7 steps to fix it today. I have a terrible mindset when it comes to money, I always think there’s more to be made. I’m not wrong. But applying that attitude if you’re financially over-extended is only feeding the financial Read more…

Don’t think about it, just start one. I don’t care if you only send one email to your subscribers each month, have a newsletter. It’s been said time and time again that owning your mailing list of people interested in Read more…

Ode to the chub. My mother was a small woman and I was a nine-pound, ten-ounce vaginal birth baby. It’s fine, you can say it. I was a fat kid. A pan full of dinner rolls had nothing on me Read more…

I’m as surprised as you are. I stumbled upon a piece about how influencers weren’t reading people’s stories, so the collective “we” should stop reading theirs. It wasn’t the actual article that got my attention. It was a comment posted Read more…

Here’s my personal experience. If you’ve never actually been to a therapist to help deal with stress or other life-related crap, chances are you’ve heard that they exist, both the therapist and the life-related crap. No? Well, then you must Read more…

Tattle tales of the corporate ladder I’m a freelance writer for a reason. For the times when I chose to work for the man, I felt caged, controlled, and almost angry at myself for allowing myself to be belittled regularly. Read more…

There are so many non-believers in what we’re capable of. When I was fresh out of high school, I was having a discussion with my brother-in-law about my career. He worked a 7–3:30 job at the time making a pretty standard Read more…

Sure you can do it all, but you shouldn’t. I have a habit of looking around and noticing things. As I sat in the restaurant, everything seemed to be where it belonged. Customers dining, getting up and making way for Read more…

The consequences of our actions. The word consequence to me always seemed negative. Whenever I think about it, rarely do people say, “Think of the benefits of your actions.” It always seems to be more about being careful about what Read more…

I honestly have no idea how I was even allowed to become a musician. I was a seventies kid who liked to play in the dirt. When I was eight years old, I was at a pool with tons of Read more…