Howdy Reader! A few days ago, I told you about it, and now... the doors are open. Current community members got first dibs and now I'm opening the Creative Freedom Archive All-Access Pass to you. The archive contains more than 20 years of my business training - from my direct sales days through Creative Freedom - including workshops, tools, client trainings, and resources that have never all been available in one place before. Your All-Access Pass includes: access to the complete Creative...
6 days ago • 1 min read
Happy Sunday Reader... A few days ago, Google Maps made me cry. I pulled up the corner of Dort and Davison in Flint, Michigan. Across the street from the General Motors complex were the parking lots where my mom worked when I was a kid. Years later, I worked inside that factory myself. Now there are trees growing through the cracks where factories once stood. TREES! That green line outlines the old lots where Mom worked. Across the street you can see where the factory once stood. That doesn't...
7 days ago • 1 min read
Heya Reader... About every 10 years my work evolves enough that it's time to move on to something new. I've been online entrepreneur for over 30 years. About 10 years in, I started coaching and consulting. First, I worked primarily with direct sales professionals. Then my work expanded into Creative Freedom, where I spent more than 10 years helping creative entrepreneurs build businesses that worked for how they were uniquely wired to work. While the book endures (and I'm planning an...
10 days ago • 1 min read
Heya Reader... Three years ago, I gave a TEDx talk called Enoughness and the Marginalization Tax. I still use the Enoughness Number exercise I talk about in that video at my retreat every year. I re-watched the video in preparation for the retreat and had an unsettling moment of clarity. You know, when you hear your past self say something and think: Oh. I was talking about something bigger than I realized. At the time, I was talking mostly about entrepreneurs. ...about the pressure to keep...
16 days ago • 2 min read
Well now it's September Reader! I'm in the final throes of preparation for our October retreat, and it's had me thinking more deeply about what's next.All things "Creative Freedom" are winding down as I step into the new chapter of my work. 30+ years in the online space, working with solopreneurs, creatives, and other micro-business owners has been a joy and an honor.AND... I'm also very excited for this new direction because it opens the doors to new possibilites. I now have space for things...
18 days ago • 2 min read
Well now it's September Reader! The first edit of my speaker reel finally arrived, and I am swooning. And if you know me, I don't swoon over myself. Like, ever. But this reel is next-level gorgeous and I can't wait to share the final version with you. We've got a few things to tweak before the final cut is live, but when it is, you KNOW I'll be sending you the link! Meanwhile, I'm midway through the short-form video experiment I mentioned in my last email, planning my husband's birthday next...
26 days ago • 2 min read
I am back from vacation Reader... We did SO MUCH WALKING in Seattle, and it was GLORIOUS! Out little joint in the Belltown neighborhood was talking distance to all kind of cool joints. Pike's Place Market (home of the original Starbuck's location), the Space Needle, and the Museum of Pop Culture, to name a few. You can see some pictures from day one of our trip on my instagram. Honestly, it's one of the best vacations I've had in a very long time - maybe the best one ever. There were a few...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
I am on the road Reader! After a hectic July, Jim and I are finally getting out of town for a belated anniversary trip. One of my Conditions for Success is to have my work schedule match his, so that we can spend quality time together. Right now, that means I'm off Mon & Tues for the foreseeable future. Yep. Jim works weekends. But he's off early enough today that we're driving up to Seattle for a few days to take it all in. We've never been before, and it's always fun to road trip with my...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
I think I'm recovered Reader! While I still can't tell you everything, I CAN celebrate that we've completed the video shoot and give you a few sneak peek images: Mad props to my brand strategist, Rachael Kay Albers who flew out to be on-site for the entire shoot. It really takes a village to bring a project like this to life! Now the footage goes to editing. Look forward to the big reveal this fall. Speaking of this fall... October 14-17, here in the Portland area, I'm hosting my very last...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read