My husband Jeremy and I have done a few podcasts in the last few months. Before engaging in this endeavor I had not listened to one entire podcast in my life, (I prefer audiobooks, and if I am interested in a podcast I just read the transcript), but it was an opportunity to stretch and grow by doing something uncomfortable.

I have trouble reckoning with the many feelings that emerge for me during national presidential election cycles. Our wonderfully complicated yet surprisingly lazy brains like things to be as simple and binary and dualistic as possible, and we often think and make decisions from our “lizard brain.”

*Note: This post contains some vulgar language.

It has been a very up and down week. Some weeks are like that. It was helpful to explore mental “toughness” and consider the many factors that play into how we process information.

In this episode, Jeremy and I will discuss winning. The word "winning" is powerful and layered. Jeremy and I will explore what winning meant to us while growing up and playing sports, and how we defined—and redefined—winning as we have grown older, especially in the world of parenting

My first audiobook is available now! I have had several people tell me they either don’t like to read or don’t have time to read, but they do love to listen to audiobooks and podcasts.

Today on my podcast “The Second Half” my new friend Rozella Haydée White (https://www.rozellahwhite.com/) and I explored the word “Power.” We touched on ideas from Rozella’s book Love BIG: The Power of Revolutionary Relationships to Heal the World.

I want to share my first episode of my podcast, “The Second Half.” My wonderful husband Jeremy was my first guest, and it was fun—as always—engaging in conversation with him. My hope is to wonder about who we are, what we are passionate about, and what we are doing—or want to do—about and with those passions. And my hope, as always, is to encourage others.