The Between The Stories Blog

Most business advice overlooks something vital for solopreneur businesses: your ability to keep showing up. Every business model runs on fuel. But if the fuel it needs doesn’t match the fuel you naturally produce, you’ll run dry. So let’s take a look at two common models—and what they really cost you. The Entertainment Model: When Attention Is […]

(Especially When You’re Building as a Quiet, Neurodivergent, or Capacity-Conscious Creator) There’s a question I keep coming back to—both for myself and for the creatives I work with: What does a business actually need to function? Not to impress.Not to scale.Not to hit six figures by next Thursday. But to function—in the true sense of […]

How I Chose Between Starting a Charity and Building a Business I always knew I wanted to help animals in a significant way. Little-known fact (but one that won’t surprise anyone): As a kid, I would arrange all my stuffed animals into a fort constructed out of blankets around the computer desk and play “animal […]

Creativity Isn’t Just About Wanting to Make Things Capacity isn’t a given for any of us.  It’s a fluctuating variable that determines our current ability to take in, process, and respond to life’s demands, including creative work.  It’s shaped by physical, emotional, mental, and social energy.  And unlike motivation, which is often rooted in desire, […]