Live Your Best Life as a Virtual Assistant
A few years ago I was exhausted.
Not the normal kind of tired - the kind deep down inside that you're not sure you'll recover from.
The kind where you can't remember the last time you did something just because you wanted to.
I wasn't eating well. I was carrying an extra 12 pounds. I was workin...
I was at a conference this week with my coach James Wedmore in Irvine, CA.
The room was filled with entrepreneurs who are building courses and communities. People at all different stages - some just starting, some years in.
I gave a talk about how I built The VA Connection and I got a standing o...
In 2019, I went to an industry conference for Virtual Assistants with Greg in San Antonio, Texas.
1,580 miles as the crow flies from Connecticut. Not a quick trip.
At the time, my Facebook group had about a hundred members. Mostly friends and family.
I had no course to sell. No program to pitch...
A few weeks ago I wrote about the fear of being seen.
How I used to make myself small. How I believed struggling made me more relatable. How putting myself out there felt dangerous.
A lot of you wrote back. You felt it too.
But here's the thing I didn't say: hiding doesn't always look like hidi...
I used to think people wouldn't like me if everything was good.
Not consciously. But somewhere deep down, I believed that struggling made me a better friend. More human. More real.
If I said things were going well, I'd feel like I was bragging and it would make the other person feel bad.
So I l...
My whole life I was told I was too much.
I talked too much. I said things I shouldn't say. I should know better.
So I learned to be quiet. I learned to make myself small. I held back.
And when I did get attention, I thought it was because I was doing something wrong.
It never occurred to me t...
Life is choice.
Before my family came to visit this weekend, I asked myself: How do I want to feel when it's over?
Satisfied. Connected. Peaceful. Rested.
Then I made choices that would get me there.
I picked six cups of blueberries and made a pie from scratch. I could have bought one. But the j...
Before I got divorced, I kept waiting for someone to save me.
I didn't say it out loud. I didn't even really know I was doing it. But somewhere deep down, I believed that something would magically change.
Someone would step in. I wouldn't have to tear my whole life apart and start over.
My onli...
I spent my 30's and 40's trying to get somewhere that I realized in my 50's would never make me happy.
I was trying to climb the ladder of financial success, I was extremely status conscious, and felt judgement everywhere I looked.
I heard people talk about designing a life they loved, but frank...
I want to ask you a question.
When you picture the VA business you want what does it look like?
You work from home. You set your own hours. You're not asking anyone for permission to take a day off. You're making real money doing work you're good at.
You have clients who respect you. Monday mor...
