Yesterday, I was sitting in the chair at my dentist’s office thinking about this blog post. What? Don’t you do all of your best thinking in your dentist’s chair? My phone was in my purse hanging on the back of the door across the room, but I was just waiting for the...
What uncomfortable conversations are you avoiding? At work? At home? With your kids? We all avoid hard conversations. But until I talked with Nancy J. Hess during my Own Your Expertise interview series, I hadn’t realized how much of a skill it is to be able to have...
You’ve probably heard about the 10,000-hour rule (you may have even heard me talking about it). Malcolm Gladwell discusses it in his book Outliers: The Story of Success. While he didn’t invent the idea, he does explain it well. The concept is simple: if you spend...
Since the start of the pandemic, I’ve had the goal of upping my brand visibility. I’d humbly say I have CRUSHED that goal. Here’s what I did: I sat down with marketing strategist and Founder of Noel & Co., Christina Marie Noel, to map out my marketing strategy for...
One reason I wanted to start the Own Your Expertise video interview series is to highlight all the amazing professionals in my network finding their niches and impacting the world. I get so inspired hearing their stories and I hope to bring that inspiration to my...
Are you new to the concept of ghostwriting? You’re not alone. When I introduce myself as a ghostwriter, I get a mix of reactions from quizzical looks to outright confusion to excited exclamations of “I have so many questions!” But before I jump into explaining my...
Whether you love writing, hate writing, or find yourself somewhere in between, you’ve probably felt at a loss for words. I know I’ve been there. Whenever this happens to me, I spend some time down a rabbit hole of reading, researching, and learning way too much about...
Since the present unpleasantness (my new favorite way of referring to COVID-19) began, I’ve had a number of conversations with professionals thinking about writing a business book or hiring me for book ghostwriting. This makes sense because many of my clients, for...
Like you, I’ve been experiencing a full range of emotions during the past few weeks. I consider myself to be a pretty grounded person. I can usually find the ground even when things feel topsy-turvy. But this time, with the whole world collectively losing its sh*t,...