Lain Ehmann is a rockstar. That is all.
Business owners: It’s not about you. When you send out an email newsletter or broadcast… When you write a blog post… When you tweet, create a Facebook status update, or share an Instagram photo… IT IS NOT ABOUT YOU. It’s about your customers and your audience. They don’t really care about your cat. They don’t [...]
As a business owner in an industry where sharing personal life details is the norm, it can be tough to strike the balance between informing your audience — who often view me as a friend rather than a “vendor” or corporate entity — and maintaining some semblance of privacy. Not that I’m all that private [...]
I was driving through Lexington, silently mocking the neighbors who STILL have their Christmas wreaths and lights up, despite the fact that Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Then I pulled up to my own humble abode… …And saw a squishy, rotten pumpkin on the front porch. So much for my momentary superiority. *Photo courtesy [...]
Parenting Kinsey, my oldest daughter, has always been a balance between digging my feet in and saving my sanity. I learned early on to pick my battles, as she’s one who likes to have things to push against – and that pushing usually takes the form of out-and-out fights at high volume, usually involving at [...]
I spend a lot of time thinking about my “purpose.” Of course, this purpose is much grander, important, and noteworthy than simply sweeping the kitchen floor, making sure everyone’s in clean socks, and teaching a scrapbooking class or two. This purpose is BIG. I’m not sure exactly what it entails, but I know cameras and [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my life goals. Not in the bucket list (Picnic beneath the Eiffel Tower! Safari in Tanzania!) sense, but in the life purpose sense. And one thing that comes to me again and again and again is that I feel called to write. I do a lot of writing [...]
I used to think I was immune to fear. I was proud that I don’t worry so much about stuff the stuff that seems to top American’s greatest fears list: Speaking before a group doesn’t bother me (ummm, LOVE IT!), nor do escalators, insects, heights, deep water, elevators, dogs, or financial problems. I don’t hyperventilate before [...]
“I think we need a little break.” The only sentence more indicative of a poor outcome to the conversation is, “We need to talk.” But since I can’t really chat with Pinterest, instead I’ll go with the former. I need a break. If you’re not familiar with Pinterest, let me tell you, it’s amazing. Addictive. [...]
Four to five times a week, I force myself to do the hardest thing. I push myself out of my comfortable little nest of computer, writing, creating, and communicating, and insert myself firmly into the physical world. This is not natural for me. I am a cerebral type. I prefer thoughts and ideas to the [...]
I’ve spent the last few days at the house I grew up in. Sleeping in my parents’ bed. Swimming in the pool I swam in many decades ago. Hanging out with my family (original and by marriage). And it gives me a lot of time to think about and observe patterns. Patterns in the way [...]
