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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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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