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The Surprising Reason Why I Decided to Buy My Own (GASP!) Apartment—As an...
“WINNER, WINNER! OFFER ACCEPTED!!!” That’s what the subject line read as I cozied up with a glass of red wine, last night, nervously awaiting the news. And when the email came through? I almost choked....
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Don’t Forget I Have a Magic Wand for Bookkeeping + Taxes! (Especially if...
Hey, yo! Just a quick reminder because you might be sitting at your desk FINALLY attempting to get your “books” together (by which I mean sorting through your 2018 Paypal transactions and wishing death...
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Nervous That Being Your Big, Silly Self Won’t Seem “Professional?” This Story...
I don't have six-pack abs. (No surprise there.) My mental math skills are WEAK. Logistics and details are my actual undoing. And if you want me to send back the steak? I’d just as soon starve. (I am...
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Biggggg Announcements! Four of Them! (Featuring the Word, “JizzlePants,” In...
First of all, holy shit, it’s Friday, and holy shit, I have at least four exciting things to tell you about, because YOU ARE MY CREW. (Swear to vodka, I haven’t even had a chance to tell some of my...
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Writing a Book? Curious About the Publishing Process? Submit Your Q’s Here!
There are approximately ELEVENTY HUNDRED SURPRISING THINGS I’ve learned about book deals and the book publishing process that I never, ever, ever, ever knew. Take the hour-long call I had with my...
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Answers to Your Questions About Book Deals + The Publishing Process! (Plus An...
Last week I asked: what questions do you have about the publishing process? Since I’m in the thick of it, and you’re my ride-or-die crew, I thought I’d bring you along on the journey. (Picture me...
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9 Rookie Mistakes I Made When I Wrote My Very First Book Proposal (Don’t Do...
I'm the first to admit I love doing things trial by fire. Such a masochist! But it's true: I love being thrown into a tank full of sharks and then yelling, “COME FOR ME!” while simultaneously trying to...
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You Have This GREAT IDEA, But You’re Hesitant to Take the Leap. Could This Be...
How hard would it really be? To launch that crazy-fun new business idea. To start something you’ve been dreaming of for months. To get up and get started and go for it. To be able to say, this time...
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Ladies: DO NOT LET THEM MONEY-SHAME YOU
You know what’s been blowing RIGHT up my skirt lately? That women are shamed for wanting money—as if this is a bad thing. We're shamed for charging it, for thinking about it, and for daring to create...
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29 Creative Ways You Can Find Some Extra Money on the Fly, In a Pinch, When...
The other day I urged women: do not let them money shame you. Do not! Even though they’ll try to. Even though, because you’re a woman, you’ll be deemed “delusional” and “scammy” and “self-serving,” the...
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Ten Urgent Lessons Women Need to Learn About Making Money—Without Apology
So, clearly we are all aware that at present, I’m on a sliiiiiiiightly obsessive-compulsive crusade to help women make MORE MONEY, because THIS. (That said, I am also on a slightly obsessive-compulsive...
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YOU AREN’T CHARGING ENOUGH. Here Are Twenty Big, Fat Reasons Why.
Andddd (drum roll!) we continue our discussion about money with the biggest, hairiest, most existential question in all of entrepreneurship: “How much should I charge?” While other people are worried...
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The Easy, Eloquent, Smooth and Non-Salesy Way to Sell Your Clients MORE—Using...
I’ve been consulting with A TON of awesome, awe-inspiring business owners this month, and one of the sticking points that keeps coming up is: “I finish an introductory project with a client, but then I...
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How to Be a Bitch About Money: The 8 Money Policies Every Freelancer NEEDS to...
Eight-thousand dollars. Eight-thousand dollars! EIGHT-THOUSAND DUH-OLLLL-ERS. That's the (actual) amount of cold, hard cash one designer recently had charged backed by a client—and her credit card...
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If You Ain’t Feelin’ Your Work Anymore: HONEY, BURN THAT ISH DOWN.
So, here's an idea: making money is not courageous. Anybody can ring a bell for twenty years. “Look, ma—I’ve been standing over here ringing this bell for two entire decades—durh, durh, durh—and I...
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Feeling Overwhelmed (And Who Friggin’ Isn’t?): Ask Yourself This Three-Word...
There are loadssss of questions I ask myself during the day. Things like, “Where have all the cowboys gone?” and “How awkward was my hello to the neighbor just now?!” And “I’ve eaten two salads in a...
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Updates! Books! New Classes! Speaking in London! (And a few fun rants.)
SORRY TO POST THIS ON A SATURDAY. Like, um, boundaries?!?! I hate when people even try to talk to me on the weekend. But I’m doing it to you all the same, because I have been on so many delicious book...
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UM, QUESTION: What are the Things You Hate, Actually *Giving* You…Homie?
They say that a behavior stays alive because it serves you in some way. AKA, If you’re eating the entire fridge, it might be because you actually hate your work and you’re trying to escape it any way...
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If I Were an Internet Douche, “5x Your Revenue” Would Be The Title of This...
I just got back to Costtttaaaaa Ricaaaaaa! Because apparently I really like sweating like a donkey. Or it could be because The Tall Costa Rican is here, and we have some serious #couplegoals to...
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“I Don’t Know What I Want to Dooooo, And I’m Kinda Confused, and I’m Feeling...
WITTY BANTER. Biggest turn-on ever. (Because we’re just opening with that, okay?) Like, I don’t even care if you’re wearing coveralls and haven’t shaved in forty-nine years: if you’re witty, I’m going...
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