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it's my birthday! we're trying something new!
Oct 18, 2025
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grab your glue sticks and your big dreams
vision board party 2026 this Sunday, January 11th at 1pm est/10am pst
Jan 9
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"cultivate your comfort with fallow times"
FOXES FOR EVERYBODY author Catherine Pierce on taking up the challenge of essays as her kids left toddlerhood + your invitation to the Be Less Careful…
Jan 7
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we're not doing another Mommy Wars
Aug 11, 2025
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"Caregiving has completely quieted the angsty existential questions I had in my 20s."
Jun 20, 2024
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how do we keep writing during times like this?
Feb 2, 2025
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how we keep writing in a time of distraction, overwhelm, and despair
Mar 30, 2025
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"you need less time to write a book than you think"
Jun 25, 2024
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it's Good Mother Myth day!
Jan 21, 2025
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"even magic takes good planning"
recording + highlights from the 2026 planning party, plus so many resources for creativity and joy in the year ahead
Jan 2
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planning party TODAY! join us! 🥳️
a zoom workshop for planning in your creative life with planning expert Sarah Hart-Unger, podcaster and author of Best Laid Plans
Dec 30, 2025
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🎉 you're invited! a Be Less Careful new year's planning party 🎉
join me and planner extraordinaire Sarah Hart-Unger on Tuesday, December 30th from 2-3pm EST on zoom
Dec 21, 2025
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the most important thing I've been trying to unlearn this year
come share what you've learned, plus help me pick a time for our 🔮 2026 VISION BOARD PARTY 🔮
Dec 16, 2025
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"I finally realized I needed to keep my sense of self alive if I wanted to be any good to anybody else"
Jackie Hoermann-Elliott and Jenna Morton-Aiken, editors of PARENTING WHILE PhDing, on the non-writing hobbies that keep the spark alive and insisting on…
Dec 11, 2025
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how to get out of your own way
recording + slides from December workshop
Dec 10, 2025
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holidays, mental load, + “good” motherhood with Laura Danger + Nancy Reddy
A recording from Nancy Reddy and Laura Danger's live video
Dec 3, 2025
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a chaotic little holiday gift guide
mostly treats I think you should get yourself, featuring the books that have stuck with me all year and some great options for creative community
Dec 1, 2025
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the most important thing I've learned about listening to your inner voice
how to create some space to hear your intuition, plus upcoming substack lives with Laura Danger and Andrea Bartz, and next Sunday's paid subscriber zoom…
Nov 30, 2025
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