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The raspberry didn’t wait (a reminder for when you feel unsure)

Dear friend, I want to tell you a story about raspberries. One of my clients planted a raspberry cane last year. Just a stick in the dirt. No leaves. No roots to speak of. Nothing that promised it would thrive. She didn’t expect much and that was kind of the ✨magic✨ of it. The raspberry was planted out of curiosity more than a commitment. But by the end of the season, it had taken over her garden. Branches everywhere. Bright green leaves. Even a few small berries. It wasn’t supposed to grow...

6 days ago • 3 min read

Dear friend, I hope today brings with it chuckles and chortles. Laughter, essentially. May you find something that gives you the afternoon giggles and lets you take a break from the screen, to be like "damn. that was funny." I used to say this line all the time: "I help women in tech fall back in love with their careers." And for a while, it felt right. I said it on LinkedIn, intro calls, workshops. I said it everywhere. (kind of like a parrot 🦜) And it resonated at the time with what I was...

13 days ago • 3 min read

Greetings from Kansas, Reader! Let me say that again. Kansas! I'm going to take a poll - how many of you have been here before? ....that's what I thought. Literally the only person I could think of from Kansas was Dorothy from Wizard of Oz. And well, she wasn't real. I just spent the last day flying for 10+ hours to arrive in Lawrence, Kansas (more on why in another newsletter). And I do this thing every time I land somewhere. I start picturing my life there. The possibilities. Could I make...

18 days ago • 2 min read

So, let me set the scene. I'm holding a paper plate with a bagel on it, standing in the bathroom. Two feet of space. Right next to the toilet. A flickering fluorescent light overhead. Why? Because I was trying to avoid the pre-meeting small talk. That awkward dance of people hovering by the cold brew, making chit-chat about their weekend plans. I didn't know anyone all that well. And I didn't want to pretend I did. So the better option? I stood in the bathroom. Waiting for the actual meeting...

24 days ago • 2 min read
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I’ve been a little nostalgic lately.Humor me for a sec? I remember the exact moment I realized I couldn’t keep putting my career on autopilot. I was 8 years into tech as a senior engineer. Drained from back-to-back meetings.Numb from endless LinkedIn scrolling (cue the doom scrolling).Worn out from pretending I was fine when I wasn’t. Work crept into everything.I found myself checking Slack constantly, even while at dinner with friends. Worrying about what the next ping was going to be about....

2 months ago • 2 min read

Hi friend, If I had to name the theme of the next few weeks, it’d be this: A Little More Real. A little messier. A little more honest. A little more connection. I’ve been moving through some personal life changes that completely whammed me. Like, full-on crying in the car kind of days (welp, that was yesterday). And in a world of AI, scrolls, and fast-paced everything… I’m craving what’s real. Bring on the tears and typos.And summon in our moments for human connection. Are you wanting this...

2 months ago • 2 min read

Hi friend, May today bring with it....Dreaminess.The kind of dreaminess where you stare out the window, daydream wistfully, and fully indulge in your creative, creative imagination. ✨✨✨✨✨✨ ✨✨✨✨✨✨ ✨✨✨✨✨✨✨ I’ve hit some unexpected milestones in my business and they're not what you think. Not revenue targets.Not # of followers.Not the kind that lands you on a “30 Under 30” (ahem 40) list. I’m talking about the ones that make you pause and think:“Wait…this is my life now?” Like: 🔥 Got roasted on...

3 months ago • 1 min read

Hi friend, May today bring with it.... Confidence. Hey, you. You. You've got this. I know you do and more importantly, so do you. So, I had a pretty humbling experience the other day. I noticed an uptick in people coming to my website and after further sleuthing, saw it was coming from Reddit. "Interesting," I thought as I clicked on. "I wonder if someone recommended me and is giving me a shout out, singing my praises!" Luckily, I was able to trace the link back to the subreddit. And to my...

4 months ago • 2 min read

Hi friend, May today bring with it.... Curiosity. And may it take you to places that are unexpected and interesting. Places that light you up and make you feel a little more alive. There's a really interesting trend going around on social media. And one of my dear, dear clients and friends, Krishna, suggested I share my reflection. So! Here goes: If I could take my 12-year-old self out to coffee She would gleefully order a coffee frappuccino from Starbucks without hesitation. She'd be shy, a...

5 months ago • 2 min read

Hi friend, May today bring with it.... Silliness. Maybe you make a funny face to a stranger's baby while waiting in line for coffee. Maybe you make a funny face to YOURSELF while you're waiting for someone to hop on Zoom. Maybe you make a silly sound right this instant. When was the last time you danced on a work call? Let me rephrase. Have you EVER danced on Zoom?Unfathomable, right.This week we had a dance outro to close out our call for AuthenTech, my group coaching program for senior...

6 months ago • 1 min read