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Teaching Hate is Child Abuse
How Children Learn to Hate Long before learning their ABCs, 1+1=2, and “Share your toys,” children learn how to be a human from the people around them. If we’re not careful – or worse, if it’s intentional – children also learn to hate. So let’s call teaching hate what it is: child abuse. A couple…
Human and Business Systems: The Beauty and Brutality
I love human and business systems. I’m not super proud of this fact but it’s my reality. Systems are a collection of activities, procedures, and ways of doing things repeatedly that form a pattern that is predictable and makes things easier. At least for some people. This leads to why I’m not proud of the…
A No-Squirm Way to Meditate
I’ve been meditating for 60 days straight. It all began a few months ago when it started getting light earlier in the morning. I noticed how beautiful my bedroom looked in the morning light and realized I hardly spent any time there except getting ready for bed, getting dressed in the morning, and sleeping in…
The Felt Sense of Doula Work
I am a copywriter for a continuing education platform for psychotherapists. In my role, I meet many expert therapists who are offering courses and I learn about their work. So far, I’ve learned about: How I Learned About Felt Sense A few weeks ago, I was interviewing one of the experts about a course she…
Anatomy of an Online Course Launch
Social media has changed the face of marketing. And the pandemic changed the face of learning. It’s Not Optional Any business knows they must have an online presence if they want to capture their slice of the 70% of the world’s population who use the internet. And any business owner who works with clients one-on-one…
A Tribute to Penny Simkin
One of my most impactful mentors, Penny Simkin, left this realm on 4/11/24. Penny is known as the mother of the modern doula movement. She has star quality in the birth world. But to know her up close and in person – to learn how to teach alongside her – was a lesson in humility,…
Anatomy of a Great Website: The Essential Components
Welcome to Part 2 of the April blog/vlog series on growth and expansion. This week, I want to show you the Anatomy of a Great Website…a website that works because…well, websites are not like they used to be! Last week, I talked about when I started my business, and how I built my website from…
Growing A Business: My Journey into the Heart of Entrepreneurship
Welcome April! A new month means it’s time for a new theme. Leading into the year, the theme was all about the nature of human beings: families, our brains, decision-making, and where our passions and inspiration come from. February, I explored how we want to be heard and seen, which led into March, which was…
Setting Goals by Writing Your Own WHAT?!?!
Goal Setting In last week’s vlog, I wrote about mission statements. One of the things about a mission statement is it doesn’t include goals. A mission statement should not be specific, measurable, or time-bound. Its point is to be lofty and paint a picture of what you are working toward. But this week, I am…
A Mission Statement That Actually Means Something
Mission Done Right If you’ve ever worked in a business, you’ve probably been involved in or heard about a mission statement. Often, mission statements are incredibly boring, confusing, and pretty much pointless. If a mission statement doesn’t instantly guide the actions of the people within the business, it’s not done correctly. I want to tell…
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