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How many shrink to fit? Dull the spark. Softening the edges. All for the illusion of belonging. But what if “too much” isn’t a flaw at all? What if it’s a direction? The right room doesn’t ask you to quiet down. It benefits! The right room doesn’t shrink your passion. It draws on it! The right room values it!

Better stores not more hours: time is a gift; choosing to turn time into stories that matter

Running the Healthcare Gauntlet: Part III Remember when COVID turned healthcare into an ultramarathon no signed up for? Part III of my series looks at what it really felt like to run that race. From the chaos of changing rules to the resilience that kept people moving when the finish line never came. Because healthcare's story isn't just about the miles we ran; it's about whether we learned anything from the hardest stretch of the course.

Writing Two Books at the Same Time My healthcare and corporate work taught me to identify the problem, design a solution, implement the initiative. But when it came to building Rise & Shine You that process felt forced. For one of the first times, I paused. I prayed. I listened. Rise & Shine You was built from listening. And it's more than just my creative outlet. It's an invitation to pause, to reflect, and to create not just a career worth having, but a life that feels wh

Stories Worth Living & Words Worth Sharing I’m Alissa… writer, storyteller, wife, mom to three boys, and a corporate escape artist in...

If you ever find yourself Googling ways to teach your boys some humility, you probably won't stumble upon this gem in the top 10 results....

Written for the mom who’s never in the picture (literally). Let’s just get this out of the way. I’m that mom who doesn’t exist in our...

Last night I finished reading "Getting Naked" by  Patrick Lencioni  at  The Table Group , and I must say, it's a game changer! This book...

My thoughts after finishing "The FIVE DYSFUNCTIONS of a TEAM" by  Patrick Lencioni  at  The Table Group . I shared previously the idea...

There is a shift coming. And with it, uncertainty, discomfort, and change.   But here’s the truth: we’ve been here before. As...

Timing Chips, Scoreboards, and the Sprint Toward Value Runners were placed at random spots along the course, and some were noticing their...

Even Canva is stressed over the Healthcare Gauntlet and left out the T Tracing Roots of Value-Based Care, Methodology, and Rankings…...