you don’t need to be a *literal* legend to live a legendary life
Do you know the origin story of the goddess Athena? Greek legend has it she sprang fully formed from her father’s head after he swallowed her pregnant mother whole. Zeus got a crippling headache, begged a fellow god to split his immortal head open with an axe, and boom! There she was, …
Read More3 simple ways to practice self-love (no matter how much time you have)
“It is our choices, Harry, that show us what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” – Albus Dumbledore Last night I finished rereading the final book in the Harry Potter series. I’ve been losing myself in those pages, swooping through their magic and mystery like a vivifying wind, riding …
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Out of ideas? 3 secret reasons you’re getting stuck (and what to do about them)
You know that feeling when you think about writing (for your blog, newsletter, Instagram channel, or basically anyplace your audience hangs out) and your brain screeches to a halt? The lights go out. The walls go up. The dream of prolific, playful sharing vanishes like a puff of smoke. I …
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Writer’s block is a myth
When you sit down to write a newsletter, social media post, or some other form of content for your audience, do you get stuck feeling like you “don’t know what to say”? A few weeks ago, I had a conversation with an entrepreneur struggling with writer’s block. After several years …
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Your revolution is being a role model
True story: I cried in yoga last week. Not while hovering in a tricep pushup (though I came VERY close to collapse). Not while standing on one leg and leaning forward (though I definitely fell down on that one). I cried at the end, during shavasana, when the teacher quoted Mr. Rogers. …
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How to write when writing is hard
Last week I took a trip to Charlotte Russe, the fast fashion store for high school girls and 32-year-old brides-to-be who need white, mildly inappropriate dresses for their upcoming bachelorette parties. (Guess which one I was?) As I stood in the dressing room struggling to sandwich my body into a …
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The Art of Failure
Last night, I went to an event called The Art of Failure. Three local artists, each famous in their own right, spoke onstage about their failures. The pain. The lessons. The gifts. Lulu Miller, producer the record-breaking NPR podcast Invisibilia, said radio taught her to be a shitty idea machine. …
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Trapped in The Expectation Gap? How to find out & get out…ASAP.
Do you ever have a Brilliant Idea for your business, decide it’s Your Next Big Thing, and then…fail to pull the trigger? You know how it starts. In your mind, you can justify the delay.You’re busy. You’ve got kids, or friends, or cats that desperately need more snuggles. In your …
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How to Speak Your Truth in a Scary, Noisy World (Empath Edition)
On Saturday morning, I joined 500,000+ visitors in D.C. for the Women’s March on Washington. It was awesome. By 7am, I stood near the main stage, surrounded by hundreds of women and men. Every sign, every smile, every outrageous hat unlocked a feeling I didn’t know I craved: safety. The …
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Your secret superpower + the law of resonance
When you were born, you received a power unlike anything else in the universe. You received the power of your soul’s truth—and a voice with which to share it. That voice, YOUR voice, is unique among all creation. When you were born, you became the first and last person to see …
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