Aug 16, 2022How Do You Get in the Mindset of Being a Fully-Integrated Creative?What does it mean to be an integrated creator? You are aware of your uniqueness and you know how to leverage it You do not spend time chasing validation or approval because you are so clear on who you are, who you serve, and how you deliver You are sold…3 min read3 min read
May 31, 2022The three things I did to turn my idea into an offer I am excited aboutFor two years, I was posting about my experience with perfectionism and impostor syndrome on Instagram, but I was not getting closer to launching the course I had in mind. The three key things that finally moved the needle for me were: 1. Understanding how to write for social media This was a lightbulb moment for me. Learning…2 min read2 min read
May 5, 2022How my trauma response has been screwing with my freelance businessI’ve been freelancing for 8 months now and the #1 struggle I’ve had is my relationship with time. I have no problem doing what needs to get done, but doing the things to grow and to develop my ideas is like pulling teeth. I thought that my genuine excitement would…2 min read2 min read
Mar 26, 2022“Make your business fun”: what this actually means for freelancersFreelancing has been an opportunity to finally understand the ways which I am 100% responsible for my joy and misery. I’ve been having trouble with this one piece of advice that makes total sense, but Bob (my inner critic) is keeping me from fully embracing it: IF IT’S NOT FUN…2 min read2 min read
Mar 25, 2022When your desire for independence is rooted in people pleasingDo you isolate when you are struggling? Will you do whatever it takes so you don’t become a burden? I follow @thecareertherapist on Instagram and she recently posted something about “Never Being a Burden can look like…” and it really made me think. As a self-proclaimed Rebel Princess, this is…2 min read2 min read
Mar 24, 2022My Inner Critic is a 70-yr old male Boomer.Every other exploration of my inner critic has asked me to name that voice. I was never able to do it because that voice is not just one voice — it is an amalgamation of things, a gorgon with 7 heads, and it didn’t exist as a thing that I…2 min read2 min read
Mar 11, 2022My choice of words is intentional — we can’t keep ignoring the PrincessWE ARE LITTLE, REBELLIOUS, PRINCESSES. Am I trying to push women’s liberation back? Far from it. But, if the word PRINCESS triggers you, I hope you can trust me when I say that I know what that’s like. I hated the color pink. My Barbie games were pure Mexican soap…2 min read2 min read
Mar 10, 2022If life was a game, most of us are stuck in level 1Let’s play a game where we pretend a spell has been put on us and we are figuring our way to break it. The spell in itself is a game. It has layers. It is not linear. …2 min read2 min read
Mar 9, 2022The futility of the Rebel Princess’ search of meaningThe Rebel Princess cannot be accused of laziness. If anything, she is always too busy. You gotta schedule her for a coffee date weeks in advance. But there’s a futility in what she does, because the Rebel Princess keeps creating problems for herself. The only way she pushes through is…2 min read2 min read
Mar 8, 2022The case for the Rebel Princess: we are all HerMillennial women need a new princess. We are not waiting to be saved. We are not waiting for our prince. We are cursed. We have an outer shell that looks like empowerment and independence, and on the inside we are hoping for a picture perfect, fairy tale ending. We are…2 min read2 min read
