I live in Virginia, where we have super early voting. I feel very clear on who I'm voting for in the state and national elections, but I often get stumped ...
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October 2, 2024
I live in Virginia, where we have super early voting. I feel very clear on who I'm voting for in the state and national elections, ...
September 25, 2024
Last week, I was listening to a marketing person being interviewed on a podcast. She shared some hot takes on how there is no "one ...
September 18, 2024
Last week, I was listening to a marketing person being interviewed on a podcast. She shared some hot takes on how there is no "one ...
September 11, 2024
If you've ever tried to meditate or practice breathwork, you may be familiar with the concept of a wandering mind.It's very common for people to ...
September 4, 2024
If you've ever tried to meditate or practice breathwork, you may be familiar with the concept of a wandering mind.It's very common for people to ...
August 28, 2024
If you've ever tried to meditate or practice breathwork, you may be familiar with the concept of a wandering mind.It's very common for people to ...
August 7, 2024
If you've ever tried to meditate or practice breathwork, you may be familiar with the concept of a wandering mind.It's very common for people to ...
August 1, 2024
If you've ever tried to meditate or practice breathwork, you may be familiar with the concept of a wandering mind.It's very common for people to ...
July 24, 2024
Have things been slower than usual lately in your practice?I wanted to send this message to share that it's not just you.Through Monday Mentoring and ...
July 17, 2024
Have things been slower than usual lately in your practice?I wanted to send this message to share that it's not just you.Through Monday Mentoring and ...
July 10, 2024
Have things been slower than usual lately in your practice?I wanted to send this message to share that it's not just you.Through Monday Mentoring and ...
July 3, 2024
Have things been slower than usual lately in your practice?I wanted to send this message to share that it's not just you.Through Monday Mentoring and ...
June 26, 2024
Have things been slower than usual lately in your practice?I wanted to send this message to share that it's not just you.Through Monday Mentoring and ...
June 19, 2024
Popping in with a not-super-fun note that's relevant to you if you run a business in the US. There's a new requirement in place this year ...
June 12, 2024
If you've been on this list for a while, you know that I send out a newsletter more or less every Thursday, rain or shine. ...
June 4, 2024
A few months ago, I made a change to the email signature in my work email, just beneath my name and title/website link. I added ...
May 29, 2024
We recently finished up the first round of my Newsletter Lab course, which, as you can probably guess, is all about writing newsletters.Whenever I teach ...
May 22, 2024
Last weekend, I took a trip back to the '80s. I stayed in the building above, which speaks for itself.There was no wireless internet and no ...
May 15, 2024
The weather has been absolutely, positively top-notch here in Virginia lately.It's sunny and warm, there's a gentle breeze, the dogwoods are flowering, and my first ...
May 1, 2024
The weather has been absolutely, positively top-notch here in Virginia lately.It's sunny and warm, there's a gentle breeze, the dogwoods are flowering, and my first ...
April 24, 2024
Last week, I shared a few thoughts about turning off notifications for your own peace of mind.I promised that I'd share my own set-up for managing ...
April 17, 2024
Last week, I got a question about how to keep up with checking tons of different inboxes. It seems like messages come in from every ...
April 10, 2024
We recently finished up the first round of my Newsletter Lab course, which, as you can probably guess, is all about writing newsletters.Whenever I teach ...
April 3, 2024
We recently finished up the first round of my Newsletter Lab course, which, as you can probably guess, is all about writing newsletters.Whenever I teach ...
March 27, 2024
We recently finished up the first round of my Newsletter Lab course, which, as you can probably guess, is all about writing newsletters.Whenever I teach ...
March 20, 2024
We recently finished up the first round of my Newsletter Lab course, which, as you can probably guess, is all about writing newsletters.Whenever I teach ...
March 13, 2024
We recently finished up the first round of my Newsletter Lab course, which, as you can probably guess, is all about writing newsletters.Whenever I teach ...
March 6, 2024
Most mornings, I walk my dog through the campus of Mary Baldwin University. Along the way, there's a fire pit/seating area looking out over the ...
February 28, 2024
We recently finished up the first round of my Newsletter Lab course, which, as you can probably guess, is all about writing newsletters.Whenever I teach ...
February 21, 2024
We recently finished up the first round of my Newsletter Lab course, which, as you can probably guess, is all about writing newsletters.Whenever I teach ...
February 14, 2024
We recently finished up the first round of my Newsletter Lab course, which, as you can probably guess, is all about writing newsletters.Whenever I teach ...
February 7, 2024
Last week I shared a few thoughts on why I'm not a fan of having AI write anything that's client- or community-facing.To be clear, I'm not anti-AI.Here ...
January 31, 2024
It's January, and you may be doing some planning for the year ahead. (Or, if you're like me, the season ahead.)Please look at your calendar ...
January 24, 2024
It's January, and you may be doing some planning for the year ahead. (Or, if you're like me, the season ahead.)Please look at your calendar ...
January 17, 2024
It's January, and you may be doing some planning for the year ahead. (Or, if you're like me, the season ahead.)Please look at your calendar ...
January 10, 2024
It's January, and you may be doing some planning for the year ahead. (Or, if you're like me, the season ahead.)Please look at your calendar ...
January 3, 2024
Now that it's almost December, it's time for people to sell you 2024 planning things (courses! books! planners! calendars!).This is a friendly reminder that you can ...
December 27, 2023
Now that it's almost December, it's time for people to sell you 2024 planning things (courses! books! planners! calendars!).This is a friendly reminder that you can ...
December 20, 2023
Now that it's almost December, it's time for people to sell you 2024 planning things (courses! books! planners! calendars!).This is a friendly reminder that you can ...
December 6, 2023
Now that it's almost December, it's time for people to sell you 2024 planning things (courses! books! planners! calendars!).This is a friendly reminder that you can ...
November 29, 2023
Now that it's almost December, it's time for people to sell you 2024 planning things (courses! books! planners! calendars!).This is a friendly reminder that you can ...
November 15, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado. I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but ...
November 8, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado. I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but ...
November 1, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado. I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but ...
October 25, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado. I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but ...
October 18, 2023
I'm just back from the American Herbalists Guild Symposium in Colorado.I went to my first AHG Symposium in 2001, which feels like yesterday but was ...
October 11, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay). If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't ...
October 4, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay). If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't ...
September 27, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay). If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't ...
September 20, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay). If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't ...
September 13, 2023
Last week I hosted my fall dreaming & intentions workshop (link to the replay).If you've attended one of these, you'll know that I don't walk ...
August 30, 2023
Last week, I shared a list of the software I use in my practice (link in case you missed it).After I sent it, I realized ...
August 23, 2023
I'm always curious about what's happening behind the scenes in people's practices. In case you're interested, here are the programs/platforms that I use for my ...
August 16, 2023
It's super hot for many of us.This is your friendly reminder to drink plenty of fluids.If you don't love water or if you're sick of ...
August 2, 2023
Sometimes when I have a client who has a complicated health history, I start to feel overwhelmed. I'm not sure what to do, and I ...
July 26, 2023
Websites tend to be major sticking points not only as we start our work as clinicians, but at multiple points along the way.As Laura Mae ...
July 19, 2023
As I was preparing for our hormone deep dive class on thyroid hormones earlier this week, I was poking around a bit to see what ...
July 12, 2023
As I was preparing for our hormone deep dive class on thyroid hormones earlier this week, I was poking around a bit to see what ...
July 5, 2023
I've been thinking a lately about how much we need fallow times in order to have healthy growing seasons. If you read traditional business advice, it ...
June 21, 2023
I've been thinking a lately about how much we need fallow times in order to have healthy growing seasons.If you read traditional business advice, it seems ...
June 14, 2023
I'm just back from the International Herb Symposium - which filled my cup in so many ways.Also, my brain is fried 🥴So, instead of writing ...
June 6, 2023
I'm reading Verlyn Klinkenborg's excellent book Several Short Sentences about Writing. One of the important insights in the book has to do with the practice of ...
May 30, 2023
I'm reading Verlyn Klinkenborg's excellent book Several Short Sentences about Writing.One of the important insights in the book has to do with the practice of noticing.He ...
May 23, 2023
Most of us get very little training in marketing as part of our herbal or nutrition schooling. When it's time to start our practices, we ...
May 18, 2023
It's peony season (my favorite!), the soil is perfect for easy weeding, and I'm still obsessed with the Merlin app.(If you missed the Merlin app ...
May 11, 2023
The weather has been absolutely, positively top-notch here in Virginia lately. It's sunny and warm, there's a gentle breeze, the dogwoods are flowering, and my ...
April 20, 2023
The weather has been absolutely, positively top-notch here in Virginia lately.It's sunny and warm, there's a gentle breeze, the dogwoods are flowering, and my first ...
April 13, 2023
I read this quote by David Wong on Austin Kleon's blog post "A willingness to be bad" this week (highly recommend the entire blog post, ...
April 6, 2023
I read this quote by David Wong on Austin Kleon's blog post "A willingness to be bad" this week (highly recommend the entire blog post, ...
March 30, 2023
I have a calendar suggestion for you. This is especially relevant if you're new to clinical practice. Here's the tip:Have regular clinic hours. This sounds ...
March 23, 2023
I have a calendar suggestion for you. This is especially relevant if you're new to clinical practice.Here's the tip:Have regular clinic hours.This sounds very obvious. ...
March 16, 2023
Not everyone who sets out to have a solo clinical practice winds up still having one five or ten years later. What’s the difference in ...
March 9, 2023
Not everyone who sets out to have a solo clinical practice winds up still having one five or ten years later.What’s the difference in people ...
March 2, 2023
As we head toward the end of the winter season, I wanted to share a few quotes from a book I read last year, Wintering: ...
February 15, 2023
Just a quick note today to let you know about another new podcast episode (I'm on a roll!), this time featuring herbalist Ruth Shelton talking ...
February 7, 2023
As you’re reading this, if all goes well, I will be hurtling through the air in a large metal tube somewhere over Southeast Asia. (I am ...
February 2, 2023
After a hiatus that went on longer than I’d planned, I finally published another podcast episode on Sunday. It’s about the pay from the heart pricing ...
January 26, 2023
I received a great question last week, and thought others might be interested in the answer as well.Tara asked if I had any recommendations for ...
January 19, 2023
If you’ve been here for a while, you probably know that I love to read.I’m always in the middle of at least 3 or 4 ...
January 12, 2023
Quick thought for you today, brought to you by The Artist’s Way book club we had in Monday Mentoring last summer.In the book, Julia Cameron ...
January 5, 2023
When I started a clinical practice (in 2004 ), I somehow thought almost all of my time would be spent working directly with clients. In reality, ...
December 29, 2022
I'm back from a week away from work and email (if I owe you a message, I'm catching up as quickly as I can, which ...
December 15, 2022
Have you scheduled any time off for yourself over the next few weeks?By “time off,” I mean:No appointments, no meetings.Auto-replies to work emails are on.You’re ...
December 8, 2022
This week, a question came up that I hear pretty often: What if there are already lots of herbalists in my area (field/niche/town/etc)? Is the ...
December 1, 2022
I don’t think we talk enough about changing our minds. Over the past few years, I’ve changed my mind about using freebies to encourage people ...
November 17, 2022
Here’s a little behind the scenes peek into Bloom & Grow planning & an overview of a lesson I’m constantly needing to re-learn.I’m knee deep ...
November 10, 2022
I get a lot of questions about how long it takes to fill a clinical practice.I understand why you’d want to know. Having an estimate ...
November 3, 2022
I started posting on LinkedIn a few times a week.Most of you know that I had been off social media for several years. I wasn’t ...
October 27, 2022
It’s win time!I hope you enjoy reading through the list of “wins” below sent in by other practitioners. I share these periodically because it's so ...
October 20, 2022
It's win time Send me something you're proud of or excited about relating to your practice.Big or small, anything is welcome. The rest of us really ...
October 13, 2022
A few weeks ago, a student in my Grow course shared a sentiment that I recognized in myself.She wrote:“Having bought too many courses that are ...
October 6, 2022
I’m noticing a lot of fear in the air lately, and not in a fun Halloweeny way There’s recession talk going around, money is tighter ...
September 29, 2022
Here’s a little blast from the past that’s been coming up for me this week:Going over your time with clients is not (always) a gift. ...
September 22, 2022
Many years ago, I attended a 45-minute conference presentation where the speaker had close to 200 slides filled with text and graphs.I left knowing almost ...
September 15, 2022
Yesterday, I did a workshop for the American Nutrition Association on teaching classes as a way to build your practice.Side note: September has somehow taken ...
September 8, 2022
One of my favorite things about running a business/practice is how much it stretches my growing edge.There's no shortage of new things to learn - ...
September 1, 2022
Have you scheduled any time off for yourself over the next few weeks? By “time off,” I mean: No appointments, no meetings. Auto-replies to work ...
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