I was walking near a brook last week and came across this cute guy. I moved a few paces away and sat on a rock, watching him for a bit. Eventually, he poked his head and legs back out and started turtling along toward some important destination. In that moment, he seemed like the poster child for an inner noticing I've been exploring lately. Dishwashing with a bear. During the year that I was bringing The Map to life, I was—out of both necessity and delight—deeply immersed in

What if the things that challenge you are the very things that bring you most alive? One woman shares how embracing nature—especially in the harshest weather—reveals deeper passion, clarity, and resilience.

I’m grateful to rub shoulders with women like you on my journey. It’s well-known that when women—in all our resilience, inner strength, wisdom and heart—support each other, the sky’s the limit. I love that about us and am wishing you a 2026 rich in purpose and love.