Socially Minded

Feb. 26, 2026 This is what it looks like when you choose joy as your competitive strategy. Ever since Alysa Liu won Olympic gold, I haven't been able to stop thinking about her story. If you've followed her journey, you know that this victory didn't come from relentless pressure or a single-minded obsession with winning. In fact, it came after she walked away from skating entirely. As a young skater, Alysa trained in an incredibly strict Olympic environment. She lived alone in a dorm. Coaches...

Feb. 3, 2026 After working 1:1 with 83 experts over the last decade, I started noticing a pattern. There are the 4 archetypes I often see hiding behind "I'm not ready yet..."Almost none of the leaders and subject matter experts I've worked with felt ready when they started sharing their ideas online. They were all waiting for something: permission, validation, the "right" moment.But as I have to tell myself often: readiness is a myth your fear invented, and absolute certainty never arrives....

Jan. 13, 2026 In the late 1700s, there lived a man who changed science forever, and almost no one knew it. His name was Henry Cavendish, and he hated being seen. He was one of the most brilliant scientists of his era — a chemist and physicist who discovered hydrogen (which he called "inflammable air"), calculated the Earth's density with stunning precision, and laid the groundwork for what would later become known as Ohm's Law. But Cavendish was intensely private. He avoided conversation and...

Dec. 2, 2025 I was passively scrolling Instagram last night and a post about trust popped up in my feed. My 'For You Page' is mostly puppies, libraries, and travel these days, but this one really made me pause and think. In under 3 minutes, Brené Brown tells Steven Bartlett (Diary of a CEO) about how trust really works. She described trust as a marble jar. Every time someone shows up in a small way—honors confidentiality, tells the truth, follows through—they earn a marble. And when life gets...

Nov. 10, 2025 Today, I’m taking a moment to pause, celebrate, and to say thank you. ❤️ Friday night, Cause Fokus was honored as Social Media Agency of the Year at DC's SpeakerCon 2025. It was one of those full-heart, deep-breath kind of moments, and it wouldn’t have been possible without you. I was honored to accept the award in a room full of leaders who are doing extraordinary things with their stories and their platforms. Standing on that stage, I shared a bit of my own journey, one that...