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09/05/2026

A day in the life… and by day I mean the 5 minutes after I get home and the tic episode is back with a vengeance.

I’ve got a humor about it now, but it wasn’t always easy.

The stares in stores is the hardest…

Ooooo the AI said what it said. “She expects follow through “. And don’t tell me your dream because I’m going to ask you...
09/04/2026

Ooooo the AI said what it said. “She expects follow through “. And don’t tell me your dream because I’m going to ask you what’s your next step.

Love this Alex Dumas

09/03/2026

This gorgeous estate in Winston-Salem took about five years to build. In today’s money, it would have cost the family around 24 million or more.
There is over 46,000 ft.² of living space and the original property was about 88 acres.
Today the estate is ranked number one top destination boutique in the US.
If you have never visited The Graylyn Estate it is definitely worth a trip.
I only wish my camera could’ve caught everything on the Butler tour.

09/02/2026

I knew I should not get on that airplane. I got on it anyway.

I had already signed the agreement. I had already been paid. And there were people expecting me to take the stage.

So in January, although I knew something was wrong with my health, I boarded the plane.

I delivered the speech.

And it was not worth what it cost me.

I got through the speech.

But it was a disaster, and it was not worth what it cost me physically.

By the time I returned home, my health had begun to decline quickly. I would eventually learn that I was living with adult-onset tic disorder.

Since then, I have not taken another stage.

For a while, I think I was waiting to know what life would look like before I allowed myself to speak again. Would the tics stop? Would I be able to travel? What would happen if I had a tic episode onstage? Could I still be the speaker I had been before?

I do not have all of those answers.

What I do know is that I cannot wait for my body to return to who I was before I decide that I still get to be who I am.

So I am returning to speaking.

I may have to do it scared. I may have to ask for accommodations. I may tic onstage. I may need to approach travel and preparation differently.

But adult-onset tic disorder does not get to decide that my voice is no longer valuable.

This healthcare journey has changed me, and it has changed my platform. My work now sits at the intersection of rarity, believability and experience. I speak about how organizations earn belief through the experiences they create and what it means to thoughtfully design spaces where more people can fully participate.

To my professional speaker friends: How have you navigated a major health challenge while continuing to speak?

And to my colleagues, event organizers and meeting professionals: I am opening the door to stages again. I would be grateful for your referrals and recommendations.

I would also love to have a coffee chat and introduce you to my new speaking platform, including my signature keynote.

09/01/2026

Black tie does not only mean “wear a tuxedo.”
You are setting an expectation for the experience.

You can clutch your pearls if you must but hear me out.
We have started using black tie to describe what we want our guests to wear without considering whether the event we’re inviting them to is actually a black-tie event.

If you’re hosting a formal event and you want your guests in tuxedos and floor-length gowns, that’s fine.

Tell them:

Formal event. Black-tie attire requested.

But putting “Black Tie” on the invitation doesn’t automatically make the event black tie.

Black tie comes with expectations for the experience itself.

And one of those expectations is dinner service.

If your guests are dressed in tuxedos and formal gowns and then getting up, standing in line, carrying their plates through a buffet and finding their way back to the table, you have requested black-tie attire. You have not created a black-tie event.

A black-tie event calls for a plated meal with table service.

The distinction may sound small, but when we use language to set an expectation for an experience, the experience needs to deliver what the language promised.

So by all means, ask everyone to dress up.

Just know what you’re actually asking them to attend.

08/31/2026

You were told you needed an ICP. That a good client avatar exercise would solve your pipeline problems so you did what any reasonable expert would do. You went into ChatGPT.
The problem with that is, it’s giving you the same answers that it gives every other expert who uses the platform.
Does any of this sound familiar??
Your clients are high performing overachievers.
They struggle with burnout or insecurities.
They are ages 35 to 65! Great that’s the entire working population of the United States.

There’s just one problem with asking ChatGPT. It’s not a marketer. It can’t tell you what your clients are experiencing. It does not have human capabilities.( yet.) so your best bet may not be to ask chat.

The solution to your problem is to chat with a human.

What are your favorite ChatGPT replies? I’d love to hear them below in the comments.

08/28/2026

HOW DID THEY LET THIS HAPPEN?
THIS IS WHAT THEY DO FOR A LIVING.

I just left a conference for meeting planners.

Here are 5 things I experienced:

1. A man imitated my knocking tic, laughed and said,
“Knock, knock. Who’s there?”
2. People avoiding eye contact when I ticced.
3. People behaving as if my tics were contagious.
4. A room that never felt particularly friendly or welcoming to someone who didn’t already know people.
5. Flash photography throughout the event.

An event planner can’t control how every attendee behaves.

But we absolutely can control the kind of room we create.

And I keep coming back to the same question:

How did this happen at a conference full of people who create experiences for a living?

This is a reminder that events and experiences are not the same. Events are about checking a box, experiences are about checking in with the people.

08/27/2026

Packing for the trips even short ones looks like preparing my entire life.
Not pictured is my blanket because it’s already in the luggage.

1. Headphones for music.
2. Noise canceling headphones when it gets really loud.
3. Shades for when people start walking in front or behind me.
4. Ice pack so that when my nerves are an overload, it can send a different sensory message to my brain.

08/26/2026

It’s my anniversary.
Okay not really but

A year ago today, I had my first tic in a LONGGGG TIME.

I didn’t think they would return with such energy. And I definitely didn’t know that a year later, tics would still be part of my everyday life.

I’ve learned a lot in a year.

I’ve learned that people have a lot to learn about Tic Disorder.

They aren’t all vocal.

They don’t always look the same.

They can change.

They can be small enough that no one notices or obvious enough that everyone does.

And I’ve learned just how little most people know about them until they become part of our lives or the life of someone we know.

So for my one-year anniversary, I thought I’d do a little education on what my tics are and how they have evolved.

And since you’re getting to know me here, this is part of me.

I’m a traditional marketer who specializes in live experiences.

I also love afternoon tea, play the harp, have very strong opinions about what should happen at an event, and for the last year, I’ve lived with tics.

None of those things changes what I know or the work I do.

But they do help you know me.

And when you sell your expertise, being known matters.

One thing I want everyone to know about business is that marketing doesn’t always mean talking about your services or turning every part of your life into a sales opportunity.

Sometimes you’re simply giving people an insight to know the person behind the expertise.

when they initially resurfaced, I tried to hide them as much as possible, but I’ve come to realize the more I share about my ticks the more I give other people permission to share the human behind their business as well.

What part of you are you hiding that might actually help someone who needs to hear from you?

08/24/2026

One of the harder things about being an expert
You get really accustomed to being capable. Sometimes you don’t even realize how much of your identity you’ve attached to being able to figure things out. Because you can do it you should do it.

With the uptick in tics being very humbled. I’m learning to actually let people help me.

If you are an expert like me, you’re used to doing things yourself you’re used to being the person of the people come to when they need an answer.

You get really good at being efficient at what you’re great at and don’t realize how quickly it gets done.

Normally, I could mock up an arrangement like this in 10 minutes. Today it took me closer to 45.

I had to accept that it didn’t need to be perfect. It just needed to be good enough for the designer. I hired to understand what I wanted so she could take it from there.
I will have event help on the day of the event too

What expert should you hire but you’ve been delaying just because you can?

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