Do you struggle with social media when no one likes your posts or buys your products? Why am I even asking, of course you do! Here’s some commiseration, empathy and a couple of tips I’ve found helpful to manage my very own, and very real, social media blues.

In this episode, I talk about my fraught relationship with conversations about body image and self-objectification and social media, among other topics.

This week, I talk about Joseph Campbell’s hero’s journey and explore its application to self-marketing trends seen on social media, and why this could be problematic.

Sometimes social media images can be inspiring… or they can lead down a path of self-loathing. In this episode, I explore my relationship with hard work and discipline, how it has led me to burnout and how social media marketers use our insecurities about not working hard enough to sell us stuff.

As you promote your business or develop your brand as yourself, how do you keep tabs on the actual person that you are? How do you keep yourself from believing you are your social media persona? Article: What Is Instagram Doing to Our Self-Worth? Want to hear more about authenticity and branding? Check out Lindsay … Continue reading Episode 8: Inside the Hologram →

We get it, social media is bad for our mental health. But how much of that is social media’s direct fault? This episode is a short personal story about the Instagram algorithm and how it made things harder for me.

A defense of long-form, off-screen reading, especially of books, and why it’s even more important in our current world.

Getting down to brass tacks on one of my favorite topics. This one is longer than usual cause I am really excited to share with you what I’ve learned about dealing with impostor syndrome and how I am managing mine.

Setting aside time in your planner to tackle specific projects can be very effective to help you get more done while wasting less time. Here are some insights and tidbits that have worked for me. Spoiler alert: you need to get off your phone.

In today’s fast-paced world of excessive wonders and nonstop information overload, most connected humans fall prey to the FOMO trap at one point or another. Some thoughts on FOMO, where it comes from and some antidotes to fight it.