The Millennial Chiropractor: So, You’re a Millennial. Congratulations.
You might think I’m being snarky — but I’m not. Seriously, congratulations. You won the jackpot for the perfect time and place to become a chiropractor. You (millennials) have a reputation for being immature, entitled, lazy, addicted to your phone, and clueless. I’m...
I Don’t Want More – I Want Less
AKA Just Stop Already Last week my smart phone died. Completely kaput. Game over. Of course it died on a Friday afternoon. My phone belongs to my employer, so this meant that I would not be able to do anything about the dead phone until Monday. And I had an...
Can Building a Business Really Be This Simple?
For the past three years I have been steadily building my online business. It has snowballed into a business that I would never describe as simple. Yet, the principle that has kept me afloat (and kind/mostly sane) is simplicity. How can simplicity grow your business?...
The Myths and Opportunities of Personal Disruption
What to do after you have messed up and find yourself on the ground Some days you find yourself on the ground. You are not always sure how you got there. You didn’t feel like you were doing anything risky. Or maybe you DID do something risky — on purpose — because...
How Ghosting is Secretly Hurting Your Business
I had a client who was very engaged in working with me. She responded to my emails. She liked my facebook posts. She was a coached client who did the work I assigned and got results. She even mailed me a thank you card once — a real snail mail card. I considered her a...
I’m angry at the HUSTLE
I want to make a button or a sign that says NO MORE FUCKING HUSTLE ALLOWED. Not because I am anti — productivity and getting shit done. I freakin’ LOVE to get shit done. But I am exhausted from the constant screaming that we all must hustle harder. “Hustle hard,...
37 Uncommon Marketing Truths
Here’s some things I have learned, many the hard way, in the past few years. ON CREATING CONTENT 1. Having something to say that is (much) more valuable than saying something just so you can check the “I put out content today” box. 2. Forcing yourself to build content...
A Manifesto for Love
Today is the start of my year for learning to love. Today is a good day to start. Today is better than tomorrow and yesterday I wasn’t ready. I don’t want to admit it, but yesterday I was not ready to commit myself to love. I was afraid. And I believed my own lies....
Why I Long for New Voices to Rise Above the Babble
YIN energy and YANG energy. Two very different approaches. Yin energy is known as female energy, but that’s a misnomer. Men and women all have yin and yang energy. YANG VOICES SAY We need to make a decision fast. Tell me now. Hustle hard. Hustle harder. Who has an...About Mary
Mary is obsessed with STORY. She loves learning about stories and how to tell them better. She wants to help you do the same. She feels like she should tell you a really good story here but there is not enough room.