Today my therapist asked me: "What are you most scared of happening if your business fails?" He prepared to write my answer on the whiteboard, steadying the grip on the expo marker. “That everyone will think I’m a fraud” He turned around and looked at me. His eye widened. “Wow. I wasn't expecting that. That breaks my heart to hear.” He wrote it down. Cue the tears. Seeing that sentence written on the board reminded me of something that happened during my fi[...]
I woke up this morning to the sound of rumbling thunder outside my window. I love waking up to rain. It is peaceful and cleansing.To me it feels like the world is giving me permission to take a break and be present.But then, I picked up my phone and did a quick scroll through Instagram and every bit of peace left my body and was replaced with a tightness in my chest.I saw people crying. I saw broken glass. I saw fires. I saw people pushing each other and dragging each other. I saw people yelling. I saw fist[...]
If you're reading this, then chances are that you've seen my re-brand announcement video on IGTV. (@letterstomylittlesisters) I tried to keep it light and funny and simple but in doing so I completely neglected to talk about the catalyst of this whole decision. And as someone who is normally sharing her process with the internet, I figured I should share the thought process of one of the most important pieces of my journey thus far.AND even in the 2 months that it took me to actually edit[...]
Not an Oak Tree (my 2020 theme) but close enough. Apparently, the internet elves have been stalking me long enough to know I love planners and goal setting because this past week I have been hit with more Instagram ads for planners and intention setting workshops than I've ever seen in my whole life. I've been just scrolling through so many beautiful, perfect-looking people and their big hairy-ass goals for 2020. I actually began to resent all the goal-setting this year because I ha[...]
October 9, 2019 This is a photo of me outside of the restaurant I inherited from my dad. I haven’t talked about it at all because I’ve felt so incredibly incompetent. Yes, I've studied business and worked in marketing, but I know NOTHING about what it takes to run a restaurant. Literally nothing. I, somehow, never had the typical "coming of age" job of working a waitress like everyone else. The only time I ever step inside a restaurant is to eat. And now I am respo[...]
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