I've become the demilitarized zone for every team I have led. More often than not, i have north korea and its supreme leader over my head. Below me, a freer, happier people. Nothing crosses that border. No remarks, no contraband, no guided missiles meant to hurt my people. But the effects of taking all the negativity and turning it into positivity has left a tremendous mark on my physical, emotional and psychological wellbeing. And sometimes that made me hard, and sometimes it makes me soft. But when the people above don't like your people, the only thing you can do is absorb the negativity.

@Lisa Carroll they just folk ❤️

@Sharon Shaffer i would have given anything to have a leader like you when it was tough. So be proud of how you showed up for them. I can tell you - if i wasn't a single mom who needed to be ok, i wouldn't have been ok. Doesn't make the experience any easier. But the fact that you stood beside them, and behind them to catch them when they fell, that is the embodiment of what makes women so powerful