Blog
What Has Business Cost Me?
What has it cost me as the spouse of a business owner? Well, it’s certainly complicated some things. Today we were at a soccer game for my son. We played against a team who’s coach is the husband of my best friend from college. Actually I’ve known her since the fifth...
So You Think You Know Me
I am not the woman my husband married. And he is not the man I married either. I used to think that when you found THE ONE that they would just “get” you and you’d live happily ever after, forever in sync. In reality, everyone spends the first few years of marriage...
Finances – Keeping it Real
And by keeping it real I mean REAL SIMPLE. I AM NO FINANCE EXPERT! I’m actually pretty terrible with money and most of you would be appalled by my Amazon Prime history. It’s a little embarrassing. I’m not going to give you advice on how to run your finances, because I...
Parenting 101
I am the best mother ever! Just kidding. I have no idea what I’m doing. Neither does Adam. But we made these tiny miniature versions of ourselves and the hospital sent them home with us and never asked for them back! Now, we face the same challenges that all parents...
Bangkok
Wow. What a trip this has been to Bangkok, Thailand! Specifically, I want to touch on my experience with the DCBKK. The Dynamite Circle is a community of business and entrepreneur masterminds and thIis was their annual conference. I was given the opportunity to do a...
Obstacles
It’s easy to assume that relationships work or don’t work based on an input/output system. But, like so many things in life, it just ain’t that easy. Every couple and every family in every corner of the world has it’s own set of problems and each has to deal with...
This Old House
We have lived in this house for the last 5 years. I fell in love with it immediately. We already had a nice house when this one popped up on the market, but we were looking to have something with a little more room to grow. This house came with a lot of...
The Strong Silent Type
For years Adam and I ran a couple’s small group through our church. Families would come to our home and we’d hang out, let our kids run amuck, and talk life stuff. We really loved doing it and we learned so much in the process. It was always funny to notice...
Types of Business/Entrepreneurial Families
In my recent experience at the Dynamite Circle conference in Bangkok, I was reminded of how small my world really is. Adam and I have lived in three different houses in the last 15 years and those houses were all within 1.5 miles...
Alone
“One is the loneliest number that you'll ever doTwo can be as bad as oneIt's the loneliest number since the number one” -Three Dog Night What puts the A in A.S.S.? Alone. Before we got married Adam traveled a lot for IBM. He would leave on Sunday nights and come...
ASS (Alone, Stressed, Scared)
We need to talk about ASS. That’s right, I said it. Actually, this is an acronym that Adam came up with to force me say a naughty word in front of professionals at workshops. This is how the man amuses himself. So, what is A.S.S.? It stands for ALONE, STRESSED,...
Emotions with Conflict
Happy Memorial Day! I get asked a lot about the Family Business Meeting and the conflict resolution methodology and why, and even how, the emotionality is taken out. It isn’t, really. It’s about regulation. And trust, if I can do it, anyone can. I think this...
Perspective
If you know anything about art you know that perspective is what makes a piece seem to have form, distance, and look real even though it’s all on a flat surface. I have found myself in the middle of several separate conversations lately about perspective and its role...
Conflict
It’s Monday!! This picture was taken at our engagement party nearly 13 years ago. Not much has changed except the color of Adam Anderson’s hair. It seems a little ridiculous that I’m this excited to talk about conflict. I’m still riding the continuing education...
The 3 C’s
Say hello to the 3C’s- the methodology behind Whole Life Entrepreneurship. If you were to ask me on any given day whether I have a “good” or a “bad” life and relationships think that about 80% of the time I would say good. But what about that other 20%? When it...
What is #forrealfriday?
I wanted to take a moment to explain #forrealfriday, the in-group post we do on Fridays and encourage the group to join in on. It is often about something happening in our lives that may be less that ideal or picturesque. I speak specifically of the recent grotesque...
Emotional Fitness and Tshering
I have a theory. I’ve been cultivating this theory for several years now, but recently had an experience that gives it some real support. My theory is that by working on yourself and your core relationships you increase your empathetic capacity. This empathy then...
Turning 38 and Perfectionism
This is it. This is the week I turn 38. Not yet old, but no spring chicken either. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m pretty proud of the scars I’ve acquired along my journey and I’m happy to be able to share the second big thing I’ve come to know in my life- don’t sweat...
