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The ApParent Solopreneur: The Organized Mayhem of Family Life

I'm a entrepreneur, blogger, and parent who loves to talk about business & entrepreneurship, parenting & relationships, and health & wellness, self care, productivity and more! Subscribe and join the journey with over 1,000+ newsletter readers every week!

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How Parents Can Create a Week's Worth of Content in a Single Naptime

READ TIME - 4 MINUTES The other day I came across some typical content marketing advice online. A few "experts" are going back and forth about posting schedules, platform algorithms, and embracing the creator grindset. I rolled my eyes. Because after years of balancing content creation with parenthood, I've learned something that contradicts most advice we see on social media: traditional content creation strategies are useless when your environment involves tiny humans interrupting you every...

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Happy Saturday! Here are 3 posts readers loved — plus a freebie opportunity just for subscribers. 1. How Parents Can Create a Week's Worth of Content in a Single Naptime 👉 Read → 2. The Solopreneur's Guide to Explaining Your "All Over the Place" Career Journey 👉 Read → 3. From Digital Hoarding to Actual Learning: A Simple Framework 👉 Read → Affiliate Offer: Supported by Beehiiv — the platform I use to grow and monetize newsletters. Try it free → Giveaway (First Come, First Serve): 2 free...

It's 9:47 PM. The kids are finally asleep, the kitchen is mostly clean, and you open your task management app. Thirty-seven items stare back at you. Your calendar looks like Tetris gone wrong. You've been "productive" all day, yet the work that actually grows your business—the important stuff—got pushed to tomorrow. Again. Sound familiar? The Busy Parent's Productivity Paradox Here's the brutal truth about juggling parenthood and entrepreneurship: we confuse activity with accomplishment. We...

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You know that moment when you're juggling a client call while your kid asks for the 47th snack of the day, and you realize you haven't eaten lunch yourself? We've all been there. Standing in the pantry at 3 PM, hoping that stale granola bar will somehow restore your will to live. Or sitting in your car after school pickup, needing five minutes to summon the energy just to deal with homework battles. Spoiler alert: The granola bar is lying to you. The 3 PM Parental Entrepreneur Meltdown Here's...

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The Solopreneur's Secret to Unshakeable Confidence: 3 Theater-Tested Strategies for High-Stakes Presentations "Another client pitch. Another knot in my stomach," you think, staring at your calendar. That familiar dread creeps in—the same feeling before every important presentation, networking event, or investor meeting. What separates confident entrepreneurs from those who struggle with imposter syndrome? As someone who has directed theatrical productions and holds a Bachelor's in both...

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The Entrepreneur's Paradox: Why Self-Doubt Signals You're Winning Sound familiar? "Everyone else seems to know exactly what they're doing. I'm just making it up as I go along." If you're nodding, congratulations. You're experiencing the entrepreneur's paradox—and it means you're ahead of the curve. Self-Doubt = Competitive Intelligence Here's what traditional business advice gets wrong: they treat uncertainty like a bug, not a feature. But when you're building something from scratch while...

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Why Your Multi-Hyphenate Background Is Actually Perfect for Solopreneurship As solopreneurs and parent-entrepreneurs, we wear so many hats that our LinkedIn profiles sometimes look like career word salad. Sound familiar? This week's audio deep-dive tackles something every solopreneur faces: How do you explain a resume that includes corporate work, side hustles, freelance gigs, and that startup idea you tried while the kids were napping? In this 11-minute episode, you'll discover: Why the...

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Want to know what really breaks perfectionist paralysis? It's not willpower. It's not "just ship it" motivation. It's a simple decision-making framework that high-performers use to know exactly when to stop polishing. Here's what I learned the hard way: perfectionism isn't about quality—it's about fear. After watching countless entrepreneurs (including myself) waste hours perfecting work nobody noticed, I discovered the three questions that change everything. 1. What does success actually...

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Stop Creating from Scratch—Start Repurposing with AI If you write long-form content—newsletters, blog posts, podcast scripts—you already have more than enough material to grow on Instagram. The problem? Captions take forever to write Hashtags feel random Carousels are confusing to build You’re already stretched thin That’s exactly why I built Insta Content Pro Toolkit. It’s a custom AI-powered system that turns your written work into: 5 different Instagram caption styles (Relatable,...

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I've been thinking about something that keeps coming up in conversations with readers—the guilt and anxiety so many of us feel about our "messy" professional journeys. Maybe you've bounced between industries. Perhaps you've taken breaks to pursue passion projects. Or you've built skills in areas that don't seem to connect on paper. If someone asked you to explain your career path in 30 seconds, would you find yourself apologizing or making excuses? Here's what I want to tell you: Your...

“Comparison is the fast track to misery.” - Jack Canfield. The notification ping at 6 AM shouldn’t feel like a punch to the gut, but here we are. You’re scrolling through Instagram while your three-year-old thinks sunrise is party time, and there she is—another “mom or dad boss” posting about their 5 AM workout, color-coordinated smoothie bowls, and how they “just threw together” what looks like a magazine spread for breakfast. Meanwhile, you just discovered yesterday’s mac and cheese stuck...