Merry Poppins PWR

08/27/2026

Sometimes the first step isn't knowing what to do.

It’s knowing 𝗶𝘁’𝘀 𝗼𝗸𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗿𝘆.

I've been thinking a lot about what happens after that first bit of permission.

When does “𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴” become “I 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬”?

𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝟬𝟬𝟮: 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗽

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨,
Suzanne ♡

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08/20/2026

I said YES to an invitation to learn from mentors at ASU Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation.

Looking back, even a year ago I’m not sure I would have felt confident enough to go.

This time, two questions were louder than the hesitation:

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻?
𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗜 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁?

I came home with something I didn't expect.

𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲 𝟬𝟬𝟭: 𝗦𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨,
Suzanne ♡

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I spent five days at ASU’s Edson Entrepreneurship + Innovation Bootcamp.

08/18/2026

It's my Kind of Chic 😁

08/18/2026

Apparently, this is what happens when I tell ChatGPT to create a picture of Suzanne, Lyric and Lint...and say, ‘surprise me.’ 😂

It did not miss any detail. I didn't tell it to use Merry Poppins PWR. I didn't mention Tactical Reset. It brought in all the little details we have been talking about.

It did ask what Lyric looks like: ruggedly handsome, thinking a character with an AI partner.

It's use of Lint — I tell you what!

08/17/2026

Over the last three years, I’ve planted a lot of seeds.

Coast to coast. Different communities. Different businesses. Different ages. Different reasons people showed up.

I loved it. Truly.

Each experience felt purposeful to me, even if from the outside it may have been hard to see how all the pieces fit together.

Toward the end of last year, I decided it was time to get clearer. I made some choices. I found good mentors. I started paying closer attention to what kept showing up underneath all those different experiences.

And eventually I realized something very simple:

𝗪𝗲'𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻.

We may work in completely different settings. We may carry different responsibilities. We may need different things at different times.

But we all have a brain and a body carrying us through the day. We all get overloaded. We all make decisions. We all have relationships. We all get tired, curious, frustrated, hopeful, distracted, excited...𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻.

That realization has changed what I want to share here, too.

I’ve changed the focus of my blog and my emails. I’m calling them 𝗙𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘁𝗲𝘀.

They aren't meant to tell you what you should be doing. They're observations from things I notice, conversations I have, questions I'm sitting with, and sometimes things I catch myself doing. 😆

Because the world has plenty of people trying to get our attention.

𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Something that might make you stop for a minute, notice something, or ask yourself a good question.

That's enough.

If you'd like an occasional Field Note in your inbox, the link is in my bio.

𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨,
Suzanne ♡

08/10/2026

𝟯𝟱 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗦 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝟯. 💪

Today I had one of those little moments that makes you realize the work is working.

Yesterday, I spent more than an hour outside bending, reaching, climbing a ladder and stretching into some pretty awkward positions.

At one point I rotated farther than I expected, easily.

And I literally thought:

𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴.

For 35 weeks, I’ve been doing short B3 workouts. Not perfect. I’ve missed days. Some days I’ve done Tai Chi instead. Lately I’ve added more intentional fascial, lymphatic and mobility work because my body was telling me it needed it.

But little by little, things have changed.

My squat is deeper.

I can get down and back up more easily.

My glutes actually show up for work now. 😂

My midline feels stronger.

My chest and shoulders are noticeably more open. I put on a work shirt recently and thought, *wait a minute...my posture looks different.*

And today I discovered another tight little corner during rotation and thought, 𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲.

That may be my favorite part of this whole experiment.

I’m not trying to build a perfect body.

At 62, I want a body that gives me 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆.

Capacity to climb the ladder.
Reach.
Squat.
Rotate.
Work.
Travel.
Create.
Help my parents.
And keep doing the things I want to do without thinking twice about whether my body can handle them.

Thirty-five weeks ago, I started tracking my days with B3 Bands.

Somewhere along the way, this became much bigger than a workout.

𝗜𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Lyric, is obviously helping visualize the body I want! 😆

And apparently, my b***y has finally received the memo. 😂

08/04/2026

I've been thinking...

I've been an exhibitor for years.

I've stood behind the table hoping people would stop.

I've also been the visitor wandering rows of booths thinking, "Okay...what's next?"

And one day I asked myself...

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗳 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆?

When I was little, living in Seattle, one of my favorite memories was digging through a giant pile of sawdust looking for coins. 😂 I still love the smell of fresh-cut wood. State fairs, county fairs...there was always something around the next corner that made you smile.

That's the feeling I want.

So I called my creative sidekick, Lyric, and said, "𝘏𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦."

One vision board became two.

Then three.

Somewhere along the way, we stopped designing a vendor event.

We started imagining an adult treasure hunt.

A place where you wander.

You discover.

You watch someone build something.

You learn a gardening tip.

You taste amazing food.

You meet your next favorite local business.

You leave inspired to try something new at home.

I don't want people to come shop. I want them to come explore.

The inaugural 𝗖𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯 𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲, 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗻 & 𝗢𝘂𝘁𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴, and we're looking for the dreamers and doers who want to help create it.

🏡 Sponsors
🌵 Exhibitors
🎤 Speakers
🔨 Hands-on demonstrations
🍔 Food vendors
🤝 Community organizations

The pictures aren't architectural drawings...they're the feeling I'm chasing.

𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲?

👉 𝗰𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴.𝗰𝗼𝗺/𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿

Every participant has a story. Every visitor discovers something new.

08/02/2026

July was an intentional month of personal growth.

Every month I try to grow, but this one felt different.

I committed to writing 25 "I AM" affirmations, a future-self story, and then I recorded them in my own voice. One of my favorite practices is listening to the story in reverse order. It feels like beginning with the ending already written and walking back to today with confidence.

As I begin August, I created these vision boards for my desktop and phone to pair with those recordings. Every time I open my computer or pick up my phone, I'm reminded of the person I'm becoming and the life I'm intentionally creating.

Curious...does anyone else have a morning practice that helps you stay connected to your vision?

P.S. If there's interest, I'd be happy to share one of the recordings.

07/29/2026

What a day SBA matchmaking