It just occurred to me that we’re closing in on the 250th edition of Sunday Scaries (🤯), and we’ll be there before the end of the year!  Last year around this time, I was preparing to honor the 200th edition with the release of Scary Good: Discovering Life Beyond the Sunday Scaries, so this next big milestone has

Hello from somewhere in middle America as we head west with Pennsylvania in the rearview mirror. By the time we pull into our driveway, 20+ hours from now, we’ll have racked up 3,700 miles on the Subaru, which begs one obvious question: Was it worth it? Every. Single. Mile. 1️⃣ Say Yes to the Big

The Reverse Oregon Trail is starting to wind down, and the countdown is on before we turn it around and head west in a week, but that doesn’t mean I”m all out of Western PA fun! We traded our wagon for a pirate ship this week and headed off to PNC Park to watch America’s

The adventure of my Reverse Oregon Trail continued with some Fourth of July fun, Western PA style. It rained most of the day yesterday, which meant most of the official fireworks displays were a bust, but when you grow up in this neck of the woods, canceled fireworks don’t actually cancel fireworks. Because everyone in

Yesterday started with celebrating my soon-to-be-married niece, Lizzie. It ended with me lying flat in the seat of my own Subaru while it rode on a tow truck through rural Ohio. As one does. How did we get here? Well, read on to find out… 1️⃣ The Best Memories Usually Aren't Planned The plan was

I just got back from 9 days on the road — well, more like in the air, going coast to coast at back-to-back events in Philly, then San Diego. ✈️ Gotta love flying directly over your house en route from one coast to the other! These were two great events with great people. The rooms

This week took me to Nashville – Clarksville, TN to be exact. Over a 48-hour whirlwind, I facilitated training with executive, leadership, and rising leadership teams, keynote a luncheon, and threw in a book signing. 💫 And somewhere between the boardroom and the boarding gate, I got a very clear reminder: 👉 Not all plan

On this first day of spring (which here in the Rockies feels more like May instead of March 😰), I took my Sunday Scaries to Red Hill in scenic Carbondale, Colorado. If you’re not familiar, just picture red dirt, lots of rocks, and a desert-like trail that makes you question your life choices on the

The Ides of March — the fateful date when a suspiciously accurate prophecy and one very unfortunate trip to the Roman Senate sealed the fate of Julius Caesar. 🔮A fortune teller had warned Caesar to “beware the Ides of March.” He didn’t. History handled the rest. Now, most of us aren’t facing betrayal in a

On Friday, I traded one coaching hat for another. 🏋️ Here and there, I help out at the CrossFit gym. It’s a fun and, surprisingly, applicable way to use my coaching skills in a new setting. Encourage people.Watch form.Push when it’s time to push.Remind someone they’re stronger than they think. This week, I had the

We had some friends roll into town this weekend from a few ski towns over — including one who patrols at A-Basin. If you don’t know Arapahoe Basin, just picture a high-alpine playground sitting above 13,000 feet where “casual” terrain doesn’t really exist. It’s one of the most extreme ski resorts in Colorado, so patrolling

Nine extra humans have been living in our house for the past week as part of the annual Callen family visit. We’ve skied four days, watched a 5.5-year-old conquer the chairlift, and created a mudroom situation that may require professional intervention. It’s been chaotic, exhausting, and genuinely really good. Despite the stress of having your

Two years ago, I fell down an internet rabbit hole and became mildly obsessed with something called the Barkley Marathons, especially because that was the year the first woman ever finished it. If you’ve never heard of it, that’s kind of the point. 😆 It’s a “race” in Tennessee that starts when someone lights a

This past week, I did something that felt surprisingly radical for someone who loves a stage and a good “old” conference. I went to an Unconference. No speakers. No stage. No keynotes. No “sit quietly while someone theoretically smarter than the room tries to shove the hours worth of material into a 37-minute keynote.” Instead,

This week, we lost Catherine O’Hara — and if you’re anywhere near my age, she’s been part of pop culture for a lifetime. And it starts with Kevin’s mom. The impeccably dressed, jet-setting, keep-up-with-the-Joneses mother who had everything dialed…until she made the biggest mistake imaginable and left her kid Home Alone. Fear😱 Decades later, she

I’ll be honest with you: this one almost didn’t happen. Well… that’s not entirely true. It was always going to happen — it just wasn’t easy to make happen. Not because I don’t care.Not because I don’t have ideas. But because I sat down to write it, stared at my screen, and realized the theme

Welcome to the Sunday Scaries Among the book launches, events, and client meetings, Jim and I managed to start a small DIY project over the holidays. The basement. Or, as Jim’s family lovingly refers to it: the murder basement. By our standards, this project is more of a hefty organization than what we would even

In case you missed it, last week was….big. It was a little chaotic, maybe even a tad overwhelming, but in the fullest, best possible way. Between the official book launch, a massive online event, recognizing incredible humans, and holding the physical copy of something that used to live only in my head, it felt like an

Welcome to the first Sunday Scaries of 2026. If this week already feels louder, bolder, or just… different, you’re not imagining it. We’ve officially entered the year of the Fire Horse, according to the Chinese Zodiac, and while that might feel like some astrological woo-woo, I’ll sum it as an energy shift.  🗑️🔥 And after

Welcome to the last Sunday Scaries of 2025! 😯 This isn’t Christmas week anymore, but we’re not quite at the New Year. Where does that leave us? In that weird, floaty Sunday in between –– the one that feels a little like the Upside Down, familiar, unsettling, and hopefully in your case…sans Vecna. If the