Kaylie Pierre

Here I am back in 2013 after I got second place in a race! I started running in high school, on my own, but it wasn’t until college that I really started getting into running. I had recently broken up with a long-term boyfriend and wanted to try new things, while also looking for ways to stay active. I was not a typical college student as I worked nearly 30-35 hours a week in addition to going to school full time. I worked at a coffee stand, so during my mornings I was slingin’ coffee, and...

Every September, the same thing happens. The kids go back to school. The summer rhythm — the one I'd finally, almost gotten comfortable with — changes. Suddenly there are pickup times and practice schedules and a hard stop at 3:00 that didn't exist in July. And every September I have a choice: let the new schedule happen to me, or sit down and redesign the week on purpose. This year I sat down and redesigned it. I want to walk you through how, because I think most of the overwhelm my clients...

One year ago, I started this business after the rug was completely ripped out from under me. Just one month after Ben and I moved in together—blending our family of six kids and two dogs, moving to a new city, and starting over—I suddenly found myself without a job. I knew I had the skills and the experience to build a business. But knowing that and actually taking the leap were two very different things. Because if it failed… it was on me. That felt incredibly heavy. I can’t even count how...