there's power in your voice
Hello love, A tight feeling in my throat. Confusion in my eyes. Where to start? Do I even have anything valuable to say? Maybe I should just skip writing today. Self-doubt, I've learned, is a manifestation of your nervous system not having found grounding and safety. Before that, I believed that I was the problem. I thought that I wasn't confident enough, that I didn't believe in myself enough. I thought that if I made myself stronger, if I tried harder, organized better, or found the right...
8 days ago • 3 min readI'm so grateful for my burnout
Hello love, I'm grateful for my burnout. I know it's a crazy thing to say, considering what a dark and difficult period it was for me. It was a season of my life in which I felt completely alone and inapt. As if what was required of me - living, taking care of my baby, homeschooling my older kid, making good money in my business - was just too much. And in many ways it was. Because I had never learned to take care of me first. I knew how to power through. I knew how to discard my needs to...
15 days ago • 2 min readthe permission you've been waiting for
Hello love, What would make you perfectly content now? That's the question my sister-in-law, who's visiting us with her kids, asked me last night. Without hesitation, I answered: Nothing. I already am. It struck me afterward how different my answer would have been 5 years ago. Back then, I would have had a list: more clients, a bigger audience, a sleeker website, recognition from industry leaders... There was always something external that I needed to happen first. And sure, my circumstances...
21 days ago • 3 min readwhat are you really chasing?
Hello love, As a kid, I used to walk around my bedroom several times a year with a big garbage bag, picking up whatever wasn't serving me anymore and throwing it away. It would drive my mother crazy (she wanted to save everything "just in case") but I'm quite ruthless when it comes to pruning the trees. September, January, Spring, New moons, every Monday... it's a new possibility to start anew, to do better - more intentionally, more aligned, kinder to myself. Because my biggest fear is...
29 days ago • 4 min readthe rules that are secretly draining you
Hello love, There are rules that serve us and other that drain us. Last year, I decided to go "all in" on Substack and to publish two articles a week. This, plus my three weekly emails that I started sending in January, that's five pieces of content every week. Because that's what "serious" content creators do, right? For a while, it was fun. I love writing, and that editorial rhythm helped me actively build my readership and authority, fast. But after 6-8 months, that self-imposed rule...
about 1 month ago • 3 min readpush or flow: where are you right now?
Hello love, If you take a moment to check in with your energy, the way you are currently running your business: Do you find yourself to be rather pushing or flowing? Are you being determined and strategic, or are you doing things as they come to you? One is masculine, the other is feminine, and both are needed to reach our goals and to live harmoniously as we get there. The difficult part, I find, is staying in balance. For years, I ran my life and my business mostly with that masculine...
about 1 month ago • 3 min readwhy I gave up on discipline
Hello love, There was a time I believed that if I could just be more disciplined, everything would fall into place. I'd wake up at 5am, meditate, journal, yoga... Three hours of uninterrupted bliss before the world wakes up so I can finally create content and work on my business con-sis-tent-ly. But if you tried and you have kids, you know how that goes. You wake at 5, and your child wakes at 5:15 shouting Good moooorning with all the joy and none of the boundaries. Even if you don't have...
about 2 months ago • 3 min readtoo long, didn't read
Hello love, I have a question for you today: How do you usually react when someone makes a comment on your choices, whether in your business or in your lifestyle? The other day, I told a friend about my work, and how the website is coming together. I explained that the challenge is this: I don’t do just one thing, like “mindset coach,” “strategist,” or “copywriter.” I’m a blend of powerful tools serving one common purpose: Helping sensitive women lead a business they love, one that feels like...
about 2 months ago • 3 min readwhen you've got nothing new to say
Hello love, Some weeks, I feel like I have nothing new to say. Nothing wise or exciting. Nothing you haven't heard before. And it almost stops me from writing or saying anything at all. What would be the point of repeating what I've already said, or what has been said by others? Perhaps you too have felt this pressure to be original every time you speak to your audience? Perhaps you've judged yourself for not being innovative enough, for not being the thought leader you think you should be?...
2 months ago • 3 min readthe week my body stopped me
Hello love, Two weeks ago on Monday morning, I started my week as usual, my head buzzing with ideas and my body riding good energy, completely unaware of what was about to come. A few hours later, in the middle of our first co-working session of the week in the Soulful Biz Club, my eyes gave out. Spots of light made it impossible to read certain words on my screen or on the page. My first reaction? Fear, honestly. About half an hour later, I told Alex (my husband) that something was wrong,...
2 months ago • 3 min read