You don’t need what you don’t need.  I know, I know…That was deep. But it’s so true. The more stuff I clear the more at peace I feel. The correlation is real.  And while Marie Kondo may have changed her tune a bit, I will forever maintain that I do not do clutter. Nope.  I […]

In this post, I’m walking through how to hold a year-end reflection and goal-planning retreat in a day.  What went well for you this year? In what ways did you grow?  Did you know those who do find success measure their progress based on where they started not on their ideal—a “moving target that is […]

In this post, I’m walking through the single best way to overcome overwhelm in content creation. The biggest challenge most people face when staring down the content machine is how to be consistent. You know when you look at the calendar, or open Instagram, and feel like you have no idea what you’re doing? You […]

In this post, I’m walking through the essential steps to set effective, *realistic* content goals that will help lead you toward success with your content efforts.  Like anything you aspire to in life, you need goals for your content in order to have a clear direction, measure success, and ensure your content marketing efforts align […]

If you’re an entrepreneur, creator or small business owner, then you already know creating content is part of your job description. But that doesn’t mean you started out wanting to be a content creator—or that it comes easy. Even as someone with a graduate degree in journalism, I have plenty of days where I sit […]

What’s the most important thing you could ever own? The most valuable? Most meaningful? ⁠⁠Most useful in the day-to-day and in the moments that matter most? How do you make others pay attention? I’d say: Your voice. Words have power. ⁠⁠A lot of power. Just think how much they can change everything:⁠⁠  He’s not going […]

Originally written for Life Goals Mag I have a real problem with this stat: 7 in 10 girls believe they are not good enough or do not measure up in some way. And it’s not just girls. The other day, my own (dear) 3-year-old son casually informed me a girl can’t be a doctor; only a […]

It’s no secret that we are distracted people. On average, Americans check their phones 262 times per day—that’s once every 5.5 minutes. Even worse? Our attention span is now shorter than a goldfish’s. A study found that the average human attention span fell from 12 seconds in 2000 to just eight seconds today. Someone, somewhere was […]

We gear a lot about storytelling. But, what is story? Why do stories matter? Why does your story matter? And how can you claim it?

If you’re a creative entrepreneur then part of your job description is marketing your business. No surprise there, right? Without getting attention on your work—without eyes on what you do—it’s kind of hard to build a brand or business.  And yet, setting out to make an impact in the world and shining a light on […]