What can you do when you desperately need cash … and it’s just not there? It’s something that will happen to most of us at least a few times, over our lives. Your artisanal candle business is only a few months old — but you need money for rent now. Or you just spent the last of your savings account when suddenly, your 9-year-old dachshund starts walking with a limp. (Vets and x-rays aren’t cheap!) Or maybe you discovered an…
Dear Community, The last thing you need is yet another reminder of how crazy the world is, right now. I know, I know. Deep breath. But I do want to speak aloud what’s been happening behind-the-scenes over here. To share how I’ve been working with my business and mission — within this turmoil. Because there’s power in transparency. And because I think — I hope, I hope — hearing this will support and soothe you. (And, yes: your…
Today, I stand before you, the author of a beautiful book … that almost didn’t happen. One bewildering night, last September, I realized: I might have to call the whole thing off. In that heartbreaking moment, the entire project flashed before my eyes. The months of work my team and I had poured into the manuscript. The years I’d dreamt of being an author. My book, my reputation, my methodology, my life’s work. It was all on the line. And…