Bear with me...this is a long post, but I promise it's worth it! 🥰 Briefly, if you’re using AI to search for information, you haven’t fully used AI. AI is not about accessing information instantly. Google did that a long time ago. AI is about how to use that information. AI is about implementing information. That’s why most conversations about AI talk about the fear that it will replace humans. Which leads me to my main point… I have a different perspective: 👉 AI may actually help us become better human beings. What do I mean? As AI takes over more information processing and implementation… It removes humans from many thinking tasks that once consumed our time AWAY FROM what matters most. As that happens, human value shifts from what we know to how we relate to others. My belief is that as AI continues to expand, the real advantage will belong to people who live and lead with emotional intelligence (EQ) and social intelligence (SQ). Simply, as AI makes it easier to implement information, the most valuable humans will be those who understand people. Understanding this shift in humanity can help navigate the future of family, work, leadership, community, and even how we raise the next generation. —---------------------------------------------------- HOW IS HUMAN INTELLIGENCE EVOLVING? Human intelligence is evolving from a focus on IQ (general intelligence) toward emotional intelligence (EQ) and social intelligence (SQ). As artificial intelligence accelerates information and implementation, the uniquely human abilities of empathy, compassion, and social awareness are becoming increasingly valuable. Here’s my simplified definitions: IQ is about our outside world - how we understand, learn, and analyze information EQ is about you - how you regulate and understand your own emotions, which in turn help construct your thoughts, words, and actions SQ is about us - how we understand ourselves in relation to another person or group of people, so we can act wisely in certain human relationships. This is about being intelligent in and about our relationships.

I'm 48 today! 🥳💃 Since I'm going to live over 100, I'm not even at half my life...how cool is that?! 🥰 To celebrate, I will accomplish my favorite hobby: SLEEP! 🤣 Yes, before I had kids, I slept a lot. Now, as a mom, sleep is a luxury. So, every birthday and Mother's Day, the only gift I ask for is sleep. Sooo worth it! So, if I'm MIA today, that's because I'm sleeping. Ha! When is your birthday? Let me know in the comments so we can celebrate you on your special day. 🎂

Last Friday, a friend unexpectedly passed away. She slipped in the shower, hit her head, and couldn’t call for help. Just like that. Life is fragile in a way we don’t like to think about. She leaves behind two children (10 and 7) and an ex-husband who co-parented with her beautifully and peacefully. She and I became friends because her son and Justin are playmates. She volunteered often at school. She showed up to nearly every event. And when she showed up, she was fully there. Hugging her kids. Kissing their cheeks. Laughing freely. Every interaction I had with her was warm. Kind. Gentle. She smiled easily. I never heard her speak ill of anyone. She was building her own business too — a mompreneur carving out something meaningful. My memories of her are only positive. That feels rare. My heart has been heavy. My mind is reflective. And in the quiet of grief, I’ve been thinking about what life is trying to remind me... Years ago, as a young lawyer, I handled tragic cases. I saw how one moment — one action, one accident — could permanently alter dozens of lives. I would sit at my desk analyzing facts and sometimes think: “If I close my eyes right now while typing… the moment I open them could be the moment I’m gone.” It sounds morbid. But it wasn’t despair. It was awareness. That awareness evolved into one of my life mantras: ♥️ “There is nothing to fear ANYMORE.” I first spoke those words standing in front of a mirror after losing four babies in two and a half years. Different complications. One after another. Each loss felt like it might break me — mentally, physically, emotionally, spiritually. I didn’t know how a human heart could hold that much pain and still beat. And then one day, staring at myself in the mirror, the words came out of my mouth as if they were placed there by a Higher Being: ♥️ “There’s nothing to fear anymore.” The key word is "anymore." Fear exists. Fear is real. Fear visits all of us. Before that season of loss, fear ran much of my life. I stayed in a career that drained me for years because it lacked purpose. But I was afraid — afraid of the unknown, afraid of judgment, afraid of not being ready, not knowing enough, not being strong enough.

I was thinking about this question, and got curious about your possible answers. If someone asked you, "So, what do you do?" 🤔 How do you usually explain your business to someone new? I'll share mine after I hear yours...because I am genuinely curious about YOU!

To our NEW & SEASONED MEMBERS: Before you became an entrepreneur (or started moving toward it), what were you doing? And if you’re in a transition right now...What are you shifting from to becoming an entrepreneur? Share as much or as little as you want. I’m just listening. 🥰 It’ll be powerful to see how many paths lead to this season. 🤗