Jun 29
The Kitchen That Taught Me About Staying Too Long
In the summer of 2015, I stood in my kitchen mid-demolition and started crying. The renovation was long overdue.
11 min read
Marissa Brassfield
Trusted advisor, simplifier, and loving catalyst of your biggest and best initiatives. Discovering how to stretch time, maximize ease, and optimize work-life alignment.
Jun 26
Mid-Year Pruning: Releasing What Stopped Thriving
June 30 is the literal middle of the year, the natural moment to prune. A seasonal ritual for releasing what stopped thriving, with three prompts to find the cuts.
7 min read
Jun 24
Why "Set Better Boundaries" Is the Wrong Advice for Working Moms
The fix for an overloaded life starts by reviewing the commitment load itself. A one-hour elimination audit, and the three nos that gave me back Tuesday mornings with my son.
8 min read
Jun 23
Every past version of you is source material now
Ciaran made $6,000 in two days from his side hustle by combining two skills he already had.
2 min read
Jun 22
The Guilt That Hides Inside "Enough"
A few years ago I sat in a strategy meeting I had organized, running the agenda and answering every question
8 min read
Jun 19
Somatic Tools for Entrepreneurs: The Working Toolbox
Six named somatic tools with concrete protocols and honest evidence grades, built for the decisions entrepreneurs actually face.
7 min read
Jun 17
The Vision Keeper: A New Role for Founders
Founders building their life's defining platform need someone who holds the vision while they scale the work. That role has a name now: the Vision Keeper. Here is what it is and how it differs from a coach, a consultant, or a strategist.
7 min read
Jun 16
The yes I couldn't say a year ago
A year ago I walked away from a project that felt impossible. In April it came back, and my body said yes immediately.
2 min read
Jun 15
Motherhood Builds the Executive Skills Companies Beg For
Raising children is a daily leadership lab. The capacities that season builds are the ones the market keeps saying it wants, and they are yours to claim.
7 min read
Jun 12
Nervous System Leadership and the Lie That Leaving Means Ungrateful
The chiropractic adjustment was supposed to ease a reverse curve in my neck, the kind that builds up after years
9 min read
Jun 10
Nervous System Regulation for Leaders: A Field Guide
The science of state for leaders, with named protocols you can run inside a workday: the physiological sigh, exhale-weighted breathing, orienting, and co-regulation.
9 min read
Jun 09
Sixty pounds in the rain
A two-sentence Slack four months ago made this moment possible.
2 min read