core values Archives

‘movie poster’ family core values

so we’ve had family core values for a while now. i’ve made mugs and mini posters for the house before – and some have stuck for sure – the number of times i’ve hard my son tell me to ‘choose…

#LifeAtATen

so, i know that when i die and go to heaven – my version of heaven will be me in a super cute cafe, with headphones on, in front of a laptop learning some new software, using it to do…

doing something hard because i didn’t want to.

the other day i decided that i should go swimming at 5:30 in the morning. let me first say 100% of this sounded like an awful idea. it’s dead of winter, i’m off my early morning schedule and the idea…

re-obsessed with the 7 habits of highly effective people

i’m currently re-obessed with the seven habits of highly effective people. i say re-obessed because this is my second round of obsession with sir steven covey’s masterpiece on how to live life as an optimal human. (side, bar, i know…

i love my ex-husband.

i just gotta say – i f’ing love my ex husband. while we were so, sooooo terrible at being married – we’ve ended up amazing friends. supportive, loving and the very best of co-parents i think two people could ever…

the disciple of waking up at 5am. [family core value: hard to kill]

the pandemic has f’ed with my sleep schedule. i used to be a die hard 5 am’er – in fact, because i had a dope ass alarm clock app that listened to you sleep and had you wake up when…

purpose + brand promises + franchise partner culture fit.

brand journalist interviewed me! here’s what they asked and what i had to say… kristen gale jumped into entrepreneurship when she made the decision to open THE TEN SPOT® in ontario in 2006. she knew that there was a need…