Where leadership meets everyday life.
Ideas, systems, and conversations worth sharing, all in service of leading a home, a family, and a life with intention.
Leadership in Practice: Letting Go Without Stepping Back
“Let Them” helps me pause before I react. “Let Me” asks something more of me. What The Let Them Theory is teaching me about releasing the reaction and still taking responsibility.
Protecting Family Connection Is a Leadership Choice
Dinner has been protected time in our house for years, and I have never seen that as a parenting rule. It is a leadership choice, and it is what makes the rest of family leadership possible.
The Impossible Parenting Standard I Couldn't See
A two-minute errand became a verdict on her parenting. Jessica shares how reflection helped her uncover an impossible standard she never consciously chose—and begin replacing guilt and second-guessing with greater clarity about what matters most.
What Are You Learning About the Way You Lead?
Mom Life gives us experience every day. Reflection helps us step back, notice what keeps happening, and consider what those experiences are teaching us about the way we lead.
Leadership in Practice: Emotional Intelligence Starts With Noticing
What if being good at managing your emotions sometimes means moving past them before you understand them? A reflection on self-awareness, Mom Life, and learning to notice before moving on.
Independence Does Not Happen on Its Own
Independence does not happen just because our kids get older. It grows when we intentionally make room for responsibility to shift, with enough support for them to take the next step.
The Day I Needed Today
After a summer of keeping up, one ordinary Friday reminded me what it feels like to have enough space to think, get ahead, and be intentional about what I needed from the day.
Leadership in Practice: Start With What Is Already Strong
Leadership development does not always have to begin with what needs to change. Sometimes, the most useful place to start is understanding what is already strong.
Why Systems Are A Powerful Leadership Tool for Moms
A good System is not about doing more. It is about reducing the decisions and friction that take your time and attention away from what matters more.
I Asked My Friends Not to Be My Cheerleaders
Before taking the Mom Life Workshop public, I invited some of my closest friends to experience it, not as cheerleaders, but as honest critics.
The Systems Matter. But They Are Not the Point.
The systems thinker in me loves back-to-school. But as I sent my daughters off this morning, the routines were not what I was thinking about most.
Leadership You Cannot See Is Still Leadership
Some of the most important leadership in motherhood becomes invisible precisely because it is working.
Why We Started Chief of Mom Life
What if motherhood has always been leadership? The inaugural Chief of Mom Life article introduces a new way to understand the role Moms have been leading all along.
Welcome to Chief of Mom Life
What if motherhood has always been leadership? The inaugural Chief of Mom Life article introduces a new way to understand the role Moms have been leading all along.