These books were just the beginning…
The Issues are in the Tissues…
I wrote The Issues Are in the Tissues: Get Comfortable in Your Own Skin and Thrive in Business and in Life in just 30 days in 2021—right after a heart scare landed me in the ER for the first time in my life. That moment made one thing painfully clear: I could die at any time—even on a random Tuesday afternoon. And if I did, I would have left nothing behind.
So, I wrote the book. Fast. It was my baton pass—a way to share everything I’d learned about health, healing, and how the body affects every part of life (yes, even business). I thought this book would be my final contribution, my mic drop moment. If I found myself in the ER again, at least I wouldn’t feel guilty about leaving unfinished business.
But… turns out, I’m still here! And this book was never the end—it was just the beginning.
At first, I assumed Issues in the Tissues would appeal mostly to self-employed professionals. But then, something surprising happened: it resonated with just about everyone. Readers weren’t just reading it—they were asking for more. Courses? Retreats? Follow-up books? They wanted to go deeper.
So, I trademarked The Issues Are in the Tissues and am aiming to build a series. The first book was a broad mind-body health overview, but the next books will dive into specific ways your body holds the keys to what you think is “just in your head.”
🔥 Next up? The Issues Are in the Tissues: You Are Your Own Toddler. Because no matter how grown-up you are, your inner toddler is running the show—and the sooner you realize it, the better. This book (like all of mine) will use humor, insight, and practical tools to help you understand yourself and everyone around you a little better.
The Daily Nugget: The Accidental Success That Took Off
Funny story… The most successful and impactful thing I’ve ever created (so far!) isn’t a book, a course, or even my hands-on work with clients. It’s a daily email—a simple stick figure drawing and a bite-sized health tip. That’s it. And yet, it’s the thing people love the most.
It started with 366 unique Nuggets (one for every day of the year, even in a leap year! 😂). People signed up, shared them, and kept asking for more. Eventually, I turned the emails into a book—but here’s the twist:
Most people assume the book came from the emails. In reality, I created the emails to force myself to write the book.
See, I’d always wanted to write a daily health tips book—quirky, useful, illustrated with stick figures—but 366 tips felt impossible. I knew I needed accountability, but who would hold me to this every single day?
💡 My solution? A daily email sequence that would go out at 4 AM whether I was ready or not. If I didn’t keep up, people would notice I failed. So, I quietly buried the signup form in an obscure blog post, thinking I’d have time to roll it out for real later.
Turns out, people actually read my blog. Within hours, two patients had signed up—the train had left the station. From that moment on, I was writing Nuggets to stay ahead of Barbara and Joe, my first subscribers.
For a year, I raced to keep the emails going—writing Nuggets before vacations, preloading them in batches, making sure no one ever missed a day. And by the end of it? I had my book.
📖 But Here’s the Wild Part…
Even though the emails were meant to serve the book, it was the emails that people fell in love with. Maybe it’s the interactive links, maybe it’s the fact that nothing else like it lands in their inbox, but people couldn’t get enough.
And they didn’t just want a book. They wanted:
📚 More books! (Next up: The Daily Nugget: The Scoop on Poop)
🃏 Card decks!
📆 Desk calendars!
Yes, poop was the most requested topic. I did not see that coming.
So, I trademarked The Daily Nugget and am gearing up to expand this into a full series—books, merch, and who knows what else. The potential is limitless.