Can we talk about something that no one seems to factor into business advice?Energy.Not motivation. Not mindset. Not whether you “want it badly enough.”Actual, physical, human energy.Because I keep seeing this pattern. And maybe you are too.It’s not...

Yesterday, where I live was hit with a blizzard. If you live in snow country, you don’t need a weather app to know what that means. The wind has a certain howling sound. The sky goes that flat gray that feels like a warning. Snow piles up faster than...

I still remember the day I was laid off from my job as a real estate paralegal. It felt like the floor dropped out from under me, the same stomach-sinking feeling you get at the top of a roller coaster right before the fall. The shock hits first. The...

Lately I keep seeing the same question pop up:Why is it so hard to find reliable information about starting a business online?It’s a fair question. You start searching for ideas and within minutes it feels like everyone is selling a course. That natu...

I think it’s time we talk about something that often goes unnamed.Mostly because it’s easier to talk about unreasonable clients than it is to talk about the ways we quietly enable them.And if that made you shift in your chair a little, stay with me.U...

In last week’s newsletter, I admitted that I was having a hard time hanging in there.This week, after what happened in Minneapolis, that tension has only gotten louder. The pull between the reality of the country I live in and the expectation that it...

Remember that old poster from the 70s or 80s?The one with the cat hanging from a tree branch by its front paws, eyes wide, claws dug in, and the caption underneath saying something like Hang in there.That’s how I’m doing right now.Barely hanging...

Do you remember #GirlBoss?  Or maybe #BossBabe?  It was 2013, or maybe 2014 and Instagram was inundated with gorgeous images of elegant home office setups with plenty of pink, marble and rose gold.   The book #GirlB...

This might be a good one to share.Don’t you love how there always seems to be a new “key phrase” every season? Especially in the business world. Quiet quitting. Snail girl jobs. And now… drumroll please… strategic detachment.The funny thing is, some...

Forwarding this counts as a conversation starter.I’ve been noticing something for a while now, and I can’t quite let it go.It’s about the pushback women start getting in midlife. Not when we’re falling apart. Not when we’re confused or stuck. But whe...