by AnnSheybani | Apr 27, 2023 | Writing
Oonagh Duncan, author of Healthy as F*ck, has a potty mouth. It’s one of the reasons we hit it off straight away. It’s one of the reasons her people are drawn to her like Spandex to a thigh. They’ve tried to get fit and loose weight before....
by AnnSheybani | Apr 17, 2023 | Reading, Writing
Three years ago, I had a conversation with Dr. Edith Shiro. She wanted to write a book about post traumatic growth and she needed the book out, like, yesterday. The pandemic had just begun and she could see what was about to happen to the world. Trauma was going to...
by AnnSheybani | Apr 17, 2023 | Reading, Writing
Mozella Ademiluyi understands failure, resilience, and hard-won success. Her inspirational book, Rise!: Lean Within Your Inner Power & Wisdom, documents her thwarted attempt to summit Kilimanjaro at the age of 50, which led to her standing atop Africa’s...
by AnnSheybani | Apr 10, 2023 | Life, Writing
Over the weekend, as I was perusing the New York Times, I came across an article about some actress I’ve never heard of who was willing to share six random pictures stored in her camera, pictures which would more or less sum up her past year. Like I said, I...
by AnnSheybani | Apr 9, 2023 | Writing
I’ve been thinking a lot about the word legacy lately. The idea of leaving something of ourselves behind to future generations. Sure, you may have kids, but that’s not what I’m talking about. The other day I was talking to a woman about legacy as it...
by AnnSheybani | Apr 2, 2023 | Reading, Writing
In 2018, Vicki Suiter published The Profit Bleed: How Managing Margin Can Save Your Contracting Business. Since then, she’s consistently earned hundreds of dollars each quarter with her book, not counting the impressive income she brings in from her related...
