Anxiety and perfectionism are like jet fuel: incredibly powerful and capable of propelling you to extraordinary heights but dangerous to play with.

The "starving artist" trope is a scam designed to keep creatives broke, burned out, and easy to exploit. Success isn’t about suffering—it’s about creating art you love and building a life where you thrive, not just survive.

Could planning our freelance schedules around the naturally occurring phases in the menstrual cycle allow us to work WITH our changing energy levels and emotions instead of fighting against them?

Defining your top-level goal gives deeper meaning to your daily to-do lists and allows you to direct your time and energy in a way that best supports your professional and personal dreams.

Brand values help focus company branding and marketing to really tell the true story of the business. And it’s not that different for us as individuals.

Stand up for yourself and believe you’re worth something. If you don’t first, then no-one else will.

Don’t shun the side hustle, it could be the very thing that ultimately helps you get to the performing career of your dreams.

When you’re a freelancer it’s easy to get caught up in the scarcity mindset, but positively choosing “no” can be a great concept to apply to many areas of our lives.

A look at the distinction between pursuing “music” and pursuing a “career”, and how the relentless pursuit of both could lead to an unhappy life and failure with the very thing you’re striving for.

Suggestions for how to maintain strong relationships and a healthy body and mind as a working musician.

A note on saying no to the misogyny in country music and encouraging sidewomen to choose who they champion.

Starting over in a new place is hard, but it can also be invaluable for personal growth, both as a musician and as a human.