You aren’t something until you are. It’s time to become. When wanting to make any kind of drastic change, it’s natural for the most annoying and intrusive thoughts to seep into your brain: Am I good enough? What’s on the other side of taking this risk? Who am I to do this? I can’t be […]
Why aren’t you learning “that thing”? 🤨
I’ve been mulling around this question in my head for the past few months – what makes people (including me!) resistant to learning something new, or trying something they’ve never tried? When this “something” could be life-changing for them? There are a few reasons I came up with… 1) Initial judgment about said “thing” and […]
Who are you, really? 🥸 A short pondering on identity
A series of questions to set the stage for this post: When you think of yourself, what are the words you would use to describe you? When you describe who you are to someone else, what are the words you would use? When someone else describes you and you’re there, what words would they use? […]
The Amateur vs. Pro
I was flipping through one of my fave books this morning called “Turning Pro” by Steven Pressfield. This book talks about the idea of the amateur vs. the pro and how they show up differently when it comes to work and life. I stopped on this section and gave me a reminder deep in my […]
PermissionLESS Spotlight: Amy Schumacher
Hellloooo! I’m back with another Spotlight interview, and I’m super excited for this one! Amy is an actor, producer, and wielder of swords; she’s also a co-creator of Trials of Ember with Jayme Wojciechowski, who we had in the prior spotlight! She’s inspiring, has impressive work ethic, and is constantly pushing forward to bring her […]
PermissionLESS Spotlight: Filmmaker Jayme Wojciechowski
Helllooooo everyone! While season 2 is currently in production, I’ve been digging in with some written interviews. Jayme Wojciechowski is an actor, filmmaker, stuntman and friend that I met many years ago. He’s not only an incredible human with unique perspectives, but he’s also had life experiences all over the map and has been pushing […]
Channeling Fear to Make Sh*t Happen
FEAR. Forget Everything And Run? Forever Experiencing Actual Regret? Both are true, and both fiercely suck. Fear is many things to many people, and for most, it’s a stopping point. A line in the sand. An invisible opponent that they dare not cross. For all of this, fear actually DOES have a psychological/survival purpose… we […]
The Value of Structured “NO”s
I’ve been contemplating some stuff lately and wanted to share it with you. Situations have come up lately where I have to try real hard not to get FOMO — not because I actually *want* to do the thing I’m saying no to, but because it’s an option in front of me. Typically I’m not […]
Find Your Tribe: Stiletto Networks & Personal Advisory Boards
AUDIO: The past few years have been a huge learning curve for me. Ever since leaving my agency 3+ years ago and diving into the entrepreneurship game, I’ve had to shake one of my primary habits: Being a lone wolf. ? When I say “lone wolf” I’m exaggerating quiiiiite a bit, but anyone who knows […]
Reframing Expectations
I wanna spend a few moments talking about reframing expectations, mainly because it’s something that took me a while to figure out, and it was a pretty big struggle when it came to mindset. A funny thing happens when we’re put in situations, whether it be business or personal. The automatic, default assumption is that our […]
PowerFULL Spotlight ⚡️: Alexis Jones
Welcome to the PowerFULL Spotlight series! This is something that I’m not having a specific cadence for; rather, I’ll be shining a spotlight on electric, powerful change-makers so you can get the goodness of the podcast questions in written interview format! My first spotlight is on Alexis Jones– a manifester of the best kind. She’s the […]
How to Be More Productive with Active Visualization and Planners
“Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” – Rhonda Byrnes I know people are divided on The Secret, but don’t go! This post isn’t going to stroke the ego of The Secret; rather, it’s going to explore what makes things like visualization and vision boarding work — and how to find the […]
Pivotal Points – The New Goal Setting
Goal paralysis is a real thing. Creating a goal is difficult because we aren’t sure if it’s too much of one thing, too little of another, or just right. And then we have to make sure the goal following the original goal is precise and calculated and just….no. It’s Goldilocks Syndrome every time we […]
Welcome to PermissionLESS!
HELLLOOOOO! Welcome to the inaugural post for Permissionless.com. PermissionLESS is a passion project that I’ve been incubating since early 2015, and something that has really become a running theme in my life over the past 2 years. SO… Selena, what exactly is PermissionLESS?! First and foremost, PermissionLESS is a lifestyle. A mantra. A mindset. A movement. PermissionLESS […]