John Green has said, “Great books help you understand, and they help you feel understood.” Truly, the power of books is transformative. They are powerful, not only for helping us better see the world around us, but also inside ourselves.…
The power of creative women truly is unparalleled. There are many women are out there building businesses and creating products that are making the world better in so many ways. (And I feel lucky to know so many of them!)…
Life as a female entrepreneur can be rough. Hurdles in the business world seem to be increasingly steep and seemingly insurmountable for women in the workplace. Pay gaps, limited leadership opportunities, discrimination, lack of access to mentors or capital, and…
Y’all know my life is allllll about twins. As a mom of two sets of twins, I’m always seeing double — and I love it. So when I met a set of talented, confident, smart, and fun twin girls who…
What books have changed your life? Each of us have those books. You know the ones. The ones that transform us. The ones that forever alter our way of thinking and empower us to change in unexpected ways. Eve Rodsky’s…
This may sound silly, but thinking about today’s rising generation of youth makes me feel giddy. Sure, even though I feel 17 inside, I definitely do not get their jokes (I only just figured out how to use “yeet” in…
His was a real-life Super 8 — minus the supernatural visitations, of course. As a boy, Bryce Cyrier explored the acres of woods around his grandparents’ home in Elgin, South Carolina. Armed with a Hi-8 camcorder, he started making short…
As a parent, you’re CONSTANTLY picking your battles. It gets really exhausting to fight and negotiate (which is never a good idea, btw, as former Talking Shop alumna Catherine Pearlman taught) and often, we’re too quick to take control and…
When I wrote my first short story, I got lucky. A character and plot came barreling out of my mind without effort. After this story got published, I believed that it would be easy from here on out — I’d…
What I’m about to do is a little bit cruel. (Sorry in advance.) I’m about to send your wanderlust into overdrive. I know we can’t travel right now, so consider this Talking Shop interview a necessary pre-read in your planning…
