Handouts, PowerPoints, table set up, lunch orders, e-mail correspondence. These are some of the tasks that are swirling in my head as we hit the final week before the Level-Up Conference. But I’ve realized over the years that none of these details matter if there is no love flowing through the conference. If the women…
Today’s Guest Blogger is Lara Ingram. Lara is a long-time friend and spiritual daughter. She is currently doing full-time Mom duty as the CEO at the Ingram house. She is devoted to growing in Christ to discover who she really is meant to be. Her former career was crisis communications and spokesperson for high-level Federal agencies…
Have you ever been on a jury where you were sequestered for a time so you wouldn’t be influenced by media or anyone outside the courtroom? I can’t say I have, but today, I am on a self-imposed sequester in a hotel room in Austin, Texas. Why? Because I’m trying to eliminate distractions as I…
Have you ever been through something difficult and it was all you could talk about? You poured out your troubles to your friends, your hairdresser, your nail technician—anyone who would listen? I’ve been there, but I’ve found that even good friends will tire of our problems if it’s our only focus. Over the years I’ve…
The anniversary of September 11, 2001 is always melancholy for me because like many of you, I remember the events of that day in great detail. I was the spokeswoman for San Antonio International Airport. Thinking it would be another day of working on newsletters and ribbon cuttings, a co-worker bolted into my office, and…