Recently I saw someone post on Instagram: Asking for what you want is some powerful magic. The sentiment was along the lines of, nothing in life is ever handed to you. You must struggle and toil to get what you want. And you should never ask for what you want, because you don’t deserve it …
Remember that classic children’s book The Little Engine That Could? You know, about the Little Blue Engine who is smaller than all the other big, tough, engines, who’s never been over the mountain, but who is kinder than the other engines who are too good to help the broken down train get over the mountain. …
Unless you’ve seen pictures of me, you may not know that I have curly hair. And unless you also have curly hair, you may not know that it’s a thing for people with curly hair to wash their hair only once or twice a week. Really. I’m a once-a-week curly girl, myself. (By the way …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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