Can you imagine if all leaders in every area of business, education, government and every sector, used the strategy to lead with Love. I recently did a training on Positive Leadership and one of the principles I have always used in my own leadership is to lead with love.

As I reflect on the blessed life I live, I am going to be honest that it has not been easy and none of it was luck. My story is hard work, belief, vulnerability, inspiration, authenticity, and self discovery.

For two decades, I have had the honor to lead women in building home based businesses in the Direct Sales Industry. This was not something I ever imagined I would do, but somehow, it has turned out to be an incredible platform to create what I want and be able to do what I love (mentor and inspire others as leaders and mom’s).

For almost 20 years, I have had the benefit of participating in meetings that are uplifting, inspiring, confidence building and collaborative in team development, leadership development and women’s empowerment. For many years, my business partner and I have hosted leadership retreats in our Direct Sales business where we not only teach business, but more importantly, we help women grow their vision, create a life by design, and to use their business as a vehicle and platform to grow in all areas.

It has been just over a month since we have been Empty Nester’s and truth be told it is still strange and I am not quite sure what to think. So, while I don’t have words of wisdom here, I can share the emotions, thoughts and what I see transpiring in our lives.

In our adventures of “Living Our Nest Life”, high on our list was going North and Hiking in the Mountains. I say “our” but it was really me, I have just wanted to hike, and while we walk locally and in nature, I wanted a day trip to explore something new and hike a great trail.

My Colby and his video celebrating his high school graduation. Colby, my baby boy, you are going to do great things in this world. Colbism!!!!!!

I have avoided writing this summer, as my youngest graduated high school and my 3 babies will all be in college this Fall. Having 3 babies in 3 years was overwhelming when they were little, but my Mom talked about how great it will be to have them close in age.

Glennon spoke at our Leadership Conference this weekend, and she spoke truth about how women are viewed in the world, and how women can treat each other at times. This truth hit me in a visceral way, very deeply as I have experienced this throughout my life.

As I write this, we have been in this state of Pandemic for a year, just over a year ago, we were shut down and life as we knew it changed. I am going to first address how many of us (especially Moms but not exclusive to Moms) might be feeling and then we will chart our course to talk about things we can do as we lead ourselves out of this, sound good?

We took a recent vacation, and it was a decision that we were both not ready to make given the year we have had with Pandemic and previous travel restrictions. I said to my husband, let's just give him a great week away, lets be in the sunshine, let’s just do it!

March is the time I always think about my start in business as a Mom Boss, it was 19 years ago this month that I signed on to become a Consultant in a Direct Sales company, I purchased my kit at the end of the month, and chartered waters that were so new to me.

I was going to write about having Covid, and healing from here but wanted to reach a broader audience, and it reminded me of this time of year, and that feeling of having the “Winter Blues”. I am recovering from Covid, while out of Quarantine, I am still not 100%, I am feeling low energy, fatigue, not myself and “off”.

One of the best ways to start my day is having a Morning Ritual which is a big part of my practice of Living HIPP (Happy Inspired Passionate Peaceful)—I have done this for a very long time and I have to say it has evolved (I have more time these days and because of that, I can really indulge myself some days and/or I don’t have to get up at the crack of dawn anymore to make that happen (but I will admit I love early morning, I really do).