Hey Reader!

I really didn't want to write this email.

No, seriously. I had to bribe myself with a lot of doomscrolling and ice cream to get myself to finally open up this draft and just write the damn thing.

Here I am, at 6:48pm on Mother's Day, a day that historically blows for me. And this year was no exception.

Despite heroic efforts, I will never be a mother. That fate was sealed nearly 4 years ago. If you've been in my world for any amount of time, you probably know that because it's something I share freely and often.

The part I don't often share is that I've been estranged from my narcissistic mother for over 11 years: the best choice I ever made, and still endlessly painful.

So yeah, Mother's Day blows.

What finally got me out of my head and into this draft was something I did last week: I hired a book coach.

I've had this book living in my head for 3+ years. It keeps circling around in there, refusing to leave, and it's informed almost entirely by these exact experiences: the estrangement, the fertility journey, the way those things shaped how I think about identity, grief, and building something real on the other side of loss.

Taking this step in hiring a coach made one thing clear. If I'm going to write this book, I have to start telling more of these stories. And sitting on them on a day like today felt like exactly the wrong way to begin.

So I'm telling you.

Sharing this felt a lot realer and more useful (especially if Mother's Day is a day of complicated feelings for you, too) than avoiding the hard stuff.

This week on
Bold Women in Business 🎙️

Speaking of Storytellers...

​This week's episode is all about finding your content marketing power type — at its core, finding the way to communicate with your audience that feels most natural and authentic to you.

And, of course, as a 90s kid, I used 90s music icons to explain the whole thing. I shared that my primary type (surprise, surprise!) is the Storyteller: the Alanis Morissette, open-a-vein, write-from-the-marrow kind of creator.

If you read this far, you probably saw that coming 😉

Go give it a listen (or watch!) to learn about all 4 content marketing power types and what they each mean for your content and brand.

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Before you go, this is kind of important...

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Alright, I know this one was a little longer than usual. Thanks for indulging me — and sending hugs if Mother's Day was a tough one for you, too, for any reason 💗

Boldly yours, Rachel Honeyman CEO @ HoneyBeBold