by Trudy Rankin | Dec 21, 2025 | Mindset and Confidence
I opened my email on a Tuesday afternoon and was blindsided by an email from one of my biggest clients: “We’ve decided to pause the project for now.” It was a client I’d been working with for months. We’d done strategy calls, planning,...
by Trudy Rankin | Dec 12, 2025 | Mindset and Confidence
I always do a bit of reflection at the end of the year. Do you do that? Some of mine is personal and some is business, but a lot of it is the state of things as a whole. As I look back on 2025, I’ve been thinking about what the year looked like for writers. Some...
by Trudy Rankin | Dec 5, 2025 | Mindset and Confidence
We’d love to hear about your year. We want to know what worked (and what didn’t) for writers in 2025. I talk with a lot of writers every week, and their businesses were all over the place. In July, one of my coaching clients told me, “I just had one...
by Trudy Rankin | Nov 13, 2025 | Mindset and Confidence
It was 2 a.m. on a long flight home from Europe. Lights dimmed, everyone half-asleep … except for us. My husband had … somehow … managed to lose his glasses. And of course, he wanted me to help him find them. We searched for ages, twisting and crawling and...
by Trudy Rankin | Nov 14, 2024 | Mindset and Confidence
This week’s newsletter covers a lot … ranging from techniques for persevering in the face of the adversity, to a really good article on why SEO isn’t dead, to a podcast guest saying that all emotions are logical and more. Enjoy. Must Read Fences Were...
by Trudy Rankin | Nov 14, 2024 | Mindset and Confidence
Are you facing barriers to reaching your goals? Don’t let them stop you. Find out what 2 fence-climbing lads have to show you about perseverance and getting the success you want. My gym session was leaving me sweaty, bored and out of breath. The gym I was...
