Category: Fulfillment
These posts are designed to help you make each day more meaningful, be it through career advice, ways to find your passion, break out of a creative rut or find a hobby that inspires you.
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Let’s Plan Your 2026 Goals with 3 Easy Questions
Need help with your 2026 goals planning? Searching for ideas and inspo to truly conquer the year ahead. Start with these three questions.
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There’s Comfort in Shouting into the Void (AKA Why I Haven’t Gotten on Substack)
Dissecting my strange desire to be seen and anonymous at the same time. Have you ever felt this way too?
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Joanna Gaines & the Inevitable Awkwardness of Building Community
Why is it so hard to build community? I’ll explore what holds us back, as well as Joanna Gaines’s ideas from ‘Magnolia Journal.’
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Brené Brown’s ‘Strong Ground’ and the Underrated Art of Mind Wandering
Brené Brown makes a strong case for letting your mind wander—and tackle a side project—as a way to be more productive. Science backs it too!
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The Simple Philosophy I’m Trying to Sear into My Barnacled Heart
The world feels dangerously divisive right now, but these insights from Liz Plank and Jacques Masiko, are giving me hope—and a way forward.
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Which Giada De Laurentiis Cookbook Is the Best? Her Top 5, Compared
Giada De Laurentiis has written 11 cookbooks, but which one is the best? And where should you begin, if you want to master her takes on easy, healthy Italian meals? Here’s my review and ranking of the top five.
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The Taylor Swift ‘New Heights’ Quote You Need to Internalize (No, Really)
Some of Taylor Swift’s best ‘New Heights’ quotes from her podcast appearance serve as crucial advice for dealing with criticism and hate.
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The One Question You Should Ask Everyone at Your Dinner Table Tonight
Jamie Kern Lima’s book ‘Worthy’ shares a powerful anecdote about the question Spanx founder Sara Blakely was asked every night at dinner—and how it shaped her to become the risk-taking entrepreneur (and billionaire) she is today.
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Can Writing Your Eulogy Really Help You Get Clear on Your Goals? I Had to Try It
Begin with the ending in mind, it would seem. In Donald Miller’s ‘Hero on a Mission,’ he encourages readers to gain clarity in their goals by writing their eulogy today. Then creating plans to achieve what you wrote. Here’s what happened when I tried his exercise.
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The 3 Stages Of Dealing With Change That Nobody Talks About
Every major life change requires experiencing three stages to adjust to it. Here’s what to look out for, and how to cope with change better.
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How to Develop a Recipe, the Ina Garten Way
Reading how Ina Garten develops recipes in ‘Be Ready When the Luck Happens’ is a masterclass in balancing flavor and texture. Here’s how she does it.
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Days After Reading ‘What If You Are the Answer,’ 2 Questions Linger
Rachel Hollis’s new book, ‘What If You Are the Answer?’ presents a new question with each chapter. After reading it, these two stuck with me—and I’d like to unpack them here with you. (It’s a safe space, right?)
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