The Modern Frontier by Nikki Cohn-Byrd
Welcome to The Modern Frontier; storytelling & insights that blend creativity, psychology, and modern media. I explore how we build meaning and amplify stories in the modern world. “Real Country” in Nashville lives here, too, for authentic country music!
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On Starting Over In Your Mid 30s, and Building In Public (opens the original)
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For years I built a brand around good taste in country music. But something changed inside of me after this trip. There were so many things I wanted to say, share, try to motivate and help others with what I learned and spread the message of ‘it’s never too late’. At the same time, the world of the inter-webs was exploding with a new trend. ‘The great millennial crash out’. Where seemingly every employed human in their 30s/40s decides they want to, mid-career, blow it all up and start again.<a c
The Last Hike (opens the original)
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I cried looking up at the sun beginning to set over the mountains of Evergreen, Colorado. Thoughts flooded my mind. Memories entered like a never ending picture show.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="717.2101648351648" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fet
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