Category: articles
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Flow, Don’t Force: How the CARE Framework Transforms the Way We Build
Over the past two blog posts, we’ve explored what doesn’t serve us and what a more nourishing approach could look like. Now, let’s bring it all together and ground it in a structure you can actually use. When you refuse to adhere to and unlearn typical productivity and project management frameworks, and instead embrace a…
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Aligned Building: 5 Core Elements for Creating Without Burnout
Let’s keep exploring the path we took last week: a different way to think about “productivity.” We started by refusing its harmful elements, because acknowledging and unlearning is a key first step. Now it’s time to rebuild by discovering and embracing a more aligned approach. In the past, when I worked with some of my clients as their project…
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The Hidden Costs of Productivity: Why Efficiency Culture Leaves Us Drained
I’ve been reflecting a lot on productivity lately. Specifically, the way we think about it in today’s culture. Over the past ten years, it’s been a big focus for me, partly because I’ve fallen into the trap of chasing productivity tools, systems, apps, and processes. And honestly, I think I got hooked because I love…
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What Coaching Really Is (And Why It Might Be Exactly What You Need)
Coaching is about change and renewal. It’s like a seed shedding its husk. A process that’s natural, necessary—and sometimes uncomfortable. Coaching invites you to take a brave look at the parts of yourself, your patterns, or your ways of working that no longer serve you. It’s not about judging those parts or pretending they never…
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Feeling Out of Sync? Let’s start realigning!
I recently had the pleasure of joining Teresa Beehan’s The Sensitive Professionals Podcast, where we explored what it means to feel out of sync, especially as a sensitive, socially conscious solo business owner, and how to gently find our way back to alignment. In this episode, I talk about how disconnection often shows up when…
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Why the Review Is an Essential Tool for Small Business Owners (and How to Get Started)
As solo and small business owners, there’s a vital phase we often overlook, avoid, or even feel a bit apprehensive about. This phase isn’t just crucial for our projects; it’s an essential part of our overall work and personal growth journey. I’m talking about the review—a process that can offer us incredible benefits both professionally…