Leadership

WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS My title sounds impressive and like I’m tough, but that’s not what it’s about. It’s funny, as I was thinking back to many years ago and topics that I have spoken on, this is not the first or only time that I have thought a lot about and written about weathering…

WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS I have learned to laugh at myself and see my mistakes as opportunities to grow and do differently. Many times lately in the midst of busyness, we have had to redo or begin again. The stories are real and some of them are in real time! We just finished a project…

WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS It’s funny sometimes when you find yourself sharing about a topic that sounds really confident and yet you know your natural tendency is probably the opposite. I am going to travel and speak at a women’s leadership event called Bridging the Gap about being stronger than the storms. I know that…

WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS Isn’t January a good time to think about being on a journey of healing to thrive?  I ended last year with a really sweet time away with Mike at a couple’s therapy retreat in Idaho that was recommended by a family therapist we know well. Kevin shared with us when we…

WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS I love ending the year with gratefulness in my heart and on my mind. I want to encourage you to do that too. That doesn’t mean that my year has been easy, because it hasn’t been. But it does mean that so much living has happened and there has been much…

WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS I am the adult child of an alcoholic, and it has lifelong implications for me. I know there are many of us out there. The more I learn about alcoholism and recovery I am aware that alcoholism effects every household. Every household is exactly what I said. Through relationships in your…

WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS As I’m writing this, we are about nine days since the flooding started in Siouxland and we are still all in a daze. I wondered if this was the right word to use, because there are many people that have been actively working and helping where they can. That’s amazing and…

WRITTEN BY CHERYL WELLS I know that watching the Iowa Girls has been all over the media and everyone has been talking and abuzz about Caitlin and the team, as well as the topic of women’s basketball. I don’t typically watch sports (other than my grandchildren) but I have loved watching the games. Like, don’t…