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What's Your Job Search Experience?
Job searching isn’t objective—it’s human. This reflection explores how different perspectives shape outcomes and why sharing experiences, learning together, and staying curious can make the process more effective (and less lonely).
An Own Your Search Testimonial
Stuck after 18 months of job searching, Millie rebuilt her strategy, refined her résumé, and gained momentum. One month after completing the program, she landed a new role—proving that structure and support can change everything.
Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace in 2026
If work has been feeling off, you’re not alone. With rising stress and disengagement, more professionals are ready for change. This reflection explores how clarity, strategy, and the right support can help you navigate your next career move.
A Peek Inside Own Your Search
Stop guessing your way through your job search. Own Your Search is a step-by-step course that helps you build a clear, strategic, and personalized approach—so you can land roles that align with your strengths, values, and long-term goals.
The second-best time is now…
You don’t have to burst into the new year to make progress. This reflection explores how small, intentional steps—showing up, engaging, and getting clear—can build momentum in your job search and personal brand without burnout.
What Being the ‘Cool Aunt’ Taught Me
The days are long, but the years are short. This reflection explores how family, connection, and presence matter just as much as career progress—especially during a job search or busy season.
9 Things Women Job Hunters Do
If you’re still refreshing your inbox, hoping a recruiter magically appears, Bestie, close that tab.
Because the women actually landing jobs? They’re playing chess, not checkers. ♟️
They're creating their luck with confidence. With strategy. With killer playlists. (Honestly, my Discover Weekly has been on point lately.)
Here are 9 things they do differently when job hunting, and how you can steal their moves. 💃🏽
It's time for you to get it, Gurl. 💋
Building a Personal Brand in 2026 and Beyond
Woof. Are we all back?
Barely holding on after the weird limbo that is the week between Christmas and New Year?
Where time doesn’t exist, meals are 80% cheese, and somehow you’re watching Friends reruns like it’s 1999 again? 🧀📺
Yeah… it’s been real. But it’s time to get back in the saddle.
This year, instead of making (and breaking) resolutions (Here's looking at you, banjo I haven’t played since 2018), I’m opting for something better: 2026 is the year of reputation management. 👀
If your game plan is just “show up and hope for the best,” it might be time for a rebrand. 😏
Because your personal brand already exists, and like it or not, you are the algorithm.
Here’s how to build one that actually works for you this year. ⚡️
From San Francisco, with Gratitude
A year of staying rooted led to something unexpected: finding my voice again. This reflection celebrates community, meaningful work, and the relationships that made the year unforgettable.
Best Books of 2025
Less scrolling, more reading: one small shift led to 80 books in a year. This reflection shows how intentional habits can unlock focus, reclaim time, and support personal growth—without the pressure of traditional New Year’s resolutions.
On New Year’s Resolutions
Forget resolutions—this year-end ritual is about honest reflection, asking better questions, and moving forward with intention. Especially powerful during career transitions or uncertain seasons, it helps you find clarity, reconnect with purpose, and define what truly matters.
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Forget resolutions—this year-end ritual is about honest reflection. By asking better questions, you can process what’s behind you and move forward with more clarity, intention, and self-awareness.
How to Fight the "Infinite Workday"
Time zones, WFH, and a few questionable habits later… we’ve officially blurred the line between work and life.
Spoiler alert: no one’s coming to fix it but us.
Still answering “just one last email” by glow of a fridge light? Yeah… it’s time we talked boundaries. 😬
The Art of Graciously Saying No
Ghosting isn’t laziness—it’s discomfort with saying “no.” This perspective explores how avoiding honest communication creates confusion, and why practicing clear, respectful declines leads to stronger relationships in work, hiring, and life.
Are You Spraying Résumés Like Confetti?
Look at you, hitting “Easy Apply” 27 times before breakfast. 💅🏽
Yeah… that’s some solid résumé confetti energy 🎊 and I'm not throwing any shade your way.
For many of my clients, "productivity" means apply apply apply.
But what if there's a better way?
What if you could trade chaos for clarity and finally start landing the right interviews with three simple questions?
Watch to learn more.... 👇🏽
Paying it Forward
Being a solopreneur = doing all the things… until you realize you shouldn’t have to. 😅 That’s when you call in your people.
Mackenzie Warren has been a design partner from the start. Her creative magic brought my website and brand to life in a way I never could on my own.
Today, I'm about that shout-out life because women supporting women is my favorite kind of business strategy. 💫
8 Hacks to Leave Work On Time
Gone are the days of performative late nights at the office. 🙌🏽
Turns out, the most dedicated employees aren’t the last ones to leave; they’re the ones who know when to log off.
Not sure where to start? Here are 8 simple hacks to scale productivity while still heading out the door on time. 💻👉🏽🚪
