Self-Care: Love Yourself so You Can Love Your Life
You know the feeling too well: you’re worn out. The rope you’re dangling at the end of is frayed and about to snap. But you can’t stop. Your to-do list is longer than the...
Bending Reality: Don’t Wait For the How – Do it Now
Are you one of those people who have learned to think outside the box, to color outside the lines? From a very early age, I’ve done that. More often, I’ve challenged reality and authority...
How I Built A Thriving Online Community — And Business — By Doing What I Loved
At 22, right before I was to be married, I was offered an amazing entry level job at the local electric coop. It was the kind of job that offered room to grow and...
How to Create a Healthy Work-From-Home Space
Working from home (WFH) is here to stay. Whether you love it or hate it, chances are you will be given the option to embrace this trend more often than ever before, as the...
Memories with Meaning: Memoirs Day August 31
Someone asked me recently about the difference between an autobiography and a memoir. Aren’t they both just a person talking about their own life? Yes. But also no. An autobiography is a direct account...
The Mommy bind…again, forever?
One of the two toughest life lessons I ever learned was that motherhood, as a role, is not easily delegated. The other was that bias is at work everywhere, be it class, race, sex...
Do You Have to Go to College to be Successful in Business?
They say if you can find a way to make a living doing what you love, you’ll never work a day in your life. Once upon a time, the path to a fulfilling career...
8 Unique Ways to Attract New Donors for Your Nonprofit
Anyone in the nonprofit world knows how challenging it can be to acquire new donors. Money is a constant topic of discussion: How much do we need? Where will we find funding? How can...
What is Leaving Your Job Worth?
If we’ve heard it once, we’ve heard it a thousand times over the past year: we’re in the midst of “The Great Resignation.” The coronavirus pandemic brought about a shift in the way we...
How Choosing the Right Colors Can Help You Thrive
When I first started running my company; The Film Festival Doctor, I was working extremely long hours, which consisted of 16-hour days, seven days a week and surviving on five hours of sleep each...