Loud on the Inside

I have every tool. Every idea. A Google Drive full of half-started things. And for three weeks, I kept opening this episode... reading what I had... and closing it again. I have a word for that now: creatination . (cree-AY-tin-AY-shun) It's the specific paralysis that happens when nothing is actually missing — except the doing. It's not writer's block. It's not burnout. It's so...

This week, I did two scary things and survived both. I attended a Toastmasters open house, sent a podcast production proposal to a potential client, and processed a job rejection that had some nerve. Plus — a full confession about my gear hoarding problem, and a teaser for Write Week. Links Mentioned - Storycrafted Article — Equipped for Everything. Ready for Nothing. - Public Speaking from A-Z: T...

This week felt less like a highlight reel and more like an honest look at the in-between — the LinkedIn doom scroll, a newly named app called Tuned In, a kid who just became an adult, and a week where The Lincoln Lawyer won. No tidy resolution. Just the real thing. 📬 Read more on Substack: bizzieliving.substack.com 📱 Follow along on Instagram: @bizzieliving

Stephanie is cursed. Specifically, parking-cursed — a condition she has receipts for. But she showed up anyway to a vibe coding event hosted by Lovable for International Women's Day in Santa Monica, and somehow had a great time, fixed a bug in her podcasting CRM, and left with a community win. This week: Alpha 8 Season 2 scripts are complete-ish, The Last Uprising lands three LA WebFest nomina...

On January 14th, 2025, Stephanie was laid off. According to Black Girls Code, Black women hold only 2% of tech roles in the U.S. She was one of them. Again. After 15 years in tech — the last three as a Staff Content Designer at a SaaS company working in data and AI — she spent 54 days scrambling. Updating her resume. Refreshing her portfolio. Taking another course just to prove she was still relev...