Jacqui Brauman

Jacqui Brauman

The Sentence That’s Been Waiting

Sunday writing invitation #2 Write this line at the top of the page: “The sentence I haven’t let myself write yet is…” Follow it wherever it leads. If it feels charged, stay with the sentence rather than the explanation. Write…

What I’m Reading When I’m Not Writing

(And Why It Matters) When I’m not writing, I’m still in conversation with words. Not in a strategic way. Not in a research way. More like keeping company with voices that remind me why I write at all. Because the truth is,…

Begin Where You Are

Sunday Writing Invitation Sundays invite a different pace.Less urgency. Less proving. More listening. These weekly writing invitations are not about productivity or polish. They’re small openings — places to rest the pen on the page and notice what wants to…

Prevention is better than a cure

Just like in medicine, in law, prevention is better than a cure. So how do we do that?  By giving proper attention to our affairs, well in advance of us needing to do it.  Particularly when we’re in business, business…

Trusting your own decision making

As women, we are conditioned to people-please and not necessarily be decisive. We often defer to others when making decisions.  It’s not necessarily that we’re submissive, but even when we are decisive, we quite often doubt ourselves.  Even as business…

Intention setting

There’s a lot of talk about intention setting, particularly about how we want to show up in general day-to-day life.  However, for some reason when disputes arise, all of that seems to go out the window.  We forget everything that…