Five of my favorite public speaking tips
Like most of the little girls and boys who took dance classes growing up, the first time I appeared on stage, I was wearing a tutu and tap shoes. After that, my main public performances came in the form of scholastic and academic productions and musicals with my middle and …
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The problem with time management tools
I was chatting with a dear friend recently about time management, and the overwhelm that comes from being a full-time working parent with a busy social calendar and family life. We started talking about the different ways that she has tried to better manage her time for maximum efficiency and …
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What if you’ve already made it?
Whenever someone asks me how I’m doing, my first response is usually “I’m living the dream”. This never fails to get a laugh from people. I know most of us are trained to expect (and deliver) a banal “fine, thanks” in response to this question—or if we’re feeling particularly frisky, …
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A three step process to outsmart imposter syndrome
If you’ve been in my world for any amount of time, you’ve heard me talk about Imposter Complex and how you can take practical steps to move past it. Today, I want to share a subtle nuance in the confidence-building process that many people miss. Too often, we think of …
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What your magic is and why it matters
No matter how awesome your life looks on paper, sometimes it’s hard to feel genuinely grateful or inspired while you’re stuck in the daily grind. I created my new podcast, Everyday Unicorn, because I want to give you the tools and coaching advice to not only own your magic as …
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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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If you want to be a (better) writer…
Ditch your definition of writer, please. 🙂 Sooooo the dictionary defines a writer as “a person engaged in writing books, articles, stories, etc., especially as an occupation or profession; an author or journalist.” As a result, you probably think you can’t be a “writer” until you’re making money from it, or …
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How to defeat blank page paralysis and write great content NOW
Nobody wants to sit down at the computer feeling like they’ve got a gun pointed to their head and some sweaty psychopath shouting, “Okay, go time! Be smart and clever and funny and write a bunch of things! Go!” Yet this is exactly what we do to ourselves, right? Something …
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