Category Archives: Case Study

From total fear to totally owning it: Jessica Libbey takes the stage.

One day in the middle of May 2011,  a young woman by the name of Jessica Libbey walked into my office. I had met Jessica two weeks prior at an event where I had been a guest speaker. Jessica called me on the phone after the event and shared that -  more than anything in the…

When the woman boldly speaking up is your mother. (And it makes you cry. In a good way.)

One day when I was 13 years old, I played hooky from school and thought I was home alone. But I was wrong. Sitting in my room, I heard the strangest sound coming from downstairs. It was the sound of the piano playing and a woman singing. I crept downstairs and was surprised – shocked, in…