Finding Your Voice In A Noisy World

Speaking Up, Taking Action, and Making an Impact—One Conversation at a Time.

I so badly want to start by saying something funny or catchy but I’ll be totally honest…I’m exhausted like the rest of you. January is finally over but life feels overwhelmingly noisy and quite chaotic.

Last week I had the most unsubscribes from my Substack. I know that sharing my outrage over RFK Jr and a script to call your Democratic Senators probably turned some people off, but here’s the thing…I am and always have been about sharing how I use my voice and how you can and should do the same. I encourage you to share your story and offer examples of how to do it. Making your voice heard right now is so utterly important, therefore I’ll continue to use my platforms to share what I know and how you can take action. I haven’t changed, my content hasn’t changed and I’m not going anywhere.

Through it all, I’ve felt extremely inspired this week. I couldn’t be more proud of people calling their Senators and Representatives to make their voices heard. The fact that phone systems are breaking, voicemails are full and Senate Dems debated for 30 hours was utterly incredible. People are not only finding their voices but they’re doing it scared. I had messages saying “it took me 3 tries because I was nervous, but I called!”, “I’ve never called before, but I did it today!”…and so on. I’m SO grateful to everyone who the took time to make these calls. We have to keep calling though. Everyday. It’s just like podcast pitching because you have to keep putting yourself out there. You will get ‘no’s’ but you’ll also land interviews!

I shared that last week I launched

California Moms For Good

on Substack and Instagram. I woke up on Monday morning and asked myself what I was thinking. Do I really think that launching a group will make a difference? Am I going to make a difference? How am I going to inform others while learning along the way myself and growing a business? Which direction is the right one? I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you that these thoughts were more than how I woke up but what I dragged around in my head all of Sunday as I did laundry, went to flag football, cleaned the house and prepped for the week. More than once I threw up a prayer to God asking for some guidance.

I don’t touch my phone until after I write in my gratitude journal and work on The Pivot Year and journal, so more of these questions came out. Then I opened my inbox…multiple new client contracts signed, over 100 new followers for CA Moms, new followers for me…these were the signs I had been hoping for and needing. Yes, I should be doing all of this and can do all of this, but I must also remember to rest and slow down and prioritize what is on my plate at any given moment.

Books That Build

I’ve written another post this week on the next sections of Democracy In Retrograde and shared my results of My Civic Personality quiz!

Please don’t forget to join us on Substack for a LIVE conversation with Sami Sage on Tuesday, February 25th at 12pm PST/3pm EST!

Life Lessons on My Simplified Life

Family played a big part of this week’s interviews. Time with your parents, family history, futures and more.

I interviewed Sahil Bloom about his debut book The 5 Types of Wealth and although finances is one type of wealth, the other four count for so much more…time, social, mental and physical. As Sahil realized he only had maybe 15 visits left with his parents because he saw them once a year, he recognized his need to expand that time and ensure the quality of the visits were great. I really enjoyed talking to Sahil about the importance of being curious and creating space for creativity. Once again, the theme of small actions can create big change.

My second guest this week was Susan Lieu, Vietnamese-American author, playwright, and performer. Her memoir, The Manicurist’s Daughter, was such an incredible read (and audiobook!). Susan’s mom passed away when Susan was just eleven years old and that’s when her family stopped talking about why she died or how she even came to America. Susan details her quest to find out who her mom was and in doing so, creates a one-woman show traveling to 40 cities and writing this beautiful memoir. We laughed, we cried, we had such a fabulous conversation.

I’m very grateful to Amy Schutte for having me on her podcast, Business Origin Stories. We not only discussed my business origin story but also best practices for podcast pitching and why it’s so important to utilize podcast interviews in whatever you’re doing.

Thank you again to all who have contacted their Senators this week, who have made their voices heard and who continue to do the work and not give up. Know that you are not alone!