving, major career change, parenting challenges, natural disasters (hello fires and floods!) and more, this might be perfect for you. Exponential healing happens in a group dynamic.
Learn more about Solid Ground here or set up a no-obligation collaborative chat with me to see if now is the time for you to join us. Let’s talk!
Tending Your Creative Fire: A North Carolina Women’s Retreat April 25, 2026
My dear friend/author/catalyst Renee Trudeau loves to support women in staying alive, awake and alive through embodied spirituality. Join her and like-hearted women April 25, 9am-5pm, Lake Logan Retreat Center, Canton, NC (20 minutes from Asheville) for Tending Your Creative Fire: A North Carolina Women’s Retreat. This is a one-day self-renewal retreat devoted to wild creativity, authentic connection, deep to-the-bones replenishment and support for reflecting on, “What is uniquely mine to do?” as we move into this new era.
Renee Trudeau is an internationally recognized catalyst/teacher. She’s been curating/leading transformational experiences for women for 25 years. A best-selling author of two books on life balance, she’s been featured in The New York Times, Good Housekeeping, O Magazine and on CBS News.
*Special $30 off discount for Southeast women affected by Hurricane Helene.
Limited number of scholarships also available.
Two Podcasts I recommend…
Listen to the Boss Body Podcast
I recently had the pleasure of being a guest on the Boss Body Podcast with host Sarah Haas, Women’s Weight Release & Body Love Coach, where we discussed how creating rituals can help us heal, find clarity, and embrace what’s next.
We talked about rituals for divorce and rituals for health challenges (Sarah is a breast cancer survivor who had a double mastectomy) and we talked a lot about the importance of taking space and time to pause when life gets hectic.
Watch the full episode on YouTube and learn how to create your own rituals to support you through life’s transitions and get practical ideas for weaving sacred moments into your everyday life.
Watch the Boss Body Podcast now or listen on Apple Podcast or Spotify.
Listen to the INNtrospection: From Grief to Growth Podcast
Amy Lindner-Lesser, a grief and loss expert, invited me to be on her podcast recently to talk about all things ritual. We share a lot in common – lots of deaths in the family at an early age, deaths of our parents, infertility, becoming parents through adoption and more. We also talked about kindergarten birthday parties, a tale of two divorces, doing the morning New York Times crossword puzzle, adopting our girls, death rituals and more.
Watch the From Grief to Growth Podcast Now
Two Books I recommend…
The fires in LA. Hurricane Helene in the Southeast. The flooding in Valencia, Spain.
Natural disasters are becoming more frequent. People who thought they were immune are now being impacted. Last fall, as I was navigating my own trauma in Asheville, I followed Emma Churchman’s unfolding story on Facebook about living in the wake of Hurricane Helene, as she and her husband navigated living without power, internet, cell phone service, or even functional roads. Her story has now become a book.
I personally know Emma, a trauma chaplain and Quaker minister, and I highly recommend that you read her new book, The Deep End of Hope in the Wake of Hurricane Helene: 40 Days and Nights of Survival and Transformation. The book delivers a unique, boots-on-the-ground perspective on survival, recovery, and transformation in the aftermath of a catastrophic hurricane. Combining on-the-ground observations, reflections on trauma recovery, and a compassionate narrative, the book captures the human spirit’s resilience in unprecedented adversity.
This book is also a fundraiser. A portion of the proceeds from The Deep End of Hope will go to Mennonite Disaster Service, as they were one of the first groups on the ground helping Emma’s community with recovery.
The book is available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Bookshop.org, Indigo Books and other online retailers.
What if…
- leaders could help teams innovate any time they wanted to?
- teams had the skills and tools to innovate and solve problems creatively?
- we could solve all problems on the planet with collaborative creativity?
It’s all possible if you have the right tools.
Time for deliberate creativity!
I just finished reading Deliberate Creative Teams: How to Lead for Innovative Results by my friend and colleague Dr. Amy Climer! It’s so good!
This book is a must-read for leaders who want to unlock their team’s creativity and drive innovation. It’s packed with research-based strategies, real-world examples, and tools that actually work.
If you lead a team, you need this book! Check it out at www.deliberatecreativeteams.com
One request for help…
Do you know anyone impacted by adoption who has experienced reunion?
Many of you know that I’m an adult adoptee living-in-reunion with my birth-family for 25 years. I’m also an adoptive mama to Riley and we’ve been living-in-reunion with her birth-dad for five years now.
I’m writing my next book about developing healthy, long-term relationships in adoption reunions and I’m looking to interview more people for my project. Adoptees, birth-parents, and adoptive parents who have experienced reunion are great candidates to share their stories. I also enjoy talking with grandparents, siblings, cousins, and other relatives to learn about their experiences as well.
If you know anyone who has experienced reunion (whether positive or challenging), I’d love to talk with them. Please encourage them to email me with the subject line “Adoption Reunion Interview” and I’ll get back to them about scheduling. Thank you for your support with this project near and dear to my heart!
I hope you’ve enjoyed these recommendations. As always, I’m here to support and inspire you!