HeyJaredKindling by Laura Oldfield
Writing about the space between burnout and blazing. ✍️ Coach, teacher and mum of 3 helping bright, ambitious women reignite purpose and ambition. It’s time to tend to your own kindling again. 🪵🔥 Essays on ambition, clarity and creativity in midlife.
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- Sep 30, 2026
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- Sep 16, 2026
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40% of men believe they could train their way to the Olympics. How obscenely brilliant do you imagine you need to be before you show us? (opens the original)
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Darling, your talent, skill and hard work has never been the problem. (And also the things I’m about to refer to? Don’t be embarrassed about them. We’re not going to over-therapise here: you’re just human).But problem is a useful word, so let’s go with it and identify a few stumbling blocks:you’ve been told to promote yourself a certain way and it makes you feel a bit gross;you’ve not given over any time to talk about and sell your work and because it isn’t a habit when you finally do have time
How to release the anchors (and anchoring bias) weighing you down (opens the original)
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There are beliefs, thoughts and facts in your head that you’ve never thought to question, and that are stopping you living the life you deserve and crave.A punchy opening sentence, but one that I am ever more curious to explore. There are some beliefs (or anchors) you might have about:what counts as a good salary (and the need for a salary as “worthy” income);how many hours constitute a “good” working week;how many subscribers you need before your writing is “successful”;how much time a “good” m
RESEARCH: I need your help (opens the original)
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Hello kind person, I need your help!(Full disclosure, I posted this on Substack notes and no-one has replied, yet, so I thought I’d ask you wonderful subscribers).RESEARCH 🤔 question (please help me!)What does the word curiosity mean to you?Where/ what have you felt curious about recently, and where has it led to?Answers to either question sooo gratefully received* and used in my next essay with your permission*I am undertaking a 12 week self-study projec
What if you don’t need a fresh start? (opens the original)
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I love the “let’s start a fresh new page” vibe September encourages (plus, being a part-time teacher, I literally find myself saying that when I’m covering English). That whole list of new term, new routines, new notebooks, new goals, get organised, get winter body-ready, get nutritionally loaded, get perfect skin with this simple 3658-step routine, get back on track.I am extremely susceptible to this sort of thing: bottle it and spray it liberally all over my person. The first sign of an autumn
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