The team behind the team

Last week I attended the Aspen Ideas Festival, and I’m still on a high (and not just from the altitude). One of the final sessions featured an interview with Charlotte Jones, Chief Brand Officer and Co-Owner of the Dallas Cowboys. She was interviewed by another NFL team owner, Emily Tisch Sussman of the NY Giants, […]

bot or not?

If you’re like me, every day you get bombarded with unsolicited emails, texts, calls, and DMs trying to get you to buy something (or vote for someone). It’s exhausting! I try to stay on top of it by dedicating regular time to “clean up” my emails and unsubscribe from the madness. Last month, I was in […]

Ramen and Rituals

I just returned from my first ever visit to Japan to celebrate my girls’ college graduation. One big takeaway: Japan is quite the foodie destination! So naturally, we ate our way through the country. Japan also has a culture of rituals, where food is often at the center. Here are three of our favorites: Omakase Everyone who […]

From Self to Service

Over the past few months, I’ve been part of a program studying the craft of public speaking. It’s been energizing, humbling, and honestly…a little nerve-wracking. But mostly, it reminded me how much I love being a student again. One of our incredible instructors was Russell Ewing. I learned so much watching him and the other coaches on […]

Moms (and some dads!) are in the messy middle

Have you ever heard of the Sandwich Generation? You might be in it: It’s anyone simultaneously caring for their children and adult parents. So count me as a card-carrying member! But the thing is, those in the throes of all these caregiving responsibilities are often struggling. A LOT. According to a recent study from the University of […]

The unexpected gift the Knicks gave me

Sunday night felt different. It wasn’t just the Sunday Scaries creeping in. I was going into the first week all year without Knicks basketball—and I didn’t realize how much I was going to miss it. Not just the games: The anticipation. The group texts. The where-are-we-watching-tonight planning. The Let’s Go Knicks! energy that made an ordinary Tuesday […]

May is Rituals Central

As you well know, from Mother’s Day to graduations to Memorial Day Weekend, May is rituals central (and as I mentioned last week, earlier this month, my twins Julia and Caroline just graduated from college)! In honor of that, I wanted to share some notable graduation rituals that we can all learn from: One of […]

Expectation vs. Reality

This past weekend my twins, Julia and Caroline, graduated from college. It was finally here. Four years (or 22, really!) in the making. The weekend promised to be everything we’d hoped it would be. The weather was perfect, the fun swag I ordered from Etsy arrived on time and in one piece, and—bonus—the Knicks won […]

Fuel or friction?

Last week I went to my 30-year business school reunion (How is that even possible?!) My time at Kellogg was one of the best chapters of my life, and it was amazing to reconnect with so many classmates. One of the highlights was sitting in on a class with Professors Loran Nordgren and David Schonthal, […]

Health or Wealth?

May is a big month for me — Mother’s Day, my birthday, and this May, my twins are graduating from college (I’m still in denial about that)! It’s also Mental Health Awareness Month, which couldn’t come soon enough! Everyone I talk to is stressed out about the steady news of layoffs, the uncertainty around AI, […]