Right now Louisville is experiencing a renaissance of the arts.

"Being alone is no way to live or create. We are all better working with others, to give more and be more, than we ever could be alone.

Most of the time a taboo is just something we can't talk about.

Taboos are these unwritten rules that hover above us that govern what we do. Most of us don't know where they came from or who put them there. They exert incredible control over our daily lives.

The mantra I like to live my life by, instead, is that everyone poops.

This fear and this inhibition to actually get started with something, because we feel like it's not reinventing the wheel.

We live in 2017—it's the 21st century—what could I possibly be adding to the conversation that hasn't already been said?

Hot Chicks with Big Brains started about two and a half years ago, as this like real weird little pokey project, where I was convincing successful women to let me into their homes.

Trusting yourself really becomes the root foundation for risk-taking.

If you're worried about what everyone else is thinking about it, that's not a great place to start. Follow what you think is cool, what you think is important and worth your time. If it is for you, that's enough.

It is impossible for any person, or team of people to know for certain what information is valuable to all the people inside an organization.

What is the purpose of your organisation? The corporate world immediately answers, “It is to make money!” No, no, no, no, no! To make money might be an instrument to pursue a purpose, but what is the purpose?

Your people will have your back.

Incorporate your challenges into your creative work.

The things that challenge you and push you and make your life difficult are the things that make you different.

You have a built-in community of people who not only share your experiences, but are waiting for you to tell them.

We are all misfit toys and we are enough, just so.

It helps to remember that we are all products of every amazing, terrible, shameful experience we’ve been through.

You never get from ignore to overcome in one step.

Overcoming is where the joy is.

We can push ourselves beyond our comfort zones to actually leverage the struggles and the difficult life experiences that we’re going through to make our creative work better.

Struggle is universal. Struggle is a thing that everyone experiences…and it’s super uncomfortable.

When we find ourselves in moments where we’re like ‘argh’, those are actually the most critical moments for us to step forward.

We worry so often about what other people will think that it actually prevents us from stepping into our own light and sharing our truths with the world.

Life, career fulfillment, and relationships are journeys.