Hey Reader, The pumpkin spice is flowing and sweaters are making their way to the front of the closet...fall is here 🍂 And with it comes that end-of-year feeling. The calendar starts filling up, 2027 is suddenly in view, and the decisions we’ve been putting off start tapping us on the shoulder. Is there one thing in your business (or life) you keep coming back to? A decision you’ve been “thinking about” for weeks. An offer you’re not sure about. A goal that feels fuzzy every time you think...
28 days ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, I asked on Instagram recently how people were feeling about Q4. The answer: too much to do, not enough time. I get it. That feeling is real. We've piled a lot onto our plates and filled every open space. Going, going, going, and at the end of the day it still doesn't feel like enough got done, even though you were busy all day. Sure, we've overcommitted. But there's something a little deeper going on too, something I end up getting to with almost every client eventually. We all...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Here's a little joke I often make: you can always tell who's an entrepreneur by how many URLs they own 🤣 Not because we ever use them all. Because we can't stop having ideas. A course we might build one day. A product we might make. A weird little side thing we're pretty sure could work. If you've got a domain sitting somewhere collecting dust for a "someday" idea, you already know exactly what I mean. Here's the thing about being a high-achieving woman with a lot of ideas: the...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, Happy September 1st. However you're spending today, there's a good chance some part of you is already feeling the pull to get moving on something. Here's the real-life math: you've got about 12 weeks of real "getting things done" runway before Thanksgiving flips the switch and attention turns toward family, holidays, and slowing down. After that, it's a different season entirely. So instead of a September to-do list, I'd offer one question: If you only let yourself make real...
2 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, How many first-day-of-school pictures have you scrolled past lately? From kindergarten backpacks bigger than the kid wearing them to the (genuinely shocking, see below👇) professionally-designed college dorm transformations... it's everywhere right now. Fun to see, but here's the interesting part: that whole back-to-school moment does something for our brains even decades past needing new pencils. It's called the Fresh Start Effect. It shows up at New Year's, on birthdays, and...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Happy August Reader, We've entered one of the weirdest months. It's kinda summer, kinda creeping into fall. Where I live it's still sweltering, but pumpkin candles are already hitting the shelves. I love pumpkin season. I'm just not ready for summer sunshine to end. You might be feeling that same tug-of-war. Part of you wants to hang onto slow summer days, part of you is ready to get back to a routine. Good news: it's coming. September and October tend to be the most productive stretch of the...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, do you remember the song "The Boy Is Mine"? Brandy and Monica, two of the biggest pop stars of the 90's and everyone assumed they hated each other. So they got in the studio and made a song together and it was a hit! A true win-win for everyone. (If you want to go down memory lane, here's the music video link. You're welcome 😉) In the spirit of women supporting women, I wanted to share a few things with you today: First, my friend Sabrina. She runs a fantastic business and hosts a...
3 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, I was at a women's breakfast a few weeks ago and the keynote speaker stopped me cold. Her name is Shannon Rich, President of the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, CEO and Founder of LeadHERboard, and someone who speaks in front of people for a living. By every measure, she's someone who has figured it out. And she has figured a lot out but what she shared is something I think a lot of us needed to hear. She talked about how emceeing the Hall of Fame dinner threw her off, not once, but two...
4 months ago • 1 min read
Hey Reader, There's a thought a lot of us carry quietly. It doesn't have a name. It doesn't get talked about at dinner or brought up in the group chat. It lives somewhere between your to-do list and the moment you finally close your laptop at night. It sounds something like: I want to walk away from all of it. Not because anything is technically wrong. The career is moving. The goals are getting met. The calendar is full. But underneath all of it... exhaustion. A kind of tired that sleep...
4 months ago • 1 min read