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Anxiety and Imposter Syndrome

In May, I gave birth to a beautiful baby boy for a friend. As a surrogate, I was prepared to work through the separation of the baby to his parents and the physical toll being pregnant and giving birth would have on my body. What I was not prepared for was the toll it...

My Facebook Battle

A few months ago, I was hacked. My amazing hosting company is who let me know about it (after they had cleaned it up) and let me know how the hack happened (hurray for Jetpack…which I have subsequently deleted from all of the sites I manage….but that’s...

What Is The Best Software For…

One of the top questions I get asked is people wanting to know the best software for a particular project. There are so many options out there in the world, it’s kind of silly to think there is ever a one size fits all for anything. This works for everything...

New Offering :: Magical Business Checkup

Do you ever feel like you are in the game by yourself? You may have a great support system, but what if they don’t run their own business? Or do you feel like everyone around you is soaring while you’re still in “fake it til you make it” mode? Let me help get your...

Originality

I had the absolute honor of being interviewed on the most recent episode of Originality, a new podcast on my favorite podcast network. The premise of the podcast itself is different (one might say: original) in that one of the fabulous hosts (either Aleen Sims or K...

Don’t Fetishize the System

Confession: I love systems. Systems and templates and spreadsheets make me happy. However, I don’t fetishize the system. The system doesn’t run me, I run it. I use a Hobonichi planner with a modified bullet journal system to track my daily tasks and brain...

Why Busyness Will Make You Fail

There is a huge premium on a level of busyness in the American world today. If you work in an office at a corporate job, you are required to be there the 9 hours with an hour for lunch, regardless of what you are doing. I worked in corporate America for long enough to...

One Simple Tip to Get Control of Your Business (and Life!)

Okay, you know those posts that are all over the place telling you they have One Simple Tip that will make you productive and it’s always something you have to buy from them and it’s got like 25 steps to prep and then will take 2 hours and MAYBE it will...

Tuesday Tip :: Don’t Forget to Love Yourself

Today, I’m going to get a little bit sappy and a whole lot of rambley in a video…but every so often, something hits my heart and I need to share it with you guys. Especially when on my Facebook feed today, I see this from a friend: I’m here to tell...

Tuesday Tip :: Start Sloppy

I’ve had the honor to do two great workshops for education and implementation this year, Brand Camp with Kristen Kalp and BonjOrganization with Kelli France. Both have had different goals and different plans and completely different tasks to succeed. Both have...