July 13, 2001. Keith and I had decided to meet in person after two months of emailing, calling, and falling in love on every level other than physical. ⠀ I flew into Salt Lake City…
“That Won’t Scale”
First off, fuck that dude. Second, this is why bro-dude marketers so turn me off. “Stop trading hours for dollars!” Oh, you frat boys and your drone-shot vids in your PLF-run launch. Your adherence to…
The Planets: Astrological Loglines
Hello beautiful people of Expansive Capacity! Happy Woo-Woo Wednesday, lovelies! Let’s do some loglines for the planets! 🙂 Reminder: If you’ve not yet mapped out your chart, create one here at Astro (if that link…
The Energy Has to Go Somewhere
Within hours of my writing this, the hubs and I are flying to Salt Lake City. The SLC airport is where we first met in person nearly 18 years ago. We had started an online…
How to Find Your Zone of Genius
I’m going to share three types of lists I’ve made over the years (six lists total) in service of figuring out my Zone of Genius. (If you’ve not read Gay Hendricks’ The Big Leap, get…
Outsourcing Enoughness
As I write this, we are driving back from “my other office,” an oasis in the desert just north of Palm Springs that’s been a getaway for almost 12 years. We’ve concluded our 6th (and…
A Letter to Our First Member
I’m going through some pretty heavy-duty upper-limit problems, impostor syndrome, and enoughness fluctuations as we expand Brand Bonnie Gillespie beyond its comfy showbiz niche. What does that mean to you? Well… nothing unless you also…
7 Is Really a 3
Hello beautiful people of Expansive Capacity! Let’s play with numbers, shall we? No, this isn’t my usual woo-woo goodness trying to expand your numerology know-how into some space it’s ever been. This is a cool…
888 Days Sober
I remember Googling. I Googled a lot. It was always something like, “How to drink in moderation,” “How to moderate drinking,” and even, “How to negotiate sobriety.” Wow. A whole lot of scrolling, reading, searching……
The Myth of Enoughness
#tbt 🦋 Okay. Let’s break this down. I’m 15. Tenth grade has just begun. I’m in the drama club, show choir, literary club, yearbook staff, senior beta, and I’m about to nail a 4.0 while…