On the wall in my office I have a framed print that says “Work Hard Rest Often.” It’s there as a reminder for me and anyone else who needs it—it’s behind me and visible anytime I’m on a Zoom video call. It’s a mandate that I take seriously. I don’t work on the weekends. I […]
I saw a video on Instagram recently talking about one of the main reasons we self-sabotage is that our brain seeks out the familiar. If you want to change, make progress, or move forward in a direction that is different from your norm, you have to interrupt the habit of seeking comfort and instead figure
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We watched Hamilton over the weekend. I had heard the music and interviews with Lin-Manuel Miranda, and that’s nothing compared to witnessing the sheer passion and talent of the performers. It’s been a long time since my early American history lessons, but I mostly know the basics of George Washington and the Revolutionary War, of
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I have been pretty distracted since the Supreme Court handed down its ruling on abortion. How have you been doing? I know a lot of people are upset and angry, and I’m having a lot of emotions too, I just haven’t been able to sort them out quite yet. Let me explain. See, I was
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I spent the weekend relaxing and playing. After three years of living in our house, the back yard is finally nearing a semblance of completeness that makes for the perfect place to sit, soak in some sun, get some fresh air, read, nap, lounge. That’s what I was doing on Saturday. On Sunday my husband
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In last week’s blog post, I wrote about the story Rachel Rodgers shares in her book, We Should All Be Millionaires, about how she started getting regular haircuts to feel better about herself and then started making more money because her present self embodied the vision she had of her future self. I can’t stop
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Last week I hosted my Q&A show #AsktheEditor for my private community More to the Story (if you’re a nonfiction writer and you’d like to join me you can request an invite here). One of the questions I got was: How do you overcome your own lack of self-confidence? Whenever I get a question like
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I just finished reading the book We Should All Be Millionaires by Rachel Rodgers. Now before you get all the-problem-with-millionaires attitude on me, let me just say that the thesis of the book is that more women, and specifically women of color, should be millionaires, because money equals power and when women have power they
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