The mother who was there when my mom collapsed. One who shaped my lantern into the lighthouse i try to be everyday. She needs help i can't give on my own... I'm looking for advice on how to raise funds. So I'm bringing this quest to the brightest minds I know. ✨️ 🙏 Go fund me... research in progress... Here's why it matters to me... 🙏✨️❤️Please help me refine the pitch or offer a new idea all together ❤️ She has survived more than most of us will ever face — not because she wanted to, but because life kept asking her to rise again and again until rising became her only language. Leukemia tried to take her. The treatments nearly did. Years of chemo, radiation, hospital rooms, and the long, brutal road to a bone marrow transplant — a fight that strips a person down to nothing but will and breath. And still, she showed up with light. She was the strong one. Holding her doctors tears comforting her own caregivers. The steady one. The one who held up the lantern for her doctors, her nurses, her caregivers, her friends — reminding them why they chose this work in the first place. Her courage activated their best selves. Her devotion pulled out their most inspired care. She became the lighthouse that kept them going. So they could help give her a chance to live and dream again. Her care saved my life more than once. I know it saved countless others. She has been a quiet miracle in more stories than she will ever know. And now — after all that fighting, after all that rising, after earning one more chance at life — she has a dream. She calls it The Celebration of Life Tour. She wants to travel. To spread joy. To visit the people she loves and the places she’s only ever imagined. She wants to bring her music, her laughter, her light to anyone who needs it. She wants to live while she is still here to feel it. But right now, one thing stands in her way: a reliable vehicle. Not for luxury. Not for show. But for dignity. For independence. For the right to say, “I’m going.

📣 “Mom, something is wrong with my toilet!” I grew up under the tutelage of parents who were firm believers in DIY. If something broke, you fixed it. If you didn’t know how, you learned. By the time I was a teenager, I had at least an apprentice‑level understanding of most of the trades. So naturally, when I had kids, I started teaching them the same skills. But adulthood has a way of shifting the math. I eventually realized that DIY wasn’t always the most productive, or the most cost‑effective, use of my time. Calling a handyman often made more sense. Still, all those years of learning mattered. When I did call someone, I knew what the problem was. I knew the difference between “replace the flushing mechanism” and “you need a whole new toilet.” That knowledge protected me from being upsold, misled, or overwhelmed. But my kids weren’t growing up in the same circumstances I did. They were busy. I was busy. And I found myself wondering: How do you teach someone to know whether they need a plumber, an electrician, or just a $20 part from aisle 14? So on this particular day, when my daughter announced her toilet crisis, I slipped right back into DIY mode. We assessed the situation. It was the flushing mechanism. A simple fix. Off to Home Depot we went. An hour later, after instructions, explanations, and a few “pay attention” moments, the toilet was working perfectly again. ☎️ “Mom,” she said, “why didn’t we just call a plumber?” And that’s when it clicked. You don’t have to be the one to do the work. But knowing what needs to be done gives you power. It gives you clarity. It gives you agency. It keeps you from outsourcing your judgment along with the task. Sometimes the skill isn’t in doing the repair. Sometimes the skill is in understanding the problem well enough to choose your next step with confidence.

Merry christmas and happy holidays! Today santa gifted our ADHD fam with new friends and family!!! Each and every one of you is a joy and a gift to have among us.🎁 @Veronica Ochoa @Bernie Dov @Brian Deere @Smith Moore @Tessa Franklin @Staci Clarke @LaReyna Yanez Hernandez @Carlos Ramos @Tianna Knudsen @Clyde Atkinson @Andre Reinhart We would love to know a random fun fact ablut you, comment it below? And let us know how your December 25th was? 🎁 Your Welcome Guide Its pretty easy to get aquinted with the space. These are your first steps to feeling at home. ➡️ Explore the classroom to start your journey. ➡️ Introduce yourself. make a post and tell us who you are + what you’re working on. We love to support each other here! 👋 ➡️ Book your FREE 15-minute clarity call with our leader @Bill Widmer (who's a freaking productivity genius! And a brain hack ninja) ➡️ Take a peak at the calendar for daily online co-working, live chats, our wonderful book club, Austin IRL coworking, and all the other events we’re hatching. ➡️ And if you want to stay in the loop at all times on community mischief and developments, follow your moderator team ( @Sebastian Schroeder @Reema Rana and myself @Alison St. Romain ! ) OG FAM, YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO! Let’s give our new cousins some Christmas love and cheer! 💖🌿🍷

Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it! And happy holidays!! 🥂 What’s everyone doing for Christmas today?? And what cool gifts did you get? I’m gonna be drinking some Baileys & hot chocolate, eating food, and playing with my dog! And I got an awesome leather bound journal. Really excited to use it to help me lock in my goals in 2026 and be in loving presence with myself. Also thinking of all the ways I can improve this community 🤔 got some fun events coming up soon! Including a Christmas party this Sunday if you’re local to Austin!

My buddy @Joe Moss, fellow Skooler and AdvisorTech consultant, just wrote this great article on Substack about the importance of just doing the thing. Show up. Create something. Push the ball forward. Even when it's messy. Even when you aren't sure if it's working. Even when you're tired. How are you showing up to "do the thing" today?