the LTM blog

I recently found myself in a non-fiction reading rut. Don’t get me wrong, I really love reading business, memoirs, self-help, and spiritual-themed books. I love it so much I realized I had neglected to pick up a book for pure entertainment in months. So I asked the internet for some advice on books they loved […]

I love my job. I love getting to wake up every day and do what I do. I love the people I work with. I even like Mondays better than Fridays! However, just because I love working doesn’t mean my job (and your job) doesn’t come with a good deal of stress like any other […]

One area I continually feel like a failure in is conflict management and resolution. I didn’t grow up with good examples. My family was a fight to the death kind of family. If there was a problem it was an immediate war, which has made me avoid conflict in business. As I’ve grown, those lessons […]

You guys, there’s this dress I own and we just need to chat about it for a minute. It has actual pockets. I’ve worn this thing everywhere and each time, someone (usually a fellow mom in the trenches who is craving wine at 9:00 in the morning because her kids are blowing their noses into […]

I had the chance to read my friend and one of my favorite authors, Jon Acuff’s new book Finish before it came out and you guys. It blew me away. It’s one of those books that I’ve been waiting for someone to write without even knowing it. I’m highly recommending this one to my fellow […]

I recently got a couple of emails in a row saying things like, “I can’t find the motivation to do stuff! Can you please help me find my motivation?” I was like, “uuuuuhhhhhhhmmmmmm.” I don’t have an answer for that. Because, honestly, I don’t think motivation is real. I never FEEL motivated. In the last […]