Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter to expand your worth, wealth, and wellbeing. Was it sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who struggles with her inner mean girl. A few weeks ago, I didn’t show up the way I wanted to in an interaction with my wife. And true to form, shame immediately rolled in, which triggered self-flagellation, which triggered reactivity (aka total bitch mode.) My usual move is to distract from all of it:…

Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter to expand your worth, wealth, and wellbeing. Was it sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who dreads negotiating. The secret to being good in high stakes negotiations isn’t talent. It’s reps. And the best place to get them is in situations where the worst that can happen is someone says no. My personal favorite? Asking for things that go against “the rules.” The things you’ve convinced…

Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter to expand your worth, wealth, and wellbeing. Was it sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who struggles to ask for what they want. “The middle part is still too long, your ask is getting lost.” Andrea Mac, a friend and sales expert, recently started coaching me on how to sell my 90-day coaching program. Even though I’m excellent at marketing and negotiating, it turns out sales isn’t quite the…

Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter to expand your worth, wealth, and wellbeing. Was it sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who has ever felt compelled to prove that they’re doing better than they are. “A coach needs a coach?” I’d just shared in my morning accountability group that I was preparing for a meeting with a new business coach. That response from one of the women left me stunned. I found myself quickly explaining…

Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter to expand your worth, wealth, and wellbeing. Was it sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who struggles with critical feedback. I saw the LinkedIn message and my stomach dropped. There it was, confirming what I feared about my presentation—that I rushed too quickly, tried to cram in too much. However, a nanosecond later, my disappointment in myself transformed into a boiling inferno, rage…

Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter to expand your worth, wealth, and wellbeing. Was it sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who has ever wondered if walking away means giving up. For over a year, I woke up early and showed up to the page. I wrestled with a memoir about my son’s medical crisis—the trauma that brought to the surface a lifetime of performing and perfectionism. I submitted an essay to magazines, waited for…

Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter to expand your worth, inside and out. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who wants to ask for more without seeming “difficult.” My client (let’s call her Jenna) came to me after a fintech company reached out about a senior role. She’d been passively open to leaving her current startup, where leadership dysfunction was driving people out despite a team she liked.But here’s what…

Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter to expand your worth, inside and out. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who is ready to earn more and feel better. I broke my New Year’s resolution on January 1st. Not January 15th, when most resolutions supposedly die. Not even January 2nd, which would have at least given me bragging rights for completing a single day. Day One. The very first day of my “hardcore novel-writing…

Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter helping women expand their worth, inside and out. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who is ready to earn more and feel better. I had a coaching session last week that I can’t stop thinking about. My client — let’s call her “A” — has done everything right. Six years at her company. Promoted to director. On the IPO readiness team. Got flown to the NASDAQ floor. Won their top award…

Earn better. Welcome to Ladies Get Paid, a weekly newsletter that helps you build a better work-life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don’t miss the next one. This is for anyone who lies in bed, feeling like they lost themselves somewhere in the day. That used to be me, a few months ago. Lying in bed, staring at the ceiling, doing mental math on how I’d wasted another day. Not wasted in the traditional sense. I’d worked. I’d parented. I’d answered emails and made dinner and folded…