Hi and happy Wednesday! Someone asked me yesterday what this newsletter was about, and I replied with something along the lines of "it's semi-controlled shrapnel from the glitter-bomb inside my head." I've been writing this newsletter on and off for almost 5 years. I am not always consistent, but I do always come back. While it has taken many forms and covered many topics, its always centered around the really light and easy-to-answer question: how do we live with more meaning, purpose and...
about 3 years ago • 3 min read
Three things to ponder this week: LinkedIn Anxiety Yesterday, I saw this post on Instagram about how LinkendIn causes intense comparisonitis and anxiety. This could be a pot and kettle situation, but I confess I instantly related to the observation because I have long felt self-conscious showing up on LinkedIn. To me, Instagram feels more creative and less serious, while LinkedIn feels like a pissing match of promotions. This is, of course, filtered through my own personal lens. LinkedIn...
about 3 years ago • 2 min read
Hello, friends, I just got back from a quick trip with my college girlfriends. We've been friends for 20 years! Between us, we've racked up 20 children. And about 1,294 life pivots and career changes. None of us are the same at 40 as we were at 20. What we want now is different from what we wanted then, or 10 years ago, 5 years ago, or maybe even yesterday. It's amazing to have watched the girls I knew become the women they are, each of them more complex and nuanced and themselves because of...
over 3 years ago • 1 min read
GETTING RIGHT TO THE POINT! If you would like to continue to receive emails from me, there are two ways you can do that going forward: Via this newsletter - You'll get updates about current offers, plus periodic content that focuses more specifically on career exploration and creativity. If you want to continue to receive these emails, do nothing! If you don't want these emails anymore, you may unsubscribe here. No hard feelings! Via Substack - I'll be moving my more personal writing to a new...
over 3 years ago • 1 min read
Hello and Happy May! A quick update today, which is that I'm currently in the middle of training to become a certified YouMap® coach. YouMap is an assessment. But where most assessments measure just one thing about you, YouMap measures four: Strengths Values Skills Personality-Based Interests Of all the assessments I've taken over the years (hundreds? millions?), I've found YouMap to be the most accurate, the most complete, the most logical, and the most actionable. Because while it's an...
over 3 years ago • 1 min read
I was in 10th grade when Columbine happened. The day after, my high school gathered in the music room to talk about it. I'll never forget my English teacher breaking down into sobs. Most of the students were too stunned to say anything at all. The kids who had died were like us. They were our age. I remember walking the hallways imagining what it would be like to hear gunshots. To have to run. It was so far beyond comprehension and yet, suddenly, very real. 24 years later, my 1st grader...
over 3 years ago • 1 min read
It's finally spring after a winter that was quite mild here on the east coast. Truth be told, I haven't felt quite ready to leave hibernation. I'd like a few more cozy weeks by the fire. But the days are brighter and longer and my kids keep asking why we're having dinner so early, even though we're sitting down to the table at the same we did all winter. If you've been reading, you may have noticed I've been alternating the style and content of what I share each week. I'm curious, do you have...
over 3 years ago • 1 min read
on finding your people one awkward introduction at a time When we moved to New Jersey a little over 4 years ago, my husband joked that people would run the other way when they saw me coming. We had just relocated 3,000 miles from California. Our kids were 2.5 years old and 2 months old. We'd visited our new town exactly one time before and knew exactly zero people. To add insult to injury, it was December. And it was freezing. First, I don't recommend this. Second, I'll repeat: we knew...
over 3 years ago • 2 min read
Kids sports and the lesson I should have already learned Better late than never The worst part about kids sports is that my knees hurt just watching them. It’s true. Youth is wasted on the young. Kids have zero respect for just how bendy their little bodies are. My own very bendy kid does sports. And he is registered for precisely way too many of them. This comes as a shock to me, even though I personally signed him up for each and every one of them. It’s shocking because I am a staunch...
over 3 years ago • 3 min read
