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Clarity for what’s next.

Welcome to the Life & Leadership Essentials blog, a space for thoughtful reflection, honest questions, and meaningful conversations about what comes next.

Mary Beth Plank-Mezo 9/4/26 Mary Beth Plank-Mezo 9/4/26

The Strong One Needs Support, Too

High-achieving women hold everything together for everyone else while their own growth waits. What executive coaching gave me, and what a good coach actually does.

Mary Beth Plank-Mezo 9/3/26 Mary Beth Plank-Mezo 9/3/26

I Took a Job for $5 an Hour

A career decision I made as a single mom in 1989: turn down the better-paying offer, take $5 an hour at a small school. That school became 36 years at Full Sail.