Several Healthfirst staff and I spent the past few days talking about sex. You heard that correctly, sex. In a space full of individuals who understood the importance of the conversations, who spoke open and freely about the topic, and specifically its impact on sexual and reproductive health. It was rejuvenating, yet worrisome because we are part of the minority.

In life, in leadership, and in business we have three choices. We can fail, we can survive, or thrive. All three are your choice and you have to decide your destiny. Now I know there are many, many external factors that influence our lives on a daily basis. Sick kids, employee turnover, funding cuts….we have all been dealt those cards before. However, you get to choose how you are going to respond and what the outcome is. Not anyone else.

Yesterday was an interesting day for me. After putting my all into a Post Dobbs brief, it was time to present it to two hundred plus registrants with two co-conspirators. Thanks Adrian-for that terminology. There was passion, there was fire, and there was anger. The position individuals have been put in, in my home state, is nauseating. The tip of the iceberg has been exposed, and this political chaos plans to dive deep.