Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. What I learned from a Japanese Tea Ceremony ↓ ♟️ MY TURN: On our last day in Kyoto we found ourselves sitting in a walk-in-closet-sized hut along a lake, preparing for a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. The Tea master had greeted us outside the hut and first asked us to wash our hands in a stone fountain...
8 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. The Neuroscience of Manifesting ↓ ♟️ MY TURN: I joke that I manifested my (now) husband. Wow - that’s still really weird to say the H-word out loud. After years of dating what felt like a string of people who had toxic behaviors (I swore I was a magnet for them!) I went on a trip to Italy with a group of women....
23 days ago • 2 min read
Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Healthy Competition ↓ ♟️ MY TURN: Towards the end of last year I sat in a room full of top women creators. And most all-women conferences lead to a moment where women are taught three words: “collaboration over competition" And as I sat there at this conference a woman who I respect as both a competitive...
23 days ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Hack Your Vacation to Max Your Rest ↓ Quick Spin: Why your “relaxing” vacation barely takes the edge off What Europeans understand about rest that Americans don’t A science-backed case for taking more intentional time off My simple 8-PTO-day summer vacation hack you can actually use ♟️ MY TURN: Have you ever...
29 days ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. On our honeymoon. ↓ Today’s newsletter is a little bit different. I’m currently on my honeymoon in Japan (a place I’ve dreamed of going since my first flight at the age of 16). I’ve completely shut off all work to focus on the beauty around me and this life that Dan and I are building together. I *could* have...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. A new chapter for my career ↓ Quick Spin: 3 things most people avoid A fun new career announcement Two important rules of life If there is one thing I've learned in my career........ Most people don’t miss out because they lack talent. They miss out because they’re waiting to be picked. We’ve been taught a...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. Tall Poppy Syndrome: How to Shine Without Shrinking ↓ Quick Spin: Why we love the “relatable” creator… until we don’t What Tall Poppy Syndrome is (and why it hits women hard) The Bloom → Replant → Grow Roots → Grow cycle How to stop being a moth and become a firefly ♟️ MY TURN: I’ve been fascinated lately with...
about 2 months ago • 4 min read
Hi friends, This is going to be a #realtalk newsletter slash letter today about something I’ve struggled with this year. For those who don’t know, Dan and I are expecting a baby this August. Funny story about that…. In November we were told by a fertility specialist that we would need to use IVF if we wanted to have a shot at having a baby. But we had made the decision to start the IVF process after the wedding. After that appointment we were a little less *careful* because the odds (and our...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Welcome to Life's a Game, a weekly newsletter to help ambitious people build a more meaningful and integrated life. Was this sent to you? Subscribe here so you don't miss the next one. 4D Thinking: How to Make Big Decisions Without Waiting for “Someday” ↓ Quick Spin: Why “when things slow down” keeps you stuck in life limbo Permission vs. data (and why we secretly want someone to tell us what to do) The 4D Decision Framework: Deadline, Data, Debate, Decide A gentler truth: No decision is...
2 months ago • 4 min read