The Alien Juice Files:
Where branding gets honest, websites get strategic, and your quirky, colorful self gets to lead.
Essays, stories, and real talk for the heart led entrepreneur who is ready to stop hiding and start being found.
Should I Start a Substack? What I Learned From Having One
I have a Substack.
I'm telling you that upfront because this post is not written from the outside looking in. I signed up a couple of years ago when I was taking a book proposal masterclass and the guide recommended having a Substack as part of the social media package publishers want to see. So I built one. I posted there. I put my podcast episodes there. I even used it as a newsletter for a while.
And the longer I'm on it, the more I realize it's the wrong home for my work.
What a Website Can Do for Your Business When You Stop Treating It Like a Brochure
She was telling me about Egypt.
The waters. The baths. The luxury rooms. The boat ride along the Nile. The ceremonies held in temples that have witnessed thousands of years of prayer and remembrance. The feeling of arriving somewhere ancient and sacred and realizing you have been there before, in some deep place inside yourself that you forgot you had.
The Squarespace Template for Wellness Practitioners
I've been there.
Staring at a blank page on my third website, on my third platform, daring myself to write something inviting and click-worthy. I'd been through Square (so ugly, bless it), then Wix (much better, but the booking situation was a nightmare), and finally landed on Squarespace. I needed a real scheduling solution. Too many clicks between my yoga clients and their class spots. So I made the move.