PinnedCosas NuevasI’ve never met an international raccoon. I don’t know why the family of raccoons in Costa Rica waddling across the floor of the open-air restaurant enchanted me so much. I’ve been places! I’ve cuddled koalas in Australia, swam with sharks in South Africa, dodged rats in the alleys of Paris…Personal Development12 min readPersonal Development12 min read
Dec 6, 2022A Year of Giving UpSomething happened at the end of 2021. The specifics don’t matter at this point, but the gist of it was a “dream” I almost got, had within reach, and then didn’t get. Everyone who knew about it consoled me. The weirdest part of all of it? I didn’t care. All…Books11 min readBooks11 min read
Jun 13, 2022The Importance of Being Earnest“The only place you can find love in Memphis is at the gentlemen’s club — at least then you know what you’re paying for, and they won’t steal your car.” –my Uber driver, Earnest. June 2022. CW: Uvalde, mental health struggles, and secondhand curse words. Getting on a plane is…Mental Health8 min readMental Health8 min read
May 18, 2022Making Sense of a Sad WorldSomething is sitting in the pit of my stomach. Something in my heart that isn’t entirely hardened by tragedies and violence is stirring. At first, I read the news out of Buffalo with the eye of an American who is used to mass shootings. I moved on through my day…Racism4 min readRacism4 min read
Apr 14, 2022Sit, Stay, LeadFor most of my life, the idea of being a “dog person” was foreign to me. In my house growing up, our dogs were an afterthought. They were small and lived mostly in the backyard. I assume someone fed them, but I don’t recall who. I know they were loved…Leadership7 min readLeadership7 min read
Mar 29, 2022You Did ThatSlack is down this morning, as is Peloton. So now, I have a legitimate excuse not to get on the bike with this extra time I have on my hands. I left my bullet points for a presentation I had to do in a Slack message, and just had to…Work Life Balance5 min readWork Life Balance5 min read
Mar 11, 2022All the Single LadiesThe bright white light of the giant video screen bounced off roughly 40 similarly-balding heads, like three dozen eggs lined up waiting to hatch. It is almost the Q&A portion of the young scholar’s research and she is prepared for any question about the methodology of her modeling approach, the…Women5 min readWomen5 min read
Published in Runner's Life·Feb 4, 20225 Hard-Earned Lessons From My First MarathonMarathons can shine a mirror on the parts of our lives we’d rather not see, but they can also teach us tough life lessons we need to hear. — “If you go to this restaurant my cousin owns, and you don’t like it, you can murder me.” This is the first thing I write down in my journal during marathon weekend. Our Turo host tells us this as he is driving us from LAX to the off-site location he…Running13 min readRunning13 min read
Dec 7, 2021My Own Worst EnemyWarning: if you are totally fine right now and everything is great, this isn’t the article for you. I’m super happy for you, but this space is for those of us running on fumes. This piece originally appeared on December 7th, 2021 on ELGL’s Morning Buzz *** For the last…Mental Health7 min readMental Health7 min read
Sep 6, 2021The Third PlaceThis spring, I started a Substack newsletter about life. It was going swimmingly-I was religious about my weekly updates about where and when I cried in public, and the journey I was on to reclaim my mental health. As summer approached, I took a week off from writing, and that…Personal Development7 min readPersonal Development7 min read