Worthfull Project

"When we are doing worthfull work, there's an expansion that happens and a vulnerability that goes along with it."   You know the vulnerability that comes from making something new and inviting other people to see/watch/read/listen/use it? I've been feeling that this week as I mailed out invitations to the opening party of my new studio. It reminded me that the vulnerability of exp...

"Oftentimes the fog is super valuable, even if it's super uncomfortable most of the time . . . it's valuable if we decide to find value in it."   I'm sharing some perspective that I now have from the last year -- specifically how I moved from a foggy hibernation professionally to an energetic creative period with an abundant flow of clients. I believe that foggy hibernations ca...

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"It's so much more valuable within your career, and remember career can mean anything right now, to attach yourself to missions, ideas, and causes versus people, companies, and brands."   Because I've been reading and listening to some trend reports on our current economy, society, and culture, I've been thinking about how the inevitably of bubbles bursting relates to our worth...

"We don't have to be pro athletes to understand that bad things happen if you go all in for too long on anything, anywhere in your life."   I've been thinking lately about how much I've been told during my professional career that if I really want to be successful, I need to go all in. That idea has never fully resonated with me and I'm just starting to unpack why. Going al...

"Pay attention to what you're paying attention to." - @peopleiveloved   I saw this note on the lovely artist Carissa Potter Carlson 's Instagram account several months ago and haven't stopped thinking about it. It's become a tool I've used to orient myself on what kind of work my worth wants me to be focusing on. If I'm paying a lot of attention to certain topics, c...

"And I think that's one of the biggest perks of doing worthfull work -- when we've aligned our work, whatever it is, whatever you consider your day's work, with our worth, it starts to remind us of all the other things that are aligned with our worth."   Here's what I'm discovering as I've been paring back my use of media, tech devices, and being plugged into work:...

" Our worth has had a chance to be heard during this really disruptive past couple of years and we're realizing, 'If I'm not doing creative work, what that means to me and my gifts and talent, then I'm not doing it.'"   I am in the middle of a creative evolution with my work. And probably my life. You probably are too, amirite? I'm thinking a lot about creative work...

" That's what can lead us back to trusting our worth, trusting our energy, pursuing the work and the ideas that don't make sense yet but are absolutely calling to us -- that is where worth will lead us home."   I've been paying a lot of attention to my energy and how it fuels my work in the past year. I've been in the slow slog of feeling depleted and uninspired and I'v...

" What got me here wasn't just chance. It was that I had consciously started -- before these clients showed up and before these projects had started to come in -- I had already decided that I was ready for an energetic shift."   I'm wrapping this little mini series on money and worth and work with one of the big lessons I have learned this year so far about energy and why it's...

" What if I started thinking about making really great work because I was curious, because I was passionate, because I just wanted to experiment and try and learn and take it a step further - I wonder what kind of abundance would come to me for that?"   This episode is about abundance and its relationship to money, work, and creativity. I think about this every day. You probably do too. As...

" Money in no way is the sum definition of our worth. But if we don't connect the dots for ourselves first between our worth and money, it's very challenging for someone else to."     I want to talk about the relationship between our self-worth, our work, and money for a few episodes. Obviously, this is a super impactful relationship in all of our lives. I've been learning a lo...

"Just like our brain is never going to stop forcefully telling us to stay in our comfort zone, our worth is never going to stop gently prodding us to leave it."     I really enjoyed International Women's Day this year and took it to heart. I remembered the ways women do incredible work every day and the ways I do great work every day. It prompted me to record an episode about the lie o...

"It's easy for us to forget, in times like this, that we actually do have the power to do good with our platforms."     It's been a rough week in the world, specifically because Russia invaded Ukraine and brought a lot of of suffering to innocent people. But these are the times we live in and they require us to decide how we use our platforms and our spheres of influence to do good...

"I think we're ending a 10 year cycle of a certain kind of messaging and marketing about this idea that you can monetize your passion if you just use the right tools and buy the right program and hire the right coach."     I'm unpacking the super popular idea that if you learn how to monetize your passion, your worth will be fully owned in your work and the money you've dreamed...

"The technology keeps changing, but connection and trust are what still work. Ideas that spread, win. Ideas that stick are worth even more. You can race to be first on a new platform, but it's far better to be the voice that we would miss if you weren't there."   Seth Godin   It's the beginning of Season 5! I took a good break over the holidays and into the new year and now I&#...

" Let's remember that our worth has been with us throughout this entire season and probably supported us in ways we didn't fully realize."     It's the end of Season 4! Wow, what a year this was and what a gift committing to making these affirmation episodes has been to me. There were many weeks this year that I didn't think I had it in me to record another affirmation from...

" Maybe you've been going at your very highest pace for a very long time."     The phrase "grace for your pace" descended into my mind a few weeks ago, and I saved it for a worthfull affirmation episode. It seems that the times we live in are a constant pull on our pace. There's always a request for us to go faster or to give more, but that isn't always what's actua...

" How well are you stewarding yourself?"     I get to edit my friend Tiffany Peterson 's podcast, which is a delight. Recently on her show, she posed the question, "How well are you stewarding yourself?" It struck me immediately because I'd never thought about self-care in that way before. Then I started to think about how this relates to our worth. This worthfull affirmati...

" You are known by the best parts of yourself."     I love reading Esther Perel's monthly email letters. She's a world-renown relationship therapist that teaches about how important it is to be connected to our aliveness, the fact that we are seen and known. I've been thinking about how powerful it is to know that we are known. Not just by others, but by ourselves, and by our w...

" Change nothing except the amount of love you give to yourself." - Sarah Blondin     I heard this beautiful phrase while listening to a meditation a few weeks ago, and it sunk right into my heart. I hadn't ever thought that the only thing that might need to change in my life is the amount of love I give to myself. I loved exploring this idea and asking myself the question, what would...

" I know that you're working your very hardest at being the kind of person you wish you were."     As usual, I recorded this affirmation for myself, because it's what I needed to hear. I read a snippet somewhere recently that started with, "I know that life is . . ." and it felt so comforting to hear someone else acknowledge the circumstances I was feeling. One of the best...

"What can I do to make this mountain taller so the women after me can see farther."   Rupi Kaur   It's been a heavy and overwhelming week in the world. Crises in Afghanistan, Haiti, and so many places as a result of the Earth's climate crisis and humanity's crises around politics and social justice have all hit at once. I've been doing my best to educate myself on how to he...

"Maybe when it hasn't happened yet, it's because the very best version of it hasn't quite been birthed."     I've been working on something for a long time that hasn't happened yet. It's felt like a marathon that's lasted months, maybe years. It's a really good thing that I know will be good for everyone involved. It's the thing I really care about right...

"Being the best, when you're in a class of one, is a privilege and a joy."   I recently found a card I wrote to myself years ago. It was a simple pick-me-up, a reminder for a rainy day. On the front of the card it said, "You're the best," in lovely gold scripting. I set it on my desk for a nice little reminder. And then I started thinking about that idea. What does it mean...