better work issue #7 ☔ Why accepting failure feels impossible (and how to bridge the gap) 👋 Hey, it's Susan. Welcome to better work - a personal development newsletter for high-performers who put themselves first so that they can show up for the people they love. High-performers are allergic to failure. 🤧 Intellectually, they know that failure is part of the process, even a form of success. But when they're used to succeeding all of the time, why accept the failure-kind-of-success when they...
16 days ago • 8 min read
better work issue #6 😈 Unmasking female villains: malicious or misunderstood? 👋 Hey, it's Susan. Welcome to better work - a personal development newsletter for high-performers who put themselves first so that they can show up for the people they love. Today's issue is going to be a nostalgia bomb. We're covering a popular 90s TV show, a beloved Broadway play, and a classic Disney movie to explore the hypothesis that there's no such thing as a female villain - only a misunderstood woman. Are...
30 days ago • 7 min read
better work issue #5 🌚 The dark side of healing no one talks about 👋 Hey, it's Susan. Welcome to better work - a personal development newsletter for high-performers who put themselves first so that they can show up for the people they love. 🧘🏻♀️ Wellness is poppin' these days. Everyone and their moms are in therapy. Millennials are deep in their healing journey; actively working on their traumas, breaking generational curses, and embracing holistic living. I'm good with all that. My problem...
about 1 month ago • 9 min read
better work issue #4 💣 Three surprising motivators behind lasting habits (and why Atomic Habits isn't working for you) 👋 Hey, it's Susan. Welcome to better work - a personal development newsletter for high-performers who put themselves first so that they can show up for the people they love. If there's one thing a high-performer loves, it's advice on how to be better (like this newsletter 😎). High-performers gravitate towards any book or podcast with the words "habits," "productivity," or...
about 2 months ago • 8 min read
better work issue #3 How to stay consistent in an increasingly chaotic world 👋 Hey, it's Susan. Welcome to better work - a personal development newsletter for high-performers who put themselves first so that they can show up for the people they love. The first thing you learn in therapy is that the only thing you can control is yourself. But it's hard not to react when everything around you is chaotic. You tell yourself I'll wait until things are more consistent, and then I'll start [insert...
2 months ago • 7 min read
better work issue #2 Why your work-life integration feels off (and how to fix it). 👋 Hey, it's Susan. Welcome to better work - a personal development newsletter for high-performers who put themselves first so that they can show up for the people they love. Today, we're exploring what happens after you achieve the holy grail of adulthood: work-life integration 🏆. You got everything you wanted: a lucrative job, a loving family, and good health. You should be happy, right? 😖 So why does it still...
3 months ago • 7 min read
better work issue #1 Why it's hard to make friends as an adult (and why it matters at work). 👋 Hey, it's Susan. Welcome to better work - a personal development newsletter for high-performers who put themselves first so that they can show up for the people they love. This week we're diving into a problem that feels personal but it's also a societal issue - making friends as an adult. It's easy to blame social media, moving around, or having kids when your friends don't have kids (or vice...
3 months ago • 8 min read
better work welcome issue welcome to better work ↓ Hey! It's Susan again, the creator of better work, and I'm excited you decided to stick around. You're officially part of a community of strategic thinkers who want their success to feel as good on the inside as it looks on the outside. If you're like "Uh, did I miss something?" then you should read this recent announcement. one week away from issue one! We're one week away from the first official issue of better work. Honestly? I can't wait...
4 months ago • 1 min read
TL;DR - This newsletter is changing. It's going to be called better work and it will focus on personal development for high-performers who put themselves first so that they can show up for the people they love. Nothing to do if you're into it, unsubscribe at the bottom of this email if you're not. On January 1, 2025, all newsletters affiliated* with Hey Ms. Lee LLC were consolidated into one main newsletter called better work. *This includes the newsletters: The Occasional Newsletter, The...
4 months ago • 3 min read