Amy Says…
Hello {{first_name}} ,
Right around the corner is July 4th. It’s the 250th celebration of the USA. This is not a political story or anything.
It’s a story about math and my faulty memory of my own life to share.
I thought that I had a memory of the bicentennial of the country.
I thought that I had a clear memory with lots of details. I was fairly confident about this.
Today, I realized that I probably don't because I was only 2 years old.
250 minus 50 ... I'm 52. Hmmm. Well. 1776 + 200 was 1976.
I mean, it's possible that I would have a memory of an event from when I was two ... but not likely this one.
Why? Because the memory that I have is of me being a girl scout in a parade with my scouting friends in our uniforms on the Brooklyn Bridge and doing a cartwheel halfway across the bridge. I remember being bored with my friends waiting for the parade to start and strategizing the synchronized cartwheel. As a group of girls does.
But not when we're 2 years old. Nope that’s not likely at two years old.
This is one of those times where if my dad was still alive he would have corrected me on this faulty memory months ago and given me a look of disbelief while he chuckled about my mathing skills. But he's not so I've been just bopping around thinking sure, yes, I remember that. Of course, I do.
However, the centennial of the Brooklyn Bridge was probably 1983 when I would have been 9 or 10. I think 9.
That makes so much more sense. All the way down to it why I would have been on the Brooklyn Bridge. And why there was a photo of the Brooklyn Bridge and a big 200 in the apartment when I was growing up.
And that’s that. I have two imperfect stories to share with you today and a new project that I’ve been working on if you are a person who is interested in podcasts or youtube.
What's in this email!
Career | Juggling Triplets and a Fresh Career Start
Marta Spirk
There is a version of new motherhood that gets all the attention: the Instagram-worthy one, with the curated nursery and the Pinterest birth plan. Then there is the version that actually happens, which involves grief, recalibration and the creeping, uncomfortable question of who you are now that someone else depends entirely on you. For women who had careers before they became mothers, that question has a sharper edge: do you go back to work, stay home, or find something else entirely? Marta Spirk, a Brazilian-born translator, polyglot and now business coach based in Denver, did not fit neatly into either column. She found a third option and then a fourth, and the path she built explains more about career change after becoming a mom than most advice columns are willing to admit.
Special offer from Marta for the audience:
Story to Stage Evaluation - Free speaking strategy call
Whether you are already speaking or aspiring to, let's spend 30 minutes together and talk about your vision and goals and how I could support you: https://www.martaspirk.com/evaluation
New projects I’ve been working on for podcasters and YouTubers
A new directory of women creators. See it here.
Creator Showcase where I will highlight women who have podcasts and their own shows. The first one is live featuring Lauren Roche.
The Creator Roundtable: A Live stream Panel of Women Creators talking about stuff that relates to women who have Podcasts, YouTube channels and other creative projects. The most recent stream was about Audience and Community. You can watch the replay here.
Travel | How Walking 500 Miles Helped Crissy’s Self-Discovery
Crissy Fishbane hit her breaking point in a carport, sitting in her car crying before she could bring herself to walk through her own front door. She had done everything right: earned her master's degree, landed her dream job teaching high school psychology, planned to put in her 30 years. But four years in, the job she had built her identity around was breaking her. Walking the Camino de Santiago, a 500-mile pilgrimage across northern Spain, would become the path she took out of that breaking point and into something she hadn't been able to plan for.
Fishbane's story is one that will resonate with anyone who has ever felt the gap between the life they imagined and the one they are actually living.
Crissy Fishbane
Special offer from Crissy for you:
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📕 🎧 Things Worth Your Time
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Marta recommends the book: Outwitting the Devil
Crissy suggests romantasy books like A Court of Thorn and Roses
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