Slingshot Designs

Tag: resilience

  • Steelers & Plaid: The Weight We Never Measured

    Steelers & Plaid: The Weight We Never Measured

    Navigating the hidden work systems quietly transfer to us can be a daunting task. In my experience, changing primary care providers took nearly 200 hours, revealing a deeper issue than just administrative complexity. It was about capacity and the value we create or simply keep the system moving. By observing these patterns, we can apply…

  • Worry Is Creativity’s Shadow

    Worry Is Creativity’s Shadow

    Worry and creativity both create something from nothing. The question is what we are building with that imagination.

  • I Wish Perspective Was Available at the Gas Pump

    I Wish Perspective Was Available at the Gas Pump

    The conversation about artificial intelligence isn’t really about technology. It’s about judgment, discernment, and how we choose to lead through change. The lessons I learned growing up in my family’s gas station service business continue to shape how I think about innovation, accessibility, and the responsibility that comes with every new tool.

  • What Problem Are We Trying to Solve Today?

    What Problem Are We Trying to Solve Today?

    Leadership begins long before the first meeting. A cup of coffee, a yoga pose, and one simple question reminded me why alignment always comes before strength.

  • Recovery Isn’t Returning. It’s Finally Becoming Yourself.

    Recovery Isn’t Returning. It’s Finally Becoming Yourself.

    Recovery isn’t about returning to who you were. Sometimes it’s about becoming the first version of yourself whose body, mind, and leadership finally align. Reflections on grief, resilience, chronic illness, leadership, and what healing has taught me about people and systems.

  • Winning Is a Practice

    Winning Is a Practice

    Five years of Winning Wednesday taught me something unexpected: winning isn’t about achievement. It’s about learning to notice evidence of progress, one week at a time.

  • Dreaming

    Dreaming

    A handful of blueberries became proof of something much larger: healing, hope, and the return of a future that finally feels reachable.

  • The Stetson

    The Stetson

    A dog drops a rope ball and walks away. What happens next becomes a lesson about resilience, recovery, scientific thinking, and the mentors who teach us to trust ourselves.

  • The Difference Between a Sting and a Wound

    The Difference Between a Sting and a Wound

    A hidden garden flag, a patch of stinging nettle, and a morning storm became a reminder that growth changes our relationship with discomfort. The sting stayed the same. The response did not.

  • The Difference Between Preparation and Prediction

    The Difference Between Preparation and Prediction

    Most people spend their lives trying to predict the future. The people who navigate uncertainty learn something far more useful. I keep a Magic 8 Ball in my bathroom. Not because I believe it predicts the future, but because it reminds me that most things worth doing require preparation, not certainty. Every morning starts the…

  • Pulling Weeds and Untangling Traffic Jams

    Pulling Weeds and Untangling Traffic Jams

    Gardening is a meditative process that reveals intricate root systems, much like solving complex puzzle games.

  • Blind Writing

    Blind Writing

    What happens when you refuse to stop looking for the root cause. A decade-long search for answers, a vestibular migraine diagnosis, and the unexpected lessons that came from losing abilities I once took for granted.

  • Steel Toes & Stilettos

    Steel Toes & Stilettos

    For years I thought I was writing about observation. It turns out observation was only the beginning. Steel Toes & Stilettos is a new series exploring strength, beauty, experience, identity, and the questions we ask when we’re finally ready to become ourselves.

  • Batch #2: Listening for Recovery Signals in Real Time

    Batch #2: Listening for Recovery Signals in Real Time

    Paying attention to subtle changes in the environment is crucial for recovery. Today’s observation of light behavior is a reminder that progress is happening.

  • Modern Motherhood Requires Systems Navigation

    Modern Motherhood Requires Systems Navigation

    Modern motherhood increasingly requires systems navigation, medical discernment, emotional endurance, and operational leadership. A personal reflection on vestibular migraines, healthcare advocacy, intergenerational patterns, and the invisible labor of stewardship.