Bernadette Smith 12/13/24 Bernadette Smith 12/13/24

5 Things / Family

This week my partner and I celebrated our birthdays. For me that always brings the gift of reflection on the lessons learned from this year. This was the year I expanded my capacity to love and be loved. More than anything, it was a year of new and strengthened relationships. Of family, chosen and otherwise.

Bernadette Smith 4/5/24 Bernadette Smith 4/5/24

5 Things / Gratitude

Full transparency: my small firm has been impacted by client budget cuts and priority shifts. This has meant our own budget cuts, priority shifts, and a heartbreaking layoff. I’ve had hard conversations with folks on my team over the past 18 months.

Bernadette Smith 6/24/22 Bernadette Smith 6/24/22

5 Things / Triggered

I spent two days this week on a retreat with my mastermind group. We’re a bunch of varied founders who come together to learn and support each other as we build our businesses. The theme of this retreat was “communication” and one of the sessions I enjoyed was on communicating with ourselves when we’re triggered by something someone says at work.

Bernadette Smith 11/10/21 Bernadette Smith 11/10/21

5 Things in 15 Minutes / making it right with Erma BreAnn Standley

Bernadette and Erma recap last week's 5 Things, highlighting the recent controversy and potential redemption of Activision Blizzard. Also featured are acts of inclusive diversity such as Mayo Clinic's introduction of disposable hijabs for Muslim patients that wear them!

Bernadette Smith 8/6/21 Bernadette Smith 8/6/21

5 Things / patience with process

This week I found myself continually frustrated by things I couldn't control. To be honest, I'm not very patient with "process" - but of course the reality of bringing something new into the world (in this case, my book Inclusive 360), requires an awful lot of process.