Life Editor’s Picks: I’ve Been Mugged!

It’s true that I encourage deleting bad influences, cleaning up clutter, and living a more simple, streamlined life. However, there’s a growing mess in my cabinets that’s getting slightly out of hand: my mug collection. In my defense, I’ve paired down my collection every time we’ve moved (and we moved 6 times in 4 years), but…

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New Clubhouse Class: An Edited Mind

What mindset blocks are holding you back from achieving your dreams? I’m hosting a new class exclusively for the Life Editor Clubhouse that will teach you how to overcome your limiting beliefs so that you can make positive progress every day.  During “An Edited Mind,” you’ll learn why self-doubt, fear, and impostor syndrome are holding you…

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Free LEFB Webinar: Your Gratitude Attitude

Lately, I’ve been up to my eyeballs in work as I’m preparing to launch my new group program, Startup In 60. I’m setting up the password-protected membership site, recording and editing videos, and designing all-new worksheets for my super-organized Life Editors. By the way, you can join the fun by participating in the Blog Party!…

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Editor’s Notebook 8

The Editor’s Notebook is my place to share the things I’m loving this week and other random links that have caught my eye. Enjoy! By the way, doors open for Life Editing for Beginners in just 10 days… The suspense is killing me! What I’m Loving This Week Bullet Journal. Maybe I’m late to the…

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Find Your Inner Optimist and Set Her Free

When I was in elementary school, I wore the thickest, dorkiest glasses in the world on my chubby little face. I was extremely near-sighted, so the lenses were like glass hockey pucks crammed into huge pink plastic frames (this was the 80s, after all). I’ll never know why, but the employees at the eye glasses…

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3 Surprising Reasons Why Your Problems Are Awesome

Let me tell you about the time my puppy, Skyla, almost died. OK, that’s totally dramatic, but it was a pretty scary situation. Skyla’s our 3-year-old pit bull with a lot of energy. She’s all muscle and much heavier than she looks. That makes her a great runner and jumper. But she’s a lousy swimmer.…

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How to Survive When You Hate Your Job

Call me King Midas ‘cause everything I touched was turning into gold! I was having my best week of the month (maybe the whole year) at the small publishing house I used to work at in Chicago. In the span of 5 short days, I received huge praise from our biggest client for the work…

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