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09/03/2026

Have you ever noticed that some books seem to find you at exactly the right time?

Not because they've changed, but because you have.

This week's Thursday Thoughts is a coffee conversation about why the right words often arrive in the season we need them most and how the lessons we've been searching for may have been waiting for us all along.

Pour yourself a cup of coffee and join me.

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I'd love to hear about a book that found you at just the right moment.

09/01/2026

Okay, so I did a thing...

And I think I might be hooked.

Thank you, , for planting the seed.

It was suggested that I dust off my journalism skills and start sitting down for coffee conversations with nonprofit and community leaders I admire. Not necessarily to write about their organizations, but to write about the people behind them. Why they started. What they have learned. What keeps them going. And what they want the rest of us to know.

So I did it.

I have three conversations written now, and I LOVE this. Feeds my soul and fills my bucket.

Today, I’m introducing you to the first.

I sat down with Stephanie Berger, co-founder of SilverWishes, and our conversation stayed with me.

Stephanie talked about seniors who sometimes feel invisible. About wishes that aren't extravagant at all, but instead are basic things that can restore independence, dignity or joy. And about something she calls the “Dandelion Effect”: the way one act of kindness touches one person, then another, then another.

That became the story.

The Dandelion Effect: Silver Wishes Helps Seniors Feel Seen, Known and Valued
https://dayinalifeofstacy.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-dandelion-effect-silver-wishes.html

I hope you'll read it.

And I hope you'll think about the people doing meaningful work in our community whose stories deserve to be told.

Because apparently, I’m having more coffee. And writing more stories.

Do you know someone I should interview?

DM me or put their name in the comments below. I would love to hear who you think I should sit down with next.

Coming in October... the fabulous Lindsey Graves, President of the Rotary Club of Lincoln.

Until then, keep leading with strength and living with purpose.

-srt

08/31/2026

Some books entertain us.

Others seem to find us at exactly the right moment.

This week's Motivational Monday is about five books that have shaped my life through different seasons and why the right book can sometimes change more than your perspective.

If you're looking for your next meaningful read, I hope you'll take a couple of minutes to read this one.

👉 https://dayinalifeofstacy.blogspot.com/

08/29/2026

A friend read my latest Thursday Thoughts and said something that stopped me in my tracks.

She said emotional abuse can be like the old story of the frog sitting in water while the temperature is slowly turned up.

If the water were dangerously hot when you first stepped in, you would immediately get out.

But when the temperature rises one degree at a time, you adjust.

One cruel comment.

Then an apology.

A little guilt.

Then reassurance.

Another accusation.

Another explanation.

A boundary crossed.

Then another.

And somewhere along the way, something that would have shocked you in the beginning becomes something you are simply trying to manage.

You excuse it.

You explain it.

You forgive it.

You learn how to navigate it.

Until one day you realize how much energy you are spending trying not to make the water any hotter.

That analogy stayed with me because sometimes we don't recognize how unhealthy something has become while we are living inside of it.

So maybe there is a question worth asking:

If this relationship began today exactly as it exists today, would I willingly step into it?

This week's Thursday Thoughts is more serious and more personal.

If It Can Happen to Me, It Can Happen to You.

I wrote about verbal and emotional abuse, isolation, the slow erosion of self, boundaries, and why compassion for another person's pain does not require us to continue accepting behavior that hurts us.

If any of this sounds familiar, I hope you'll read it.

Sometimes we don't recognize how hot the water has become until we remember what it felt like before we got in.

Read this week's Thursday Thoughts:
https://dayinalifeofstacy.blogspot.com/2026/08/if-it-can-happen-to-me-it-can-happen-to.html

Until next time, keep leading with strength and living with purpose.

srt

08/25/2026

I read an article this morning by Elise Dyer on emotional intelligence, and I keep thinking about it.

We talk about emotional intelligence a lot in leadership. Sometimes so much that I wonder if we’ve reduced it to another leadership buzzword.

This article challenges that.

Emotional intelligence isn’t simply being kind, empathetic or “good with people.” It is also how we receive difficult information. How we manage our own reactions. How we respond when someone trusts us enough to be vulnerable. And whether the people around us feel safe enough to tell us what we may not necessarily want to hear.

That last one really stayed with me.

Because leadership isn’t only about how we communicate when things are going well.

It is also about what happens in the room when someone disagrees with us, challenges us, disappoints us or tells us something uncomfortable.

Do people have to carefully manage our reaction?

Or have we created enough emotional safety for honesty?

There is a lot to think about in this article, particularly for anyone who leads people.

Well worth the read.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-emotional-intelligence-actually-why-almost-everyone-elise-dyer-ae25e

What does emotional intelligence look like to you in everyday leadership?

We use the term constantly now. In job descriptions, in dating profiles, in leadership frameworks, in therapy rooms, in conversations about what we need from the people closest to us.

08/24/2026

At what point do you stop explaining yourself?

Stop defending your intentions?

Stop trying to convince someone that you are not the person they’ve decided you are?

I’ve been learning something about that lately.

Not every accusation requires a defense.

This week’s Motivational Monday is personal.

You Don’t Have to Keep Defending Who You Are.

Read more ↓
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08/20/2026

💛 A little vulnerability today...

For nearly 30 years, every orchid I owned ended up at my sister's house.

She made them bloom.

I never could.

It took me a long time to realize it was never about orchids.

It was about one of life's most important lessons.

If you've ever compared yourself to someone else's gifts, I hope you'll take a minute to read this week's Thursday Thoughts.

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08/17/2026

Have you ever felt like you weren't enough...

Because you couldn't do it all?

Somewhere along the way, many of us started believing we have to excel at everything to be successful.

But what if that's the very belief holding us back?

This week's Motivational Monday explores a simple truth that brought me a surprising sense of freedom ... a reminder that changed the way I look at success, comparison, and the expectations we place on ourselves.

If you've been carrying the weight of trying to be everything to everyone, this one's for you.

Take a couple of minutes to read this week's reflection.

It just might give you permission to let go of something you've been carrying for far too long.

👉 https://dayinalifeofstacy.blogspot.com/

I'd love to know what part speaks to you most after you read it.

08/13/2026

Have you ever felt like you're behind in life?

Like everyone else is moving faster...
Growing faster...
Getting there before you?

This week's Thursday Thoughts is about something I noticed while walking through a pear orchard that completely shifted my perspective on growth, timing, and patience.

Sometimes the lesson we need most is hiding in plain sight.

If you've been questioning your progress, feeling discouraged, or wondering when your hard work will finally pay off, I wrote this one for you.

🍐 Before you convince yourself you're falling behind...

Take two minutes to read this week's Thursday Thoughts.

You may discover you're not behind at all.

👉 https://dayinalifeofstacy.blogspot.com/

I'd love to hear what resonates with you after you read it.