08/09/2026
lately, I’ve been on the champagne coast, at live concerts, catching fly balls and reconnecting with faves 🍾🥂💫❤️ ☀️
I’ve been on the road so much this year, it has been nice to be home for a bit to enjoy the city this summer.
08/01/2026
to live for the hope of it all ✨
last days of July // welcome back, August
🐟 Al Lupo Ristorante w Anna Naber for the best branzino I’ve had in a while - thanks Rob Michaels for the hospitality!
🏕️ YMCA Camp Ernst for LLC
🩸 congrats Hoxworth Blood Center and JonJon on the ARDO Media Partner of the Year Award! 🥇
🫒 Frankie's Sips & Savories with suzapalooza
🍾 Cincinnati’s Fidelity Hotel with Rachael Bernstein Pam Rockenfield Ashmore - congrats Chef Bernstein on your new restaurants!
🍃 golden hour walks
07/26/2026
Twas a birthday season for birthdays, birdies and catching flights in between.
Napa to celebrate Charnella Grossman 🍷 such an amazing trip ✨ Papapietro Perry Winery 🍷 Lauren Joseph Jennifer Kamens
FC Cincinnati for the win w Dad Joe ⚽️
Best dressed American Girls at Pink Lady at Highlands Country Club with emma lynn (Samantha) nicole summers draznik (Felicity) and Britt Canfield (Molly) and myself as Kirsten
birthday skating 🛼 and new boot goofin’
HBD Elise!
HBD Kimberly 🎂
HBD Aaron! Charnella Grossman
golden boi - summer locks and walks
NOLA Talks with leaders in the health and wellness community!
Besties Jennifer Kamens Michael Gallaher
HBD Charnella - we LOVE YOU 😘 Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar Fairmont San Francisco
vineyard vining Jennifer Kamens Charnella Grossman Seghesio Family Vineyards
Ilysm ✨ Lauren Joseph at Seghesio Family Vineyards
HBD caving with Charnella Grossman Shadybrook Estate Winery
A true patriot Lauren Joseph Domaine Carneros Winery
as one does Domaine Carneros Winery
Jennifer Kamens etherial being at Backstage Winery
Backstage Winery ATVs and vineyard hopping
07/08/2026
🩷 One year ago I blindly arrived for my first mammogram. I work in wellness, so I knew the general idea of what would happen, but after receiving surprise news, I wish I were more mentally prepared to ask questions.
After all, I’ll be doing this for the rest of my life!
So, I’d love to ask, if you have you ever delayed a mammogram because you were afraid of what they might find… don’t. Because they did on mine- the first one I had ever had- and I’m grateful that I now have the knowledge to move forward.
So many of us tell ourselves, “I’ll do it next month.” Or “I’m sure it’s nothing.” Or we avoid making the appointment because we’re afraid the phone might ring afterward.
I get it.
But here’s what I wish someone had told me:
✨ Ask if you have dense breasts—and what that means for your screening.
✨ Don’t be afraid to ask, “What happens if you find something?”
✨ Remember that being called back for additional imaging is common, and most callbacks are not cancer.
Fear loves uncertainty.
Information gives you options.
If you’re due for a mammogram, don’t wait until you’re “less busy” or “less nervous.”
Make the appointment.
Your future self deserves that kind of care. 💗
Tell me in the comments if you’ve gotten your mammogram this year, or if you’re scheduled!
Let’s have the conversation more of us need to hear.
07/07/2026
In seasons like this, I see glimmers of her.
That wide-eyed creative who loved to dance, nerd out on art history and host parties for hundreds of friends. That teenage girl who had no idea what was in store for her ahead, but she went forward anyways.
Growing up attending a school like Oak Hills that had so many options for activities, friend groups and courses, I had time to figure out the type of person I wanted to become (and, frankly, avoid).
Looking back now, I’m so grateful for the chance to build a strong sense of self to weather the ups and downs of adulthood, parenthood and business. In times of transition, I often remember a quote I first heard in high school by Heraclitus- “the only constant is change.”
Thank you Diane Weidner for all you do for Oak Hills Highlanders and for honoring me with this prestigious recognition, to Kelly Calhoun for speaking on my behalf and to all fellow alumni who have congratulated me!