20 hours agoWhat’s Big and Grey and Standing in the Corner?What are you afraid to look at in your business? What do you do when your coach makes you look at the thing you don’t want to look at? Do you freak out and quit? Do you shut down? Do you stay open and talk about it but then continue…2 min read2 min read
2 days agoExcuses, Excuses…I almost didn’t write this post. All week, this is what’s been going through my head: It’s been hot. I’ve been tired. I’ve been using a lot of creative energy for other projects. I didn’t have time. I wasn’t inspired. I didn’t like any of the ideas in my Swipe File. It’s been really fucking hot…2 min read2 min read
May 23Do Not Compare Yourself To Giants.Do not compare yourself to the giants. Your comparison will only leave you feeling mired in issues of self-worth and inadequacy. We are a species that enjoys comparison, knows comparison, thrives on comparison: us vs. them. this vs. that. We know light because we know dark and vice versa. But…1 min read1 min read
May 18Because Money Is Important And…A few years ago, I had a complete meltdown about my revenue. I wasn’t earning “enough”. My peers were claiming revenue 3 times mine. I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong. I started looking for new programs, new coaches, new mindset practices, new ways of making me “better”. …2 min read2 min read
May 11Make Your Reputation Repeatable.How much of your own brilliance are you sitting on? Think about it: all those blog posts, newsletters, workshops, slide decks, pitch letters, late night ideas written in the dark on your phone (hi, it’s me). A few weeks back, I caught myself telling a client to take a look…3 min read3 min read
May 2Enough.You are already enough. It is not the work you do. It’s not your level of productivity. It is not your marketing game. It’s not “how figured out” you have it. None of these are what define your worth. You are already enough. Now imagine if you were to run your business with that lens, that filter, that basis FIRST, before any of your other planning, imagine what could you get done? If you held your innate enoughness as foundational to everything you do, what would you decide to do differently? How would you show up? What would you choose?1 min read1 min read
Apr 25It’s Business, It’s Business Time.I saw a video on Instagram recently of John and Julie Gottman. They were speaking about how they’ve found that the success behind a relationship isn’t about conflict at all; it was about repair. It was offering a cup of tea, even while in an argument. It was seeing the…2 min read2 min read
Apr 18What’s Holding You Back?I’m going to learn how to repair an old tractor! Actually, let me backup… When I was in early high school, I really really wanted to study car mechanics. My high school had a shop and I was fascinated by the students coming up the stairs with grease on their…2 min read2 min read
Apr 11If You’re In This For The Long Haul…Once upon a time, I was the Executive Director of a small not for profit organization. It wasn’t my first foray into the nonprofit world, but it was my last. Or at least, my most recent. Prior to the ED position, I’d sat on Boards, volunteered multiple days a week…2 min read2 min read
Apr 4Ch-ch-changes…There I was, in a massive Toronto stadium, breathing in the anticipation of 46,000 fans. The sold out crowd was a mix of old school David Bowie fans in tie dye shirts and greying pony tails, hard core Nine Inch Nails fans in long black everything, and folks like us…Change3 min readChange3 min read