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Podcast #410 is for you if you love learning. I talked with podcast fave, veteran creative professional and photographer, Michael e. Stern, about how he's been using new skills to get out of a slump.

How to send files.The best way to get in touch. What color t-shirt to wear when you send files. :)  These days, there can be this pressure to define every...

First, let me say it’s hard to focus on work with everything that’s happening in the world. If you’re struggling to focus, or sleep or shower, you’re not alone. I...

Podcast #409 is a chat with Jill Anderson of Jill Lynn Design about the reality of what it took to develop her first product, The Client Onboarding Toolkit.

Despite the tumult of the first week of the year, I am feeling very reflective and quiet. Here's what I'm reading and listening to at the moment, including my favorite passages from my favorite Stoic, Marcus Aurelius.

In January 2020, with Ilise's encouragement, I decided to double down on LinkedIn. Though I had an account since 2007, I didn’t have a routine for checking in regularly and...

Podcast #408 kicks off 2021 with writer and speaker, Terri Trespicio, whose confidence about money is downright contagious! In our chat, she explains why she’s sworn off retainers (and why she thinks they’re dangerous), how she learned to stop giving away her ideas, why she doesn't raise her rates on existing clients (and why she’s making more than those who “cling to their rates”) and what any of this has to do with ice sculptures and chocolate fountains! 

Need some inspiration for 2021? Watch my interview with Terri Trespicio, whose message about becoming sovereign over her business and the decision to "let money flow" when everyone else was clinging to it, seems especially relevant as we move into what we all hope will be a better year.