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Life is Happening Right Now
It was a gut punch when I realized I'd been waiting for my life to start—like there was some magical green light when things suddenly would begin happening, and nothing mattered up to that. And the start line kept getting farther away instead of closer. When I'm in my...
Dreams Aren’t Just For Other People
I don't know about you, but I was a dreamer when I was a kid. I had big dreams and big plans because that was the only kind I knew how to have. I lived huge because no one had told me yet I was supposed to be small. But then someone told me dreams were for other...
What If You’re Not Doing It Wrong?
What if you're not doing it wrong? What if you're doing it right and it's just hard? What if how you're feeling is perfectly normal? What if the reason you can't get through the to-do list isn't that there's something wrong with you—but that the list is just too damn...
How to Find the Password for Zoom Meetings that Suddenly Require One
You may notice that Zoom meetings you created previously without a password are now requiring one for participants to get access. But when you look at the meeting settings, there's no password listed! What to do? Follow these steps to find the password: Log into your...
Because Zoom-Bombing Is a Thing Now: Here’s How to Protect Yourself
One of the features that makes Zoom so user friendly is also the one that makes it vulnerable to "Zoom-bombing," in which an uninvited person joins your Zoom meeting to generally wreak havoc. Here's how it works: You know Zoom's super-simple meeting number that makes...
Why You Shouldn’t Freak Out about Videoconferencing
The March 13, 2020, Mashable article "Zoom is a work-from-home privacy disaster waiting to happen" may have left you feeling a little icky about being suddenly thrust into the world of working-from-home. Phrases like "privacy minefield," "privacy disaster," and the...
Meet Kristen at #NATCON20 – April 4-7, 2020, in Austin, TX
I’ll be exploring alternative approaches to mental health treatment on the #NatCon20 “TED” stage at the nation’s largest behavioral health conference this April. Be sure to mark your calendar for 10:30-11:30 p.m local time on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, for TTED1 –...
Top 100 Books for Freelance Writers – 2020 Update!
Originally created in honor of Freelance Writers Appreciation Week 2009, here is a list of my top 100 books for freelance writers, updated for 2020. This is by no means an exhaustive list of all the books out there for freelancers (despite how exhausting it may or may...
Books I’ve Read So Far in 2020 – Updated Feb 14
One of my intentions in 2020 is to spend more time reading books and less time scrolling social media. I'm more relaxed, I'm sleeping better, and I'm a hell of a lot more interesting to have conversations with these days. The people at the library are starting to...
I See White People: Options for More Diverse Stock Photography
Do you ever try to find relevant stock photography for your presentation or concept and find yourself giving up, saying, "Not another white dude pointing at a dry-erase board" or "Not ANOTHER pair of white hands on a computer keyboard" or "That skinny white lady's...
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