Entrepreneurship
This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.
Excuse me, whoever is in charge of mental health and “self care” in the entrepreneurial world? I’d like to speak to the manager please. I’m seeing a lot of content lately about the importance of rest. Of destigmatizing the notion of prioritizing one’s health (mental, physical, and otherwise) over productivity and work. Instagram is positively…
Read MoreDiversity Equity and Inclusion Statement Example & How to Write It
I’ve been getting asked to help some clients create an Anti-Racism pledge / diversity equity and inclusion statement lately, and here’s the deal with that… I can’t. This is something you have to write yourself. There is not a template you can just plug-n-play—that would defeat the purpose. But there ARE some resources that can…
Read MoreMy Influences, Teachers, & Mentors
There’s a myth in what my friend Maggie calls “Celebrity Entrepreneur” culture, that as creatives and service providers we show up fully formed, with 100% all our own original ideas, smelling like roses. Nope. We’re constantly taking in information, analyzing it, and making meaning out of it. When someone or something inspires us, we try…
Read MoreWhat Does “Cult of Personality” mean? (Does it have to do with Trump?)
^^There’s me, wearing faux leather leggings (which are hotter than the real thing, btw) in St. Petersburg, FL, in the middle of June, about halfway through an all-day photo shoot. 🥵I had about 750 pounds of makeup on, which is about 750 pounds more than what I usually wear. Plus, heels. WHO EVEN AM I….
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