I just recorded a podcast with Baily Hancock who is a career and business strategist. She teaches people how to collaborate with their community to achieve their goals. It was great to talk about my consulting business and what I am working on in the area of sexual harassment, but it was also a great conversation about life. I think if you ask me how I have managed to keep going in life- most of the time forward- I would tell you that I haven't always gone forward. Sometimes I have gone backward or sideways. But the key to why I have continued to grow, learn, and eventually go forward is that I have always gotten up. And it's hard sometimes to get up. I don't begin to imagine anyone else's pain - so this is not a judgment - its a rally or cheer for you to get up. Even when life knocks you down. But what I am suggesting is to also think about what direction to go when you get up. Sometimes forward isn't where you need to be. Sometimes you have to go back