Mirrored Panels Turn Boring Fences Into Garden Highlights
One of the best things I added to the garden last year were these Mirrored decorative panels to the fences 😻 I don’t know about you, but I hate seeing bare fences 🙈 so these have been a total game changer in my garden 🪴 plus how CUTEEEEE do they look 💕 👀 Are you team bare fences or let’s decorate them 🤣 #garden #gardening #gardeninspiration
Confidence Grows by Completing Challenges, Not Avoiding Them
I know this may be common sense, but common sense isn’t always common practice… You don’t build confidence by avoiding hard things. You build it by completing them. So finish what you start. The next storm won’t feel so scary. 🙏
Nighttime Duel: Aviva Meets Benetti’s Freedom
When two titans pass in the night. M/Y “AVIVA” 98m (322ft) Built by abekingyachts M/Y “FREEDOM” 70.1m ( 229.11ft) Built by @benettiyachts 🎥 by @theyachtguy
Burnout Starts With Emotional Disconnection, Not Breakdown
Burnout doesn't start with a breakdown. It starts with emotional disconnection. With heaviness. With "I'm fine" becoming your default. By the time most people name it, they've been living in it for months. Check in with yourself before your body forces...
Simplify: Adjust Grip Instead of Adding Grip Workouts
I had a fighter say his forearms were blasted after a night of heavy grappling. A good indication that that’s one of his weaker links. Forearms are tiny muscles anyway, comparatively speaking. They’re going to give out first no...
Balanced Week: Easy Miles, Speed Work, Long Run, Rest
Ingredients for an Effective Running Week: - Ample Easy Miles - 2 speed or hill workouts - 1 long run - Nutritious Diet - Quality sleep - Have fun
Pressure Fuels Teen Resistance, Not Compliance
When teens push back, parents push harder. More rules. More consequences. More lectures. What's left? A power struggle. Resistance isn’t solved with pressure.
Book Publicist Scams Exposed: $1800, Zero ROI
This case study in hiring a book publicity firm is both laugh-out-loud funny and highly informative. As author Kirsten Bell points out, few people share these poor experiences due to shame and embarrassment. So I couldn't be more grateful to her...
Apologizing Reveals Childhood Roots of Self‑Shame
As a therapist, I’m going to ask about your childhood when you: Apologized for how you showed up today. Apologized for crying. Apologized for not figuring it out by yourself. Apologized for slow progress. Apologized for bringing it up again. Apologized for being a burden. Apologized for...
True Soulmates Make You Feel Safe Expressing Needs
Reminder from a therapist: Your soul mate won’t make you feel unsafe when you express your emotions & ask for what you need ❤️
Color Their Childhood with Patience and Connection
This Holi… don’t just color their face. Color their childhood. 💛 Patience over pressure. Connection over correction. Happy Holi 🌸 #HoliWithKids #GentleParentingIndia #ConsciousParenting #UrbanParenting Save this for Holi morning, share it with a parent who needs this reminder, and follow along for more gentle parenting moments that...
AI Ends My Participation in Book Clubs Forever
I get asked to show up to book clubs, online and offline. Here is why from now on the answer is always "no." If you think this might have something to do with "AI" ruining yet another thing for everyone,...
Embrace Negative Emotions, Learn to Manage, Not Suppress
Negative emotions are not evidence that something is broken in you. They are part of being alive. And the goal is not to eliminate them, but to manage them so they do not manage you.
Team Hits Flow State Cooking Truffled Halibut
“Reaching flow state” (a phrase I just discovered 😂) with the team at Les Salons Bernardin. Poached Halibut à la minute, with Truffled Morels and finished tableside with Wild Mushroom Bouillon.
Celebrating Blood Orange Salads: Seasonal Joy & Recipes
The joy of blood orange salads. A shot of late winter/early spring loveliness. My latest newsletter (Substack). Featuring the orange salads of Claudia Roden. Plus an orange salad with dates, almonds and Parmesan adapted from Suzanne Goin. Also the Mazafati...
Get Free Case Study to Transform Your Physique
Comment ‘JAMES’ and I’ll send you the FREE case study so you can learn exactly how we did this - and how you can apply it to your own physique and performance 📈
Galleries Want Profit, Professionalism, Not Just Liked Art
Let's say a gallery likes your art. That doesn't necessarily mean you get a show. Things they also consider? Whether your prices leave enough room for them to make a profit while staying within ranges that their buyers are willing...
From Zero to $10K: Readers Choose Next Steps
My Commercial Fiction Club newsletter, where I'm documenting the journey from $0 as a new fiction author, is about to hit $10,000/year. This isn't bad, but I'm still figuring out what readers want most from me. Drop a comment—what do you want...
One Set Per Exercise Jumpstarts Post‑Layoff Fitness
Took me a couple of decades of lifting and training others to figure this out. When you return from a layoff, just do one set of each exercise. The goal is to get back on track as quickly as possible.
Speleothem Isotopes Reveal Holocene Hydrocl
“Holocene Hydroclimatic Variations Over Western and Central Asia as Inferred From Speleothem Isotope Evidence” | Pleased to be among the authors of this new article in @americangeophysicalunion #JGRatmos led by my former student Liang Ning: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2025JD045672?prg140729=6ac46daa-138f-4444-9b99-407a402c3282
Balanced vs Unbalanced Design in Hamilton Khaki
🎥 NEW VIDEO: Balanced Vs Unbalanced design - Hamilton Khaki Power Reserve. LINK IN PROFILE
Pixar Still Delivers Films on Par with Classics
Not every Pixar flick has risen to the level of ‘Finding Nemo’ or ‘Up,’ but that doesn’t mean the studio hasn’t semi-regularly produced new toons on par with its 2000s-era classics. @scott_alan_mendelson’s early review of Pixar’s ‘Hoppers’)
My 40‑Approach Habits
My Ins and Outs as I sail towards 40. And yes, I genuinely think these are life-changing habits. But every annoying Internet person says that. Up to you to agree, I guess
Motherhood Is Hard, Let’s Support Each Other
Can we normalize saying motherhood is HARD? ♥️ Not because we don’t love our children. But because we care so deeply. We are raising kids while healing ourselves while managing homes while carrying emotional weight. If you relate, you belong here...
Destroying Big Sur’s Calla Lilies Is Not Hiking
POV: cutting down all of the Calla Lilies in Big Sur is vandalism, and not how to hike like a respectable human being.
Most People Misunderstand What Talk Therapy Really Is
I cannot even begin to describe how wrong most of you are about what talk therapy is.
Intentional Breaks Beat Creative Blocks, Not Phone Scrolling
If you're experiencing a creative block, I know a guaranteed way to overcome it: Take a break. But not just any kind of break. (No scrolling on your phone for two hours.) Here are 3 tips for taking an intentional, creatively restorative break....
Use Your PTO Now—You Deserve a Break
Sis, that PTO is meant to be used – not accumulated. You deserve the time off. So this is your sign to take it.
Dancing at the Apocalypse
I’d like to be dancing when the world ends, just not to this new STURGILL SIMPSON record https://open.substack.com/pub/thefutureisourstomake/p/disco-stu-vs-the-apocalypse
Journalistic Editing Skills Transform Book Publishing Success
Making the leap from journalism to book-length work brought one writer into contact with a new challenge: being truly edited. Lessons from @julietizon: https://janefriedman.com/how-editing-like-a-journalist-will-make-your-publishing-journey-easier/
Paperback Release of “The Staircase in the Woods” Celebrated
Today is the paperback release of THE STAIRCASE IN THE WOODS and I talk about that and the book a little bit at the blog. Remember those? Blogs? Good times.
Whimsical Dior FW26 Nails House Codes with Sparkle
Peanuts, lily pads, flounce and sparkle - a jonathan.anderson for @dior FW26 collection worth that speaks volumes about nailing the house codes in a whimsical and confident way. #dior #pfw
Unexpected Parenting Hacks That Actually Work
What is the most counterintuitive thing that has been helpful on your parenting journey? I’ll start. 
Your Insomnia Is a Protective Response, Not a Flaw
This isn't blame. It's biology. Your body isn't broken. It's protective. Doctors don't usually say this out loud. Save it for your next 3AM wake-up. Comment SLEEP PEACE if even one of these hit different and you're ready to actually rest. Share with...
Don’t Let Grip Limit Your Glute Gains
I think this is a useful tip 👌🏽. Holding onto two heavy dumbbells can be brutal (once you get really strong). You never want your glute training to be limited by grip strength.
Rejecting Diet Culture, Fatphobia, and Thin Privilege
Things I have a low tolerance for: - Eat less, move more - Bodies as business cards / unrecognized thin privilege - Low calorie meals - Rigid adherence to the division of responsibility - Fatphobic medical care - Orthorexic nutrition education
Seeking Fresh Book Deals, Not Zelda Frustrations
Alright blood moon, let’s manifest some good book news. Agent signings, deals, bestseller lists, and not like, all the ways you keep f*cking with Link in the Zelda games. We need a break.
Medication Can Override Your Hunger and Fullness Signals
Intuitive eating says to trust your hunger & fullness cues. But what happens when your medication is the one controlling those cues?
Eat Within 30 Minutes for Faster Muscle Growth
Post workout nutrition is crucial to optimizing performance, preventing injury, and promoting muscle growth. Having a post workout snack right after training can drastically enhance muscle growth and immediately begin the recovery process. Grab a simple snack such as chocolate...
Enter Giveaway, Support Noir Novel & New Paperback
I'm here for fun BUT I also need to pay my bills. So 1) there's a giveaway for review copies of my novel The Intrigue, a 1940s noir about a romance scam artist. If you're a Goodreads user and you...
Did the Film Crew Actually Read Wuthering Heights?
hey so did the the people involved in the Wuthering Heights film actually read Wuthering Heights
Stick With It: Try the Third Rep Rule
Every time I start something new, I follow a simple framework. It's called The Third Rep Rule. Give it a try if you always quit something new:
Master Time Manipulation to Craft Your Bestseller
What's behind the blockbuster success of novels like People We Meet on Vacation and The Housemaid? It’s not just the prose, the characters, or the plot. It’s how the authors manipulate time to keep readers hooked. In today's video, I reveal how...
The Trap's Plot Holes Expose Unrealistic Law Enforcement Logic
I just watched The Trap on Netflix. What a garbage movie. 1. Why is the FBI Profiler in charge of the entire operation? 2. Why set up a trap/fake concert for a serial killer at a concert for kids? 3. Why have...
Shift Motivation From Fear to Safety, Not Calories
Shane interrupts your ability to care for yourself. Because it reinforces the idea that there's something wrong with you. Then, instead of diet or self-help advice benefitting you, it keeps you thinking that you're a problem to fix. If you truly want...
More Books, Fewer Readers: A Growing Reading Crisis
We are in a reading crisis. People have access to more books than any point in history, but are reading less than ever. Here are 10 concerning charts about the state of reading:
Bold Actions, Not Perpetual Progress, Forge Impactful Change
If you stay in progress mode, you will fail. You will struggle. People will judge you. Some will say you’re not ready. Some will say you’re not good enough…. Good. Bold moves build bold humans who make bold change in the...
Empowering Moms to Heal, Thrive, and Rediscover Self
I want to connect with moms who are focused on: • healing, not just surviving postpartum • mindful parenting • healthy habits for family life • rediscovering themselves after motherhood • building something meaningful while raising children ♥️ If this sounds...
Embrace Struggle and Joy for a Meaningful Life
On “fun-maxxing,” “struggle-maxxing,” and what Alysa Liu’s extraordinary story can teach us about not just sport, but living a good and meaningful life too. I’m biased but I think everyone should read this: https://open.substack.com/pub/bradstulberg/p/struggle-joy-and-the-meaning-of-life?r=1z3bk6&utm_medium=ios
Imagine Tomorrow's Miracle: Visualize Your Ideal Life
The miracle question. If a miracle happened tonight and everything you’re hoping for would be different in the morning, what is the miracle? What would the beautiful life be tomorrow morning when you woke up? This is a grounded question in a well-researched...