COVID-19 forever changed the way we work. Some of us have gone fully remote, others hybrid — while essential workers are still bravely facing each day on the front lines. But, perhaps more importantly, the pandemic has also changed how we approach our work, especially as it impacts our personal…

“When we rush, we skim the surface, and fail to make real connections with the world or other people.” Carl Honore, a Canadian journalist wrote the international best-selling book, In Praise of Slow. So, he knows. As does Mario Rigby, who took two years — two years! — to walk…

Yesterday, my husband and I celebrated our 23rd wedding anniversary. Yes, 23 years. It’s a tremendous source of pride, but also quite perplexing too. Because if you’re like me, you might ask yourself, well, how did I get here? The honest answer is love and a whole lotta grit. Nothing…

Recent headlines have focused on the downsides of air travel: baggage lost, fights delayed, passengers stranded. But, l firmly believe that we never stop learning; that we can learn anytime and anywhere. And, even with all its current hassles, air travel has lessons for us if we know where to…

It’s the thing everyone seems to be striving for. By last count, that hashtag is used in 6.8M Instagram posts and has more than 1.B views on TikTok. Click through to either platform and you will see perfectly curated lives — sandy beaches, palatial homes, expensive cars, six-pack abs, and…

A good friend of mine who worked for a very large software company reached out to me one day. She was trying to decide whether she wanted to stay at the company or potentially move on. She had been wrestling with this incredibly difficult decision for some time; she’d spent…

Early in my career, I had the opportunity to work closely with a senior executive at my company at the time on a very important, and rather high-level, project. She was incredibly well-regarded, and many assumed she would take the helm of this multi-billion-dollar organization when the current CEO retired…

The last couple of years have changed us — from adapting to remote work, to learning new phrases like “social distancing” and “masking up,” to living with an ever-present and unpredictable global virus. And beyond the physical toll, COVID has taken away much of what we have always enjoyed in…

Rien n’est impossible. Nothing is impossible. I heard the phrase three times this past week — once in an internal meeting at my company, Skillsoft; once from Christopher Schlaeffer, the patron of iamthecode during our partnership announcement; and the last time in my head … as I neared the finish…