I recently saw a video on Instagram of someone talking about doing a science experiment of converting negative energy into positive energy. The video was from the comedian Sarah Silverman and she told a story about an encounter with a man in a parking lot, who started yelling at her and cussing her out after […]
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You know what it feels like when a boss or coworker (or maybe even a spouse or friend) is pressuring you for whatever reason? Maybe it’s a huge project for a bigtime client, and your boss keeps reminding you how important it is, and you really have to deliver, and it will be really bad
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I’ve been a little off my game the last week or so. My husband Jeremy and I had friends visiting from out of town who stayed with us overnight this week; my sister and her fiance are coming for dinner tonight. Plus, I’m behind on emails and a few other things, and had five back-to-back
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Like most writers, I’ve always wanted to write a book. I started what I thought would be my masterpiece in grad school, and to complete the program my thesis was indeed a manuscript. A bad manuscript. But it was a complete, 30,000-word manuscript. Not necessarily ready for public consumption, but complete enough that I thought
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I have written about rest before, but it’s on my mind again lately, especially in the wake of what has been going on in the world and particularly in America. I don’t need to list all of the insane injustices that we’re dealing with. You know what I’m talking about. The reason it’s on my
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I have been working with clients in our Nonfiction Bootcamp program since January of 2020. Several clients have now finished the year-long program, and towards the end of our time together, we usually talk in our bi-weekly office hours about investing in ourselves. I intentionally save this discussion for the end of the program because EVERYTHING we
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My parents have been renting the same cabin on the west shore of Lake Tahoe for thirty years—since my youngest brother was two years old. There are four of us (I’m the oldest), and we are of course all grown now, three of the four of us are married, and my sister is engaged. My
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2019 was a really rough year for me. Circumstances were getting the best of me. My husband and I had been in a rough financial spot for several years, but at least I had a good job—a well-paying job. It was so well-paying that we were dependent on my income, and I had convinced myself
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Every Monday in my private community for women writing nonfiction I make a post sharing my goals for the week and inviting members to share theirs. It’s turned into this really wonderful way that members can stay accountable, but more than that they support and encourage and cheer for each other. It’s one of my
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