01/02/2026
When the mission becomes bigger than you⦠you rise.
Tomorrow, clinical trials begin. 2026 opens with meetings alongside medical professionals and physics scientists from across the nation. And in this moment, Iām realizing something deeply important:
When the mission grows beyond what you ever imagined, your non-negotiables become everything.
Iāve learned this through trial and errorāover and over again. If you donāt take care of yourself first, you cannot hold the space required for the work, the people, the community, or the vision.
So this is mine:
⢠The gym
⢠Meditation
⢠Journaling
⢠Soundāalways sound
⢠Sleep (DND at 8:30, bed by 9, up by 4ā4:30)
Non-negotiable.
Iām not perfect. Iām still learning. Still growing. Always. But Iāve built the systems. Iām building the team. Iāve received the feedbackāand Iām grateful.
Today, I choose gratitude.
I choose presence.
I choose to show up for myself so I can show up fully for whatās coming.
Three years later⦠I fu***ng made it here.
I donāt even know what āhereā fully looks like yetābut Iām here. And Iām showing up at levels I never thought possible.
And as a mom, this looks different.
Showing up for the mission means first showing up for myself, then my family, my partner, and my home. That foundation comes before everything else. When the home isnāt taken care of, nothing else works the way it should.
Iāve had to accept that this season requires recalibration. Iām used to functioning at levels most people canātāor shouldnātātry to keep up with. And thatās okay. That pace has worked for me in certain chapters, but this one asked for balance, boundaries, and structure.
Learning how to hold work, life, and family at the same time has been hard. Really hard.
But it is doable when you put the right systems, support, and non-negotiables in place.
Taking care of yourself isnāt selfishāitās essential.
Because when you are regulated, rested, and resourced, everything else aligns.
This is what it looks like for me now.
And itās working. š¤