Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant

 If you're not getting the clients you want, I need to tell you something. 

It's not a skills problem. 

I know that's what it feels like. You think: I need to learn more software. I need to add more skills to my list. I need to feel more ready before I put myself out there.

But here's what I've s...

For years, my email signature said "Chief Cheerleader." 

I'm changing it. 

Not because I don't care. I care deeply. But cheerleading isn't what you need from me. 

Here's what a cheerleader does: She stands on the sidelines and says "You've got this!" and "You're amazing!" and "Keep going!"

She m...

Have you ever thought: "What if my life looked different?" I remember when I did. 

At first I didn't believe I could change my life that much. I wondered what it would be like to have more flexibility. I wondered what it would be like to have more time at home.

The biggest hurdle to creating the l...

One of the biggest fears I hear from people thinking about becoming a Virtual Assistant is that they're not techy enough. 

They worry they don't know the right software. They haven't mastered the latest tools. They can't rattle off a list of platforms they've conquered.

Here's what I learned in 15...

If you're curious about becoming a Virtual Assistant but feel overwhelmed by the tech, let me make it simple.

Being a Virtual Assistant isn't about knowing every tool. It's not about being techy. It's about solving problems.

Early in my VA career, I stressed about keeping up with the tech. Every w...

I want to tell you something that took me years to really get: Getting clients is not a transaction. It's about relationship building, something I didn't understand and wasn't good at. 

When I started my VA business, I thought I needed to get good at "selling" myself.

I believed I would be successfu...

When my life began to crumble right before I turned 50, I noticed something had changed.

The job market didn't want me. I'd send applications and get no response. I'd go to interviews and watch their eyes glaze over. I was experienced, capable, and felt invisible, overlooked, even though I knew I s...

If you don't have time for the things you want in your life, I bet it's because you're carrying around more than what's yours.

Here's what I mean by that. In the past, when someone I cared about was struggling, I'd make it my mission to fix it. I'd try to convince them they could have something bette...

We all have the same 24 hours. But how we think about those hours makes all the difference.

I used to feel victimized by time. Like, there was never enough. Like it was happening to me instead of for me.

But somewhere along the way, my thinking shifted.

I stopped seeing time as something that pas...

Every day I get up, and I decide what kind of day I'm going to have.

I look at what's on the schedule, think about who I'll spend time with, when I'll exercise, what I'm looking forward to, and I decide ahead of time how I want to feel.

By being deliberate and not leaving my feelings up to chance,...