I am making some changes to my social media and I will be giving you the rundown on how it is going.​But first.​Your cheat sheet as always so you can scroll.​1. In My World: my time to share with you something personal in my life.​2. A Story Audit: I take submissions each week and will audit anything you send […]

The Secret Ingredient That Connects with Every Audience

In My World One of the best things about living in NYC for 13 years is that EVERYONE wanted to visit. Family, hometown friends, college friends, living in London friends, Instagram friends.​A revolving door.​And guess what. I inadvertently moved to a country that ALSO is a revolving door. This past week I had a few […]

Are You Making These Mistakes On Your About Page?

Loved all your feedback on the new newsletter format.​OK then…we shall give this a proper and consistent go. What’s the worst that can happen?! (this is a CONSTANT phrase by the way in my house and it serves as a much-needed reminder to myself to take the plunge even if I am scared. Try it!) […]

Why I Quit Instagram Last Week

I used to think storytelling was ONLY reserved for ‘the professionals’. The journalists, authors, and comedians. But I stand corrected***before you go pay for that inflated grad school degree in journalism (#me) just go get dirty first Social media has exposed the talents of so many who are gifted storytellers and who leverage that power […]

3 Common Storytelling Mistakes I See

Hear me out, because I, too, have said, “the hook is the most important part of your story.”But I am changing my tune. Why? Because of AI and programs like Chat GPT. My main wingman Claude can vomit out a TON of really awesome Hooks in SECONDS. Let me show you my original Email headline that […]

Why the most important part of your story IS NOT your opening line.

I know you are all HUMMING it. I’m sorry for that.  I made a shit ton of mistakes when I started my business at the top of 2017. Yes, going through the mistakes is part of the entrepreneurial process. But not pivoting soon enough in another direction is the reason most people like us don’t […]

If I Could Turn Back Time

The difference between your Founder Story and your Brand Story. They are not the same story even though there may be overlap. What differs is the primary objective of each story. The Founder story is overridingly meant to sell yourself. NOT your business.The Brand Story is overridingly meant to sell your business. NOT yourself. The […]

Your Founder Story v. Brand Story

Anyone else a fair-weather Instagram reel creator like me? I don’t know what it is about them… BUT I HATE THEM. I MEAN I LOVE THEM. As someone who has an entire business around storytelling and video, you’d think I’d be pumping these bad girls  out most weeks, but I don’t. It always gets pushed […]

How I Created My “viral” Instagram Reel

In the spirit of content repurposing, I stumbled upon this blog post from three years ago in the google archives when “I was determined to write a blog” and I never did because consistency!  Add that to my long list of “died a hot fiery entrepreneurial death” idea grave. Also, this was waya hella too […]

Hire Journalists For Your Storytelling

SHE. DID. IT. I popped my Linkedin Live Cherry! And the Blazer and power gold necklace was in full glory. In case you missed our live a while ago, my friend, mentor and polar opposite in camera energy personality Terry Rice and I spent the better part of an hour talking about: Terry kicked off the […]

Linkedin Doesn’t Have to be Scary