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I write for women (including myself) who know things. And are no longer willing to pretend they don’t. Former Emmy Award Winning journalist and coach reclaiming her writer self. Host @THE STAGE: Women Who Know Things online community (coming soon).
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Pinky Promise #2 (opens the original)
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Hi friends,I recorded this week’s Pinky Promise in a tent. At a retreat. Out in the boonies.Part of this practice for me is learning to speak while something is alive…and to trust one take.The great Maya Angelou said “people will forget what you said…. but never forget how you made them feel.”There are quite a few moments where you will hear a strange b… Read more
Pinky Promise #1 (opens the original)
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Hi friend,Introducing my first Pinky Promise voice note on “responsibility without shame”<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="276.9714285714286" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!agAg!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive
Insight Isn’t The Exit (opens the original)
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It’s Burning Man, 2012, and a new friend I met on an art car asks me a question I’m still thinking about fourteen years later.“So how did you break out of the cult?”We were riding across the desert surrounded by 50,000 people who had built a temporary city fueled by community, creativity, and pure life force.That week, nobody in my camp used their real name. You could be Sparkle Pony or Glitter Biscuit or Disco Cactus.I picked Wander Woman.I wore tiny skirts and multicolored bell bottoms and shi
A Funeral for My Podcast + a Promise We Keep (opens the original)
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Recently, I gathered pine cones around my laptop in the forest, put on some ethereal music, and, ceremoniously, pressed D-E-L-E-T-E on my podcast.Sixteen episodes over two years. I loved making it. I also hated making it.As my husband said early on: “It’s like you’re trying to produce a mini documentary every time.”🙋🏻♀️<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bAuJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amaz
You Can Take The Girl Out of The Cult... (opens the original)
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This summer, I gave myself 40 days to get to the next draft of a book I’ve been working on for about 147 years and maybe ten lifetimes.Within the first week, while walking to my car under some pine trees, a new title dropped in.First I saw the book cover. Then I saw the words:CULT: A Memoir in Seven Reckonings.Usually, inspiration sounds like ahhhhhh in my body. This sounded more like ohhhhhh.If you know me, you know I made a documentary about growing up in a cult. You may also know that I have
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