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09/09/2026

How to stand out in your job search in the age of AI.

Everyone applying right now has access to the same tools. Polished writing stopped being a differentiator the moment we all got access to it. What decides whether you stand out now is whether your application still sounds like a real person with a real perspective wrote it.

Here’s how to do that.

1. Add a specific take, not something like “”I’m passionate about this industry.”” A concrete detail is what makes writing sound human.

2. Use the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result.) format, but let it sound like you. Most people stop at what they did and skip the result, which is the part that actually proves it mattered.

3. Show you know how to work with AI without making it the whole thing. One specific example of how it made you more effective signals judgment in a way “”proficient in AI tools”” never will.

Save this and come back to it before your next application or interview.

Content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, HR, or mental health advice. Coaching services are not therapy or mental health treatment.

09/08/2026

Everyone needs boundaries!

“Boundaries” gets thrown around so much it starts to lose meaning. Here’s what it actually is. A boundary is information about what you need to function well, and a decision about what you will and won’t make room for.

Most of us are bad at it because we were taught to be accommodating, to keep the peace, to not make it weird.

Here’s your post-summer boundary reset:

Get clear on what actually drained you this summer. People, commitments, situations. Name them. That’s your starting point.
Pick one boundary to actually set this week. Not ten. One. Small and doable beats ambitious and abandoned every time.
Practice the language. “I’m not available for that.” That doesn’t work for me.” “I need X to do this well.” No over-explaining required.

Boundaries let you show up for the things and people that actually matter.

Save this and drop a 🍂 if you’re doing a reset this September.

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Content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, HR, or mental health advice. Coaching services are not therapy or mental health treatment.

09/07/2026

Watch for the moment an organization starts selling you on culture instead of paying you fairly.

Heavy emphasis on mission, purpose, we’re a family here. And somewhere in that same conversation your pay stays flat or negotiating starts to feel ungrateful.

Researchers call this motivation purity bias. Managers assume people who ask about pay are less committed than people who talk about how much they care. Caring about the mission and caring about your paycheck are not in competition.

Here’s what to watch for. Culture language showing up instead of a raise conversation. Being told your work isn’t about the money by someone who is absolutely paid well for their own. Feeling like negotiating makes you seem less committed.

When you want both on the table try this.

“”I am fully bought into this mission and I also want to talk about compensation that reflects the work I’m doing.””

Save this for the next conversation that starts with “”you’re so passionate about this”” and doesn’t end with a change to the number. 👇

Content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, HR, or mental health advice. Coaching services are not therapy or mental health treatment.

09/04/2026

The second half of the year hits and my first instinct is always the same: put my head down and figure out how I feel about it in December.

Sound familiar?

So I made something called the Mid-Year Gut Check. It’s free and takes about fifteen minutes. Nothing on it needs to be polished — your honesty is the point.

It walks through three things: Looking Back, at your wins and lessons from the first half of the year. A Pulse Check on how you’re actually doing right now, personally and professionally. And Looking Ahead, at what success looks like by December and where you might need to ask for support to get there.

Comment GUT CHECK and I’ll send it your way.

Content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, HR, or mental health advice. Coaching services are not therapy or mental health treatment.

09/02/2026

We need to get curious to truly disrupt the workplace patriarchy.

Every time we talk about likability bias, someone jumps in with “well, women do it to each other”— and we spend the rest of the conversation defending instead of building on it.

We know it happens. I want us to ask why, not to let anyone off the hook, but so we can actually change it. Because pointing at each other instead of looking up at what’s causing it is exactly what the system wants.

If a woman at work has hurt you, that pain is real — I’ve been there too. And it’s still worth asking what would have to change so she didn’t feel like she had to knock someone down in the first place.

That’s where we start. Save this.

Content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, HR, or mental health advice. Coaching services are not therapy or mental health treatment.

09/01/2026

You have about six weeks before Q4 swallows your entire calendar. Here’s how to use them.

1. Check your systems.
Task management, calendar, meetings. Pick your top three, ask what’s actually working versus what you’re just used to, and upgrade one before October.

2. Expect collision.
Your life and work collide in Q4 — it happens every year. For everything that lands on your plate, ask one question: is this a must-happen-by-end-of-year item, or urgency someone else is assigning? That answer protects your real priorities.

3. Build in a pause on purpose.
One 10-minute pause on your calendar each week between now and December. Not at the finish line — now. Q4 moves fast either way; this is how you stay present instead of just surviving it.

Save this and run the audit this week. Send it to someone who always ends the year burnt out. 👇

Content is for informational purposes only and does not constitute legal, HR, or mental health advice. Coaching services are not therapy or mental health treatment.

Actually my purpose is to drink Coke Zero, help as many women step into leadership as possible, and be gay. 🥤🏳️‍🌈Coke Ze...
08/29/2026

Actually my purpose is to drink Coke Zero, help as many women step into leadership as possible, and be gay. 🥤🏳️‍🌈

Coke Zero is my fuel, what can I say. I love it.

Helping women step into leadership is everything. Because when women lead, things actually change. The culture changes, the decisions change, who gets a seat at the table changes. That is the whole mission of A Better Monday, more women leading, more women thriving, more workplaces that were actually built for all of us.

Being a q***r-owned business shapes how we see power, how we show up for community, and why we care so deeply about doing work that actually includes everyone. Being q***r and proud is at the core of this brand and honestly we would not have it any other way. 🏳️‍🌈

If you’re here for all three of these things, you are exactly where you belong. What is your purpose that drives you, serious and silly answers welcome. 👇

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