Real talk for a second. I was brushing my teeth in Chicago on a little business jaunt last week when I started thinking about the energetic connection between open-concept spaces and the open-concept lives we've created for ourselves. Because apparently this is what my brain does while brushing my teeth.. For a time, our homes had a lot of separate rooms and if you've followed me on social, not too long ago I shared an old floor plan I found where the layout included an actua

It’s the last month of Q3 and August went by in a flurry of sunshine, construction drawings, concepts, finish samples, meetings, back to school shopping and children’s activities (So. Much. Driving…) During my drives, I get to listen to podcasts, make calls, and sometimes just think (my best ideas like to hit when I least expect them to… and usually when I don’t have easy access to a pen and paper 😉). The strangest of things inspire me to write, and this time, it was the

My teenage son was recently struggling with commitments he made to his various friend groups. Namely, how to be ok saying “NO.” He was genuinely anxious about letting anyone down. He worried about saying no to sleepovers, no to hanging out when he’s tired (or just didn’t feel like doing anything), no to overextending himself – essentially a not-so-mini people pleaser in the making. What a gut punch. As a reformed people pleaser (yes, ok it’s a work-in-progress), my heart brok