Where ambition meets delicious living.
Welcome to my weekly newsletter about building an ambitious career and a delicious life. Each edition pairs something I’m learning, living, or thinking about with one delicious, realistic recipe worth sharing at your table. Welcome to the table. Pull up your seat!
clean plate club
Success that requires self-abandonment, is not real success.
I believe ambition should feed your life, not consume it.
My grandmother calls me Darling, and it makes me feel incredible every time she says it. As someone who has spent her entire career in technology, darling carries a second meaning for me: it describes something full of potential, extraordinarily capable, and worthy of massive investment.
You, my Darling, are all of those things, and so much more.
If you’re here, it’s because you know deep down that becoming the fullest expression of who you were meant to be doesn’t require sacrificing a life you love. You’re ready to make room for your ambition, your relationships, your joy, and everything else that makes life delicious.
Welcome to the Table. Pull up your seat.
Here, we do not apologize for our ambition, but we do not worship it either. We believe ambition should feed a delicious life, not consume it.
A delicious life is a mosaic of meaningful work, financial freedom, deep relationships, beautiful memories, delicious experiences, and the influence to make room for others at the table.
At the boardroom table, we learn from those ahead of us, discover what we are capable of, and use our success to help others rise. At the kitchen table, we nourish ourselves, love our people, experience the life our ambition is meant to support, and give our children a higher place from which to leap. Because the goal is not simply to become successful:
The goal is to live a delicious life.
The Darling List
Ideas, recipes, resources, and frameworks worth pulling up your seat for.
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Oysters On the Half Shell
oysters and a dirty martini
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Ultimate Goal Setting Guide
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Emma Grede's Rule of 1/3s
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Honey Lemon Salmon
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Hot Smart Rich Budgeting
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Harvest Bowl
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Podcast
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Chicken Teriyaki
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Get to Know Me
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Sausage and Peppers
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Dr Aliza's Parenting Rule
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Thai Mango Salad
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Savory Crepes
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Children's Book Series
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ManifestHer Book
welcome to my kitchen table, pull up your seat.
let’s break bread!
What happens when ambitious people leave the boardroom and meet at the kitchen table?
Grab one of my recipes, a lesson worth sharing, and your appetite. We’ll make something delicious and create a conversation worth remembering.
Read MY BOOK.
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Empower your girls.
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Work together.
What could we build together?
As a revenue executive, author, and angel investor, I work with ambitious people building what they believe in. Through speaking, workshops, consulting, advising, and selective angel investments, I bring more than fifteen years of experience building high-performing teams, scalable revenue systems, and lasting customer relationships. Whether you’re developing your people, growing your business, or bringing an important idea to life, I help turn your ambition into durable results.
Ambition should feed your life, not consume it.
You know deep down that becoming the fullest expression of who you were meant to be doesn’t require sacrificing a life you love. You’re ready to make room for your ambition, your relationships, your joy, and everything else that makes life delicious.
Welcome to the Table, Darling. Pull up your seat.