Partner ⋅ Caregiver ⋅ Problem Solving Deliverer
inspiring women to make life great
I have decades of experience navigating family, fitness, and career, and I can show you how to achieve more balance in life, with joy and confidence and while shedding the guilt.
Turn It Up
Articles & Musings
I write about leading teams and organizations, figuring out how to have fun at work, finding my sanity, and more. I occasionally talk about it, too.
Turn It Up
Articles & Musings
I write about leading teams and organizations, figuring out how to have fun at work, finding my sanity, and more. I occasionally talk about it, too.
Five Months In: Free, Fretting, and Figuring It Out
Five months now since leaving my corporate career, and I've made some progress towards the more "go with the flow and still growing" Liz I want to be, but not gonna lie - it is a little painful to figure out still. Sometimes I miss the "easy" way of being busy with what other people want, but no thank you, please. This is right. Read my latest insights and wellness clinics updates.
Playlist Drama
I keep falling into the trap of rigid productivity, and neglecting to realize the benefits of play. But I've got a playlist to help with that now.
Why Franchise, and Why FYZICAL
I cannot wait to welcome and expand FYZICAL to help strengthen and support the wonderful people in St George and surrounding areas, to help grow the teams that will make that happen, and to help build and contribute to the physical therapy, wellness, and small business communities here. Check out the origin story here.
Maps
Knowing the roles and characteristics you care about most is core - it can inform every decision and keep motivating you to take action to become the person you know you can be. So how do you come up with this?
Taking a Bigger Turn
I never imagined I would be saying this: I'm making a big career change.
Dashboarding Experimenting
I've long realized that unstructured time is critical for teams, and I track that along with other typical operations factors to help keep team and system health up. So why am I not doing this more in my own life? I surely can extend this practice and apply it to help me live my best life, is my working assumption here.
Aiming for the trifecta of work-fun-fitness
In 30 years of tech followed by a shift to franchise ownership, I’ve gone through the steps of getting interested in engineering, finding work, figuring out how to advance, and navigating industries that thrive on growth, disruption, and borderline exploitation, and how to process the identity and money drama required to leave that behind. I’ve looked for guidance and then gained my own experience, doing this all as a cis white female, and observing as others from even more underrepresented backgrounds try to do the same. I’ve tried numerous patterns that absolutely do not help me achieve progression and balance, and made it a lifelong objective to discover and share ones I find that do.
My Story
Aloha from Utah! I grew up on the east coast of the US, moved to Salt Lake City early in my career, lived (for what I thought would be forever but sadly ended up only being five years) Kona, Hawaii, and moved back to the mainland with my husband, our two sons, and their Gramma Brown. We moved to St George, UT in 2023, because it was just too hard to find Diet Dr. Pepper on tap anywhere on the islands.
I love all sorts of things that I’m no expert in but find enjoyment from doing. I’m not a fan of cooking, and I only eat chocolate if there are enough other flavors to overpower it. I quasi-retired from my role as a Director of Engineering, and looking back on the variety I enjoyed as a consultant I decided to shift to bringing worthwhile businesses to my neighborhood. I love to lead teams to plan and prioritize work to delight our users and customers, delivering value quickly and expanding on it over time. Over my career, I keep navigating towards work that enables employees to really have fun at work while they’re maximizing how effective they are. You can typically find me focusing on operations, especially where we can do significant process improvements with tooling and automation, while meeting with and advocating for my clients’ needs.
Opinions are my own.
My Story
Aloha from Utah! I grew up on the east coast of the US, moved to Salt Lake City early in my career, lived (for what I thought would be forever but sadly ended up only being five years) Kona, Hawaii, and moved back to the mainland with my husband, our two sons, and their Gramma Brown. We moved to St George, UT in 2023, because it was just too hard to find Diet Dr. Pepper on tap anywhere on the islands.
I love all sorts of things that I’m no expert in but find enjoyment from doing. I’m not a fan of cooking, and I only eat chocolate if there are enough other flavors to overpower it. I quasi-retired from my role as a Director of Engineering, and looking back on the variety I enjoyed as a consultant I decided to shift to bringing worthwhile businesses to my neighborhood. I love to lead teams to plan and prioritize work to delight our users and customers, delivering value quickly and expanding on it over time. Over my career, I keep navigating towards work that enables employees to really have fun at work while they’re maximizing how effective they are. You can typically find me focusing on operations, especially where we can do significant process improvements with tooling and automation, while meeting with and advocating for my clients’ needs.
Opinions are my own.
