Sit With Your Receipts: A Guide for Corporate Creators Who Keep Skipping the Part Where They Feel Anything 1. Stop calling it “reviewing your work.”That phrase is a coping mechanism. You are not reviewing anything. You are confronting proof that you did the thing while telling yourself you hadn’t done enough. Call it what it…
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Radical Self Care Is Still a Shit Show. I Have Six More Years of Proof.
Six years ago I wrote a blog post here about radical self care while I was standing in the middle of the wreckage it was describing. I was a year deep into burnout, saying yes to everything, and quietly furious at a calendar I had built with my own two hands. I reread that post…
Burn Rate Isn’t Just About Money. It’s About Genius.
In venture capital and startups, we talk about burn rate like it’s gospel.How fast are you spending cash?How many months of runway do you have left?When do you need to raise again or shut it down? Burn rate is framed as a financial metric. But here’s the truth most founders, leaders, and high performers never…
The Real Truth About Gatekeeping (That No One Talks About)
by Felecia Hatcher Everyone loves to talk about gatekeepers like they’re villains standing between us and our destiny. But the truth about gatekeeping is much more layered and far more revealing than most people are willing to admit. Gatekeeping Protects Power, Not Just Access When we talk about gatekeeping, we often focus on access—who gets…
You’re Just Bumping Up Against Your Upper Limit
Let’s have a real conversation about sabotage—the kind that shows up in the middle of your glow-up. You hit a milestone, finally raise your rates, get the dream client, or feel a rare moment of peace… and then, out of nowhere, your mind goes “This is too good to be true.” You start nitpicking.You procrastinate on…
Step Into Your Genius: Why Now Is the Time to Own Your Power (Yes, You Have It)
Let’s get one thing straight: genius isn’t some elusive, glittering crown reserved for the Mozarts, the Einsteins, or the Beyoncés of the world. It’s not a VIP club with a velvet rope and a bouncer deciding who gets in. Genius is your birthright. It’s the spark that lives in you, the quiet hum of potential…
